Bluegrass Breakdown: Seventeens

It’s a natural number sandwiched between 16 and 18, the atomic number of chlorine, the last age one is considered to be a minor, the name of a South Korean boy band, the name of an unincorporated community in Ohio, the number used to call police in France, the name of a 1951 musical, the title of numerous songs, and fertile ground for bluegrassical exploration. We embark on a bang up celebration of the number 17.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• J.D. Crowe & the New South: “Summer Wages” from J.D. Crowe & the New South(Rounder)
• Jim Hurst: “Seventeen Days” from Open Window(N.N. Guido)
• Lorraine Jordan: “Seventeen Years” from Mandolin Rose(West Station)
• Dan Crary & Thunderation: “Highway 17” from Perfect Storm(Blue Night)
• Mark O’Connor: “Opus 17 – Thanks and Goodness” from False Dawn(Rounder)
• Blue Highway: “Only Seventeen” from Sounds of Home(Rounder)
• Robin & Linda Williams: “Seventeen Years Old” from Back 40(Red House)
• Brandon Lee Adams: “I Long For Seventeen” from Hardest Kind of Memories(self-released)
• The Del McCoury Band: “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” from Del & the Boys(Ceili)
• Andy Statman: “17” from East Flatbush Blues(Shefa)
• Larry Sparks: “Tennessee 1949” from Silver Reflections(Rebel)
• Ricky Skaggs: “Seven Hillsides” from Soldier of the Cross(Skaggs Family)
• Lynn Morris: “Seventeen Cents” from You’ll Never Be the Sun(Rounder)
• Level Crossing: “17^thof June” from North To Ontario(Coot)
• Bill Keith: “Hot Mandolin No. 17” from 1975-1976(Warped)