From the Archive
Unreleased tracks, photographs, and more

The 1969 Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured some great bluegrass music performances by the legendary Bill Monroe, Tex Logan, Don Stover, Steve Ledford, and more.  Recordings of these live performances, housed in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Center for Foklife and Cultural Heritage, were recently digitized. Complete tracks from those recordings are presented here.

Tex Logan and Don Stover
"I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow"  

J.E. and Wade Mainer and Wiley and Zeke Morris
"Salty Dog Blues"

Charlie, Birch, and Bill Monroe
"I Know My Lord's Gonna Leave Me Out"

"What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul?"

"My Long Journey Home"