Josh Graves - Alone At Last '1974

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Uncle Josh Graves revolutionized the role of the Dobro in country and bluegrass.
An extraordinarily gifted musician renowned for his rolling syncopated technique
and astonishing speed, his seminal recordings as a member of Lester Flatt and
Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys established the resonator guitar as an
essential component of postwar roots music. Born Burkett Graves in Tellico
Plains, TN, on September 27, 1927, he first adopted the Dobro in emulation of
boyhood hero Cliff Carlisle, a fixture of Jimmie Rodgers' landmark RCA sessions.
Graves invented the "Uncle Josh" persona as a teen while working as an announcer
for Knoxville radio station WROL, and upon joining the Pierce Brothers in 1942
he served as both a guitarist and comedian. Stints in support of Esco Hankins,
Molly O'Day, and Mac Wiseman followed before Graves attracted broad attention
backing Stoney Cooper and Wilma Lee on WWVA's weekly Wheeling Jamboree. While a
member of Lexington-based WLEX's Kentucky Mountain Barn Dance in 1949, Graves
apprenticed under banjo innovator Scruggs, eventually adapting Scruggs'
syncopated, three-finger picking style to the Dobro. With his elegant yet bluesy
approach, Graves was an invaluable addition to ballads, but it was the uptempo
breakdowns where his lyricism and energy shone most brilliantly.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Josh Graves - Skokiaan (2:43) 
1.02 - Josh Graves - Tennessee Mountain Home (3:20) 
1.03 - Josh Graves - Foggy Mountain Chimes (2:58) 
1.04 - Josh Graves - Loving You So Long Now (2:41) 
1.05 - Josh Graves - The Time Of The Year (2:12) 
1.06 - Josh Graves - A Maiden's Prayer (3:08) 
1.07 - Josh Graves - Johnny Blacksmith (1:41) 
1.08 - Josh Graves - Great Big Woman (2:29) 
1.09 - Josh Graves - Long Road To Houston (2:24) 
1.10 - Josh Graves - She's In Love With A Rodeo Man (2:54) 
1.11 - Josh Graves - Colorado Turnaround (1:48)

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