2002 - "24-bit Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes" - In their heyday The Country Gentlemen were highly influential bluegrass pioneers. The Complete Vanguard Recordings ("The Country Gentlemen" 1973 + "Remembranches & Forecasts" 1974) -24-bit Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes- shows why, with the core of the group - Charlie Waller (lead vocals/guitar), Doyle Lawson (mandolin/vocals), Bill Emerson (banjo) and Bill Yates (bass) - joined by such bluegrass luminaries as Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge (both on dobro) and Ricky Skaggs (fiddle/guitar/vocals). Recorded during the early '70s, the predominantly contemporary material includes versions of Steve Goodman's The City Of New Orleans, Paul Simon's The Leaves That Are Green and Steve Young's Travelling Kind.
24 Songs
- "The Country Gentlemen" (1973):
- 1 Travelling Kind
- 2 Don Quixote
- 3 On Morning In May
- 4 Casey's Last Ride
- 5 The Leaves That Are Green
- 6 Paradise
- 7 House Of The Rising Sun
- 8 Catfish John
- 9 Mother Of A Miner's Child
- 10 Bringing Mary Home
- 11 Souvenirs
- 12 The City Of New Orleans
- "Remembrances & Forecasts" (1974)
- 13 Willow Creek Dam
- 14 Remembrance Of You
- 15 Irish Spring
- 16 Billy McGhee
- 17 Home In Louisiana
- 18 King Of Spades
- 19 The Little Grave
- 20 Delta Queen
- 21 Heartaches
- 22 Welcome To New York
- 23 Lord Protect My Soul
- 24 Circuit Rider
