The traditional bluegrass music interpreted by Cullen Galyean (banjo and fiddle) and Bobby Harrison (guitar) hails from the hills spanning southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. Galyean and Harrison, friends and musical partners for over 25 years when the album was recorded, also issued four other albums for Folkways Records as members of the Virginia Mountain Boys. Here they pare down the traditional full bluegrass band to expose the interplay between their two voices and instruments. This collection brings together music from the 20th, 19th, and earlier centuries, providing the listener an insight to the typical repertoire of Appalachian string bands from the North Carolina–Virginia border.
Track Listing
1. Your Horses Ain't Hungry (Wagoner's Lad)
2. Life of Sorrow
3. Soldier's Joy
4. Nobody's Darling
5. Roll On Buddy Roll On
6. White Dove
7. Ground Hog
8. Sally Ann
9. Let Me Fall
10. Lonesome Day
11. May I Sleep in Your Barn, Mister?
12. Old Reuben
