On the Road
For those interested in a vital document of the folk revival,  or for bluegrass fans looking for another lost classic,On the Road  (and More)delivers the goods and then some. The Country  Gentlemen's third Folkways Records album,On the Roadoriginally  included recordings from two separate concerts from 1962 and 1963, and  has now been augmented by six unreleased cuts captured at a 1961  Carnegie Hall hootenanny. This is bluegrass music at its most  adventurous. The Gentlemen favored a spirited, diverse, and outlandish  presentation, featuring a wide range of material from traditional folk  to bluegrass classics to novelty songs like "Ain't Got No Home," which  is included here. WhenOn the Roadwas released in 1963, the  urban folk boom was peaking, and the Country Gentlemen was one of the  bands that was leading the way. The vibrant music heard on this welcome  collection shows why.--Mike Johnson