The Earl Scruggs Revue
{{Infobox album
| name = The Earl Scruggs Revue
| type = studio album
| artist = The Earl Scruggs Revue
| cover = The Earl Scruggs Revue.jpg
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| released = 1973
| recorded =
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| genre = Progressive country
| length =
| label = Columbia
| producer = Ron Bledsoe
| prev_title = Dueling Banjos
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Anniversary Special
| next_year = 1975
}}
The Earl Scruggs Revue is a 1973 album by the progressive country band of the same name, formed by Earl Scruggs with his sons Gary and Randy Scruggs.{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Neil V. |title=Bluegrass Memoirs: The Earl Scruggs Revue |url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/bluegrass-memoirs-the-earl-scruggs-revue-part-1/ |website=The Bluegrass Situation |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cmt.com/news/xh8fom/nashville-skyline-earl-scruggs-a-quiet-bluegrass-giant-is-gone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723155318/https://www.cmt.com/news/xh8fom/nashville-skyline-earl-scruggs-a-quiet-bluegrass-giant-is-gone |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |title=In coal country, Knight discovered gold on vinyl|last=Flippo|first=Chet |date=March 29, 2012 |website= |publisher=CMT |access-date=2023-07-22 |quote=And he formed a progressive country band with his talented sons Gary and Randy. As the Earl Scruggs Revue, they toured far and wide and continued with musical experimentation.}}{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Earl Scruggs Revue – Artist's Choice: The Best Tracks, 1970–1980 |url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/earl-scruggs-revue-artists-choice-the-best-tracks-19701980/ |website=No Depression |date= |access-date=18 March 2025}}{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Neil V. |title=Bluegrass Memoirs: The Earl Scruggs Revue Beginnings |url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/bluegrass-memoirs-the-earl-scruggs-revue-beginnings/ |website=The Bluegrass Situation |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2025}}
Track listing
Side 1
- "If I'd Only Come and Gone" (Shel Silverstein) – 2:55
- "Tears" (Craig Fuller) – 2:12
- "Some of Shelley's Blues" (Michael Nesmith) – 2:57
- "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 4:25
- "Step It Up and Go" (Blind Boy Fuller) – 2:25
- "Back Slider's Wine" (Michael Martin Murphey) – 2:33
Side 2
- "Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan) – 2:38
- "Love In My Time" (Steve Young) – 3:43
- "Holiday Hotel" (Alan Garth, Jim Messina) – 2:07
- "Come On Train" (Josh Graves) – 5:30
- "Salty Dog Blues" (Wiley Morris, Zeke Morris) – 2:10
- "Station Break" (Earl Scruggs) – 1:59
Personnel
- Earl Scruggs – banjo, backing vocals
- Gary Scruggs – electric bass, harmonica, lead vocals
- Randy Scruggs – electric and acoustic lead guitars, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Jody Maphis – drums, backing vocals
- Josh Graves – dobro, guitar, lead vocals on "Step It Up and Go"; backing vocals
- Jack Lee – keyboards
With:
- Tracy Nelson – backing vocals
- Andy McMahon – piano, organ, backing vocals
- Chip Young – rhythm guitar
- The Holladays – backing vocals on "Down in the Flood"
- Karl Himmel – drums on "Love in My Time", "Tears" and "Come on Train"
Reviews
- {{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=The Earl Scruggs Revue - Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-earl-scruggs-revue-mw0000861950 |website=AllMusic |access-date=18 March 2025}}
References
All information from the LP liner notes.The Earl Scruggs Revue, Earl Scruggs, Columbia Records (1973) LP
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External Links
- {{official website|http://earlscruggs.com/}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Knog_MsIQ The Earl Scruggs Revue], The Midnight Special
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