From: joewncw@yahoo.com   
      
   >I am new to bluegrass and would like some album recommendations.   
      
   Meeting at the crossroads of traditional and more modern BG, I'd   
   suggest the Bluegrass Album Band -- they have six CDs on the Rounder   
   label, with a mostly traditional repertoire, but in newer recordings;   
   highly recommended. In a similar vein, JD Crowe & The New South   
   (Rounder 0044) is something of a classic today.   
      
   Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, on County, is possibly the best BG   
   fiddle album ever recorded. And Monroe is on it, but as a sideman!   
      
   The Rounder compilation albums are good deals (although I'm not sure   
   how many of them are still in print.)   
      
   Personal favorites: The Dillards -- Back Porch Bluegrass and Live!   
   Almost!, a "two-fer" on one disk; an Elektra British release, but   
   worth seeking out.   
      
   The two Bill Monroe live albums on Smithsonian/Folkways -- one is all   
   duets with Doc Watson.   
      
   Seldom Scene -- there's a "greatest hits" compilation on Sugar Hill   
   that's a good introduction to them. Also, SH has a compilation of John   
   Duffey, with work from both the Scene and the Country Gentlemen.   
      
   Flatt & Scruggs, The Golden Era -- my favorite intro to them.   
      
   Either of the Dry Branch Fire Squad live recordings (also on Rounder);   
   very traditional, very modern, very funny, very very good.   
      
   Wear these out, and you'll have a pretty good introduction to   
   Bluegrass As She Should Be Picked.   
      
   jc   
      
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