Jimmy Arnold & Wesley Golding, Berryville, 1969
Recorded by Ken Landreth
Carlton Haney's Festival in Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA
July 4, 1969

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Jimmy Arnold-banjo
Wesley Golding-guitar
Wayne Golding-bass
Bob Applebaum-mandolin

Jimmy Arnold (age 17) and Wesley Golding (age 14) attended the 1969 Berryville Bluegrass Festival with their families. They had been in a band known as the Twin County Partners for several years with Jimmy's cousin, Tommy Arnold, on mandolin and Wesley's dad, Wayne, on bass...but were not attending this festival as a band. The Wilson Brothers (also from Fries, VA) had been booked to play at the festival to represent the next generation of bluegrass musicians, but were unable to make the trip. Carlton asked Jimmy and Wesley to play in their stead and Jimmy, Wesley, Wayne, and a mandolin player they had met at the festival, Bob Applebaum, played this impromptu set on stage Friday afternoon.


Charlotte Breakdown
Lonesome Road Blues
I Know You're Married
Shenandoah Breakdown
Darling Corey
Red Rooster
Free Born Man
Sunny Side of the Mountain
Doug's Tune
Driving Nails In My Coffin
Jack Knife
Bully of the Town
Rawhide

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