Rebel Records is continuing their efforts to digitize and re-release classic bluegrass recordings with their next project, Lonesome And Blue: More Favorites from Larry Sparks, due on March 17.
The collections includes 14 classic tracks that span the 40 years that Sparks and Rebel have been together. 10 were taken from 7 out-of-print albums that have never been released in digital form before: Dark Hollow, Best of Larry Sparks, Sings Hank Williams, Blue Sparks, Lonesome Guitar, Travelin’ and Special Delivery.
Many of these were cut shortly after Larry had been working with Ralph Stanley in the late ’60s, and that influence is crystal clear in these recordings.
Rebel owner Dave Freeman shared a few thoughts about the many great records he and Larry had made in tandem.
“It really is overwhelming to look back at the dozens and dozens of songs Larry Sparks has recorded over the years—they bespeak of an amazing repertoire in which everything is of a very high quality. Every one of the 14 tracks here demonstrates the taste and skill level that he has maintained right from his earliest recorded work.”
Full track listing follows:
- Think of What You’ve Done
- Life of Sorrow
- Brown-Eyed Darling
- Waltz of the Wind
- The Old Spinning Wheel
- Be Nobody’s Darling But Mine
- Lonesome and Blue
- Pretty Little Miss
- Rock Hearts
- Cannonball Blues
- If That’s The Way You Feel
- Timberline
- Heart Trouble
- Come Back Darling
Pre-orders are available now from popular download sites, with an instant download of the album’s opening track.
