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The Best Of The Vanguard Years

Alison Brown

Initial release : 2002

Vanguard 79709

Five of the tracks on this compilation are taken from an album which was produced by and includes playing contributions from David Grisman.

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Tracks

  • Wolf Moon (Brown)
  • Chicken Road (Brown)
  • Without Anastasia (Brown)
  • Mambo Banjo (Brown)
  • Shoot the Dog (Brown)
  • Cara's Way (The Little People) (Brown)
  • G Bop (Brown)
  • Waltzing With Tula (Brown)
  • The Dalai Camel (Brown)
  • Deep North (Brown)
  • Saint Geneviève (Brown)
  • Leaving Cottondale (Brown)
  • Lorelei (Brown)
  • Look Left (Brown)
  • Hello Mendocino! (Brown)
  • The Inspector (Brown)
  • Simple Pleasures (Brown)
Musicians

Without Anastasia, G Bop and Hello Mendocino!;

  • Alison Brown - banjo, guitar
  • John R. Burr - piano
  • Rick Reed - drums
  • Garry West - bass
Cara's Way (The Little People), The Dalai Camel, Deep North, Look Left and The Inspector;
    Quartet;
  • Alison Brown - banjo, guitar
  • John R. Burr - piano
  • Rick Reed - drums, percussion
  • Garry West - bass

    Guest artists;
  • Sam Bacco - cowbells, percussion
  • Vassar Clements - fiddle
  • Alan Dargin - didjeridu
  • Joey Dukes - drums
  • Matt Eakle - flute
  • Seamus Egan - penny whistle, uilleann pipes, bodhran
  • David Hoffner - keyboards
  • Jeff King - electric guitar
  • Mike Marshall - mandolin
  • Scott Nygard - acoustic guitar
Chicken Road, Shoot the Dog, Saint Geneviève and Lorelei;
  • Alison Brown - banjo

    Guest artists;
  • John Catchings - cello
  • David Davidson - violin
  • Stuart Duncan - violin
  • Roy Huskey Jr - bass
  • Mike Marshall - mandolin
  • Tony Rice - guitar
  • Mark Schatz - frailing bnjo
  • Kristin Wilkinson - viola
Mambo Banjo, Leaving Cottondale, Wolf Moon, Waltzing with Tula and Simple Pleasures;
  • Alison Brown - banjo, guitar

    Guest artists;
  • Joe Craven - percussion
  • Matt Eakle - flute
  • David Grisman - mandolin (on Wolf Moon, Mambo Banjo, Waltzing with Tula and Leaving Cottondale)
  • Jim Kerwin - bass
  • Alison Krauss - fiddle
  • Mike Marshall - fiddle, guitar
Credits

  • Compilation producer - Fred Jasper
  • Compilation engineer - David Glasser
  • Photography - Mark Tucker
  • Package design - Drew Cartwright
  • Liner notes - Jon Weisberger
Related releases

The tracks on this collection are taken from the following sources.

Without Anastasia, G Bop and Hello Mendocino!;

  • Quartet, Alison Brown, 1996
Cara's Way (The Little People), The Dalai Camel, Deep North, Look Left and The Inspector;
  • Look Left, Alison Brown, 1994
Chicken Road, Shoot the Dog, Saint Geneviève and Lorelei;
  • Twilight Motel, Alison Brown, 1992
Mambo Banjo, Leaving Cottondale, Wolf Moon, Waltzing with Tula and Simple Pleasures;

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