The Dillards- Pickin' & Fiddlin' (1965)

The Dilards - Pickin' & Fiddlin' (1965)

Elektra Records



Pickin' & Fiddlin' is the third album by bluegrass group The Dillards, recorded with up and coming fiddle player Byron Berline. The group had been unhappy with Elektra because they felt pressure from the company not to innovate, as they were beginning to do (and would eventually record on Wheatstraw Suite), and because they felt that Elektra was not doing enough to promote their records. The Dillards chose to record a strictly traditional album with Berline, a friend of the group, because they owed Elektra one more album. Rodney later stated, "That wasn't a record made for anyone but the traditionals. We got completely hacked to pieces by them. So we said, 'Okay, screw you guys, we'll make an album, and we'll play it right up your ass!,' so we did."

Personnel

* Byron Berline - fiddle
* Rodney Dillard - guitar
* Douglas Dillard - banjo
* Mitchell Jayne - bass
* Dean Webb - mandolin


Track listing

1. Hamilton County
2. Fisher's Hornpipe
3. Paddy on the Turnpike
4. Jazzbow Rag
5. Apple Blossom
6. Tom & Jerry
7. Cotton Patch
8. Durang's Hornpipe
9. Wagoner
10. Sally Johnson
11. Crazy Creek


* I'm sorry to say that this upload is missing 5 tracks:

# Drunken Billy Goat
# Black Mountain Rag
# Twinkle, Twinkle
# Wild John
# Soppin' the Gravy

Sorry about that, but this was the only copy of the LP I cound find and it's well worth having as is.