Bluegrass Country Soul (1972)
Capturing the sights, sounds, and magic of Carlton Haney’s 1971 Labor Day Festival in Camp Springs, North Carolina; a three-day outdoor festival—the first of its kind—featuring bluegrass veterans and future stars alike sharing the primitive wood and cinder block stage. More than just capturing one of the largest bluegrass festivals of that decade, this documentary is also an interesting mixture of live performances, interviews, impromptu jam sessions and crowd footage of live music set in a small town surrounded by the now long gone red clay and tobacco shacks of North Carolina.
Director: Albert Ihde
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Earl Scruggs as Self |
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Ralph Stanley as Self |
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Jimmy Martin as Self |
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J.D. Crowe as Self |
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Chubby Wise as Self |
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Mac Wiseman as Self |
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Del McCoury as Self |
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Roy Acuff as Self |
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Sam Bush as Self |
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Don Stover as Self |
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Sonny Osborne as Self |
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Bobby Osborne as Self |
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Tex Logan as Self |
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Rick Riman as Self |
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Eddie Hoyle as Self |
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Tony Rice as Self |
| Sound | John Dildine | Sound |
| Directing | Robert Henninger | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Albert Ihde | Director |
| Editing | Joel Jacobson | Editor |
| Camera | Robert Kaylor | Director of Photography |