# Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971

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Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971 is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen. A collection of 110 songs, 5 of them previously unreleased, divided on 4 CD's, the album includes various lineups of the early Country Gentlemen. It includes the first and second classic lineup, while adding Dobro of Mike Auldridge or second guitar by Pete Kuykendall.

## Track listing
### Disc 1

* Christmas Time Back Home (Duffey, Streeter) 3:09
* Heavenward Bound (Duffey) 2:17
* I Am Weary, Let Me Rest (Pete Kuykendall) 2:38
* Sad And Lonesome Day (Traditional) 2:33
* The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me (John Duffey, Pete Kuykendall) 2:24
* The White Rose (Traditional) 2:34
* The Gentleman Is Blue (Eddie Adcock, John Duffey) 3:36
* Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie) 2:59
* Spanish Two Step (Bob Wills) 2:35
* Bringing Mary Home (Duffey) 3:00
* The Convict And The Rose (Chapin, King) 2:38
* Banks of the Ohio (Traditional) 3:00
* Down Where the River Bends (Jack Anglin, Peck, Johnnie Wright) 2:29
* Battle Hymn of the Republic (Ward, Steffe) 1:46
* This World's No Place to Live (Duffey, Streeter) 2:48
* Uncle Joe (Eddie Adcock) 2:58
* Northbound (Eddie Adcock) 2:16
* I Let the Light Shine Down (Swan) 1:54
* Girl From the North Country (Bob Dylan) 3:42
* Cold Wind A Blowing (John Duffey, Hill) 2:14
* Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont) 1:25
* Silent Night (Franz Gruber, Mohr) 1:51
* We Three Kings (Hopkins) 1:49
* Blue Bell (Adcock, Duffey) 2:28
* It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan) 3:26
* Matterhorn (Danny Dill, Mel Tills) 2:18
* Dark As a Dungeon (Merle Travis) 3:32
* Big Bruce (John Duffey) 2:48

### Disc 2

* When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Traditional) 2:58
* Buffalo Gals (Traditional) 2:06
* A Beautiful Life (Golden) 2:42
* I'm Working On A Road (Lester Flatt) 2:51
* A Border Affair (Clark, Williams) 3:20
* Johnny Reb (Merle Kilgore) 2:34
* Many A Mile (Bill Sky) 2:18
* Amelia Earhart's Last Flight (David McEnery) 2:31
* Lord, I'm Coming Home (Traditional) 3:47
* The Traveler (John Duffey) 3:12
* Silver Bell (Traditional) 1:57
* Theme From Exodus (Ernest Gold) 2:47
* Love and Wealth (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) 2:41
* He Was a Friend of Mine (Traditional) 3:00
* Daybreak In Dixie (Bill Napier) 2:01
* Some Old Day (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) 2:32
* Raggy Mountain Shakedown (John Duffey) 2:08
* Banana Boat Song (Attaway, Burgess) 2:41
* Going to the Races (John Duffey) 1:48
* Waiting for the Boys to Come Home (Presley) 2:25
* Darling Little Joe (A.P. Carter) 2:40
* El Dedo (Eddie Adcock) 2:57
* I'll Be There Mary Dear (Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew Sterling) 3:11
* Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) 2:29
* Take Me In a Lifeboat (Frank Southern) 2:41
* The Sentence (Eddie Adcock) 2:40
* Where I'm Bound 2:20 (Tom Paxton)

### Disc 3

* To the Rescue (Eddie Adcock) 2:55
* Rodger Young (Frank Loesser) 2:30
* Green, Green Grass of Home (Claude Putman) 2:36
* Along the Way (John Duffey) 2:51
* Let's (Eddie Adcock) 2:22
* Rambling Boy (Tom Paxton) 3:22
* Gentlemen's Concerto (Jimmy Gaudreau) 2:31
* Take Me Back to the Valley (Traditional) 4:02
* Fare-Thee-Well Cisco (Tom Paxton) 2:11
* Preaching, Praying, Singing (McCarty) 1:45
* Mrs. Robinson (Paul Simon) 3:10
* Two Little Boys (Traditional) 2:51
* Doin' My Time (Jimmie Skinner) 3:10
* Rank Strangers (Albert Brumley) 3:03
* Heaven (McSpadden) 2:54
* Gone Home (Bill Carlisle) 2:06
* Rank Strangers (Albert Brumley) 2:57
* I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap (Don Reno, Charles Schroeder) 2:54
* Over The Hills To The Poorhouse (Braham, Catlin) 2:55
* Little White Church (Wellman) 2:11
* Heaven (McSpadden) 2:56
* Bill Bailey (Hughie Cannon) 1:56
* He Will Set Your Fields On Fire 2:28
* Are You Washed In the Blood (Elisha Hoffman) 2:30
* One Wide River (Traditional) 1:40
* On The Sunny Side of Life (Traditional) 2:20
* Born Again (Louvin) 2:12
* I'll Break Out Again Tonight (A.L. Owens, Sanger Shafer) 3:08

### Disc 4

* Less of Me (Campbell) 2:00
* I Am a Pilgrim (Merle Travis) 2:15
* Weapon of Prayer (Louvin) 3:20
* If I Were Free (Edmonson) 3:37
* Teach Your Children (Graham Nash) 2:34
* Fox on the Run (Tony Hazzard) 2:32
* Johnny and Jack Medley 3:13
* I'd Rather Live By the Side of the Road (Albert Brumley) 3:10
* These Men of God (Ellis, Williams) 2:22
* Cowboys and Indians (Bill Emerson) 1:55
* Sea of Heartbreak (Hal David, Hampton) 2:51
* Orange Blossom Mandolin (Ervin Rouse) 3:09
* Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 3:16
* The Girl Behind the Bar (Stanley) 2:59
* The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp (Dallas Frazier) 2:31
* Take Me Home, Country Roads (Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert) 2:31
* Redwood Hill (Gordon Lightfoot) 2:38
* Secret of the Waterfall (Jake Landers) 3:06
* Walkin' Down the Line (Bob Dylan) 2:04
* Breakin' It Down (Bill Emerson) 2:23
* New Freedom Bell (Osborne) 2:40
* The Old Pine Tree (Grant) 3:04
* The Legend of the Rebel Soldier (Charlie Moore) 2:55
* C.G. Express (Doyle Lawson) 2:23
* Little Bessie (Traditional) 3:34
* The Fields Have Turned Brown (Stanley) 3:00
* Get in Line Buddy (Bill Yates) 2:13

## Previously unreleased tracks

From the 110 tracks, released on this collection, were the following, which were not previously released:
* The Convict and the Rose
* Uncle Joe
* Silver Bell
* Love and Wealth
* Heaven

## Personnel

* Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
* Rick Allred - mandolin, vocals
* Bill Emerson - banjo, vocals
* Eddie Adcock - banjo, guitar, vocals
* Bill Yates - bass, vocals
* John Duffey - mandolin, guitar
* Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin, guitar
* Doyle Lawson - mandolin, violin, guitar, vocals
* Mike Auldridge - Dobro
* Tom Gray - bass, vocals
* Len Holsclaw - bass
* Ed Ferris - bass
* Ed McGlothlin - bass
* Bill Yates - bass
* Bobbi Woods - tambourine
* Pete Kuykendall - guitar
* Ray Marshall - vibes