From: jamesr.white@comcast.net   
      
   Tom Bates wrote:   
   > Anyone know what band turned this into a bluegrass tune?   
      
   The first bluegrass version of it that I ever heard was a   
   recording by Dave Ferguson and his friends, the members of   
   the Country Gazette, on an album by the same name printed   
   in 1976.   
      
   Dave Fergasun: Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Ridge Runner 0003)   
      
   The liner notes say that he and Alan Munde began playing   
   it as a banjo and fiddle duet. The version on the album   
   is fantastic and the arrangement features some great dobro   
   by Dan Huckabee. In fact the entire album is fantastic.   
      
   Performers: Dave Ferguson, Alan Munde, Roger Bush, Roland White,   
   Joe Carr, Dan Huckabee, Stephen Bruton & Greg Ferguson   
      
   Produced by: Mike Richey   
      
   Side A:   
   Beaumont Rag   
   Sally Goodin   
   Brazos River Waltz   
   Rachel   
   Sheryl's Polka   
   Bill Cheatham   
      
   Side B:   
   Somewhere Over The Rainbow   
   Grey Eagle Hornpipe   
   Faded love   
   High Level Hornpipe   
   Cowtown Bounce/Hobo Blues   
      
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