The Early Years 1957-1958

Bill Clifton

Rounder

Tracks

• The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee (Traditional)
• Dixie Darlin' (Public Domain)
• You Don't Think About Me When I'm Gone (Public Domain)
• I'll Be There Mary Dear (Public Domain)
• Paddy on the Turnpike (Traditional)
• I'll Wander Back Someday (Clifton)
• Darling Corey (Public Domain)
• When You Kneel at Mother's Grave (Clifton / Lilley)
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (Public Domain)
• Are You Alone (Clifton)
• Springhill Disaster (Clifton / Pembroke / Ruddick)
• I'm Living the Right Life Now (Public Domain)
• Lonely Heart Blues (Clifton)
• Cedar Grove (Clifton)
• You Go to Your Church (Public Domain)
• Walking in My Sleep (Public Domain)
• Pal of Yesterday (Public Domain)
• Just Another Broken Heart (Carter)
• Little White Washed Chimney (Clifton)

• Bill Clifton - guitar, vocals
• Johnny Johnson - rhythm guitar
• Jimmy Self - rhythm guitar, vocals
• John Duffy - dobro, mandolin, vocals
• Curley Lambert - mandolin, vocals
• Johnny Clark - banjo, vocals
• Ralph Stanley - banjo
• Mike Seeger - banjo, autoharp (tracks 2, 5, and 16)
• Tommy Jackson - fiddle, vocals
• Gordon Terry - fiddle
• Benny Martin - fiddle
• Carl Nelson - fiddle
• Cal Newman - fiddle
• Tommy Vaden - fiddle
• Junior Husky - bass
• Roy Self - bass
• Joe Zinkan - bass

• Original producer (tracks 7, 8, 10, 15 and 18) - Bill Clifton, Don Pierce
• Original producer (all other tracks) - Bill Clifton
• Engineer (tracks 2, 5, and 16) - Mike Seeger
• Engineer (all other tracks) - Selby Coffeen
• Mastering - Dr. Toby Mountain
• Liner notes - Jack Tottle
• Photographs courtesy of Bill Clifton
• Front cover print - Maria Muller
• Design and hand-coloring of front cover photo - Scott Billington