Bluegrass Breakdown: Rattlin’ Part One – Rattlesnakes

They’re found just about everywhere and generally strike fear into everyone. Ranging in size from one to eight feet, they’ve got large bodies, a triangular shaped head, rattle when they’re threatened and won’t die until the sun goes down. We’ll be under the protection of Northwest Territory, Tony Rice, the Earl Brothers and Unspoken Tradition as we wade into the strange, mythical, and dreaded world of rattlesnakes.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• The Rattlesnake Creek Bluegrass Band: “Little Jib” from Gentlemen of the Fistfight(self-released)
• Ed Schaeffer & Rattlesnake Hill: “Presidential Breakdown” fromScene From Afar(self-released)
• Northwest Territory: “Man With the Rattlesnakes” from Fiddle Snakes(self-released)
• Tony Rice: “Rattlesnake” from Tony Rice(Rounder)
• The Earl Brothers: “Rattlesnake Poison” from Troubles to Blame(self-released)
• Ben Lewis: “Rattler’s Tale” from Blackbeard’s Dream(self-released)
• The Dixie Travelers: “Rattlesnake Daddy” from Free Wheeling(Revonah)
• Randall Hylton: “Rattle Snaking Daddy” from Guitar Blues(Flag)
• Pert Near Sandstone: “Rattlesnake” from Discovery of Honey (self-released)
• Irene Kelley: “Rattlesnake Rattler” from Pennsylvania Coal(Patio)
• Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising: “Rattlesnake In the Woodpile” from Lowground(self-released)
• Unspoken Tradition: “Rattlesnake Run” from Miles Between(self-released)
• The Rattlesnakes: “Rattlesnake Ridge” from Black Blizzard(self-released)
• The Keel Brothers: “Rattlesnake Bit the Baby” from The Keel Brothers, Vol. 1(LKE)
• Andy Falco: “Rattlesnake Creek” from Sentenced to Life With the Blues(FGM)
• The Kentucky Gentlemen: “Rattlesnakes and Copperheads” from Kentucky Heritage(Kiing Bluegrass)
• Greg Garrison, Grant Gordy, Alex Hargreaves, & Joe K. Walsh: “Rattlesnake Pass” from Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth(self-released)