KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Phantoms of the Opry Concert, Nov. 12, 1972

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1972.11.12

Program Length

86 min

Dates

1972-11-12 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Phantoms of the Opry, a San Francisco based bluegrass band active in the 1970s, in a in-studio, live broadcast of traditional bluegrass and country music, most likely recorded on November 12, 1972. Bill Schechner hosts the concert and talks to members of the band about their personal histories, the origins of bluegrass, the difficulties of making it big in bluegrass, and the influence of bluegrass music on mainstream rock and roll musicians.

Genres

Popular music
Folk music

Musical Selections

Goldrush -- Who’s Shoulder Will You Cry On? / Kitty Wells -- Two Different Worlds -- Honey You Don't Know My Mind / Jimmy Skinner -- Fräulein -- John Henry / [traditional] -- Driving Nails In My Coffin / Ernest Tubb -- Heartbreak Mountain / Buck Owens -- Blue Night / Kirk McGee -- I Like To Hear Them Preach It -- Tennessee Waltz / Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King -- Daybreak In Dixie / Ralph Stanley -- Hit Parade of Love / Jimmy Martin -- The Dark Hollow / [traditional] -- Freeborn Man / Jimmy Martin -- Moving On Over / Hank Williams -- Beautiful Life / [traditional] -- Billy in the Low Ground / [traditional] -- Happy Birthday / Mildred J. Hill -- Lonesome River / [traditional] -- Mule Skinner Blues / Jimmy Martin

Performers

Phantoms of the Opry:
Pat Enright, guitarist
Paul Shelasky, fiddle
Joe Zumwalt, mandolin
Robbie MacDonald, banjo
Chuck Wiley, bass

Subjects

Popular music
Folk music
Folk songs
Country music
Bluegrass music