When John Duffey, singer and mandolin player for the esteemed Washington, D.C., bluegrass band Seldom Scene, died suddenly of a heart attack in 1996, modern bluegrass lost one of its most coruscating

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When John Duffey, singer and mandolin player for the esteemed Washington, D.C., bluegrass band Seldom Scene, died suddenly of a heart attack in 1996, modern bluegrass lost one of its most coruscating and innovative giants. A thrilling tenor singer and dynamic frontman, this suburban Washington son of a professional opera singer is remembered for his delightfully eccentric showmanship and for his expansion of modern bluegrass's repertoire, making the music vital and accessible even to non-Southern urban audiences. This collection captures some vivid highlights from Duffey's four-decade legacy, first with the Country Gentlemen and then with the Scene, which he led from 1971 until his death. Duffey could easily out-traditionalize the traditionalists when he chose, as he does on the Scene's renditions of chestnuts such as the Stanley Brothers' "Let Me Be Your Friend" and Bill Monroe's "Rose of Old Kentucky." But he also had a knack for brilliantly transforming unlikely songs such as J.J. Cale's bluesy "After Midnight," Woody Guthrie's "Philadelphia Lawyer," and the old George Jones ballad "Walk Through This World with Me" into dazzling bluegrass showstoppers. --Bob Allen
Country USA
Brand Concord Music Group
Manufacturer Sugar Hill
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 07555459
Model 07555459
ReleaseDate 2000-10-31
UnitCount 1
UPCs 015891392622
EANs 0015891392622

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