#3 In Memory of Ben Eldridge – Country Pickin’
Songwriters & Music Lovers:
Scene from Afar is a re-issue of my 1987 vinyl album of all original material, featuring
Seldom Scene musicians. Country Pickin’ is my own song creation, and another opportunity
to remember Ben Eldridge on Banjo.
Phil Rosenthal begins this cut with a lead guitar solo, and his picking can be heard throughout the
song. Lou Reid sings harmony on the chorus, and all the instruments, including the fantastic
fiddler Carl Nelson, have a chance to “stretch out” during their solos. The last solo is a duet with
both Phil and Ben: an exquisite duet we may have never heard!
This song’s last line: “The Good Lord, He likes Country Pickin' too!” is a confirmation to Tom T Hall’s
line in “The Year Clayton Delany Died”: “Could be that the Good Lord likes a little pickin' too”
Scene from Afar Musicians:
Ben Eldridge Banjo
Phil Rosenthal Mandolin & Lead Guitar
Ed Schaeffer Vocal & Rhythm Guitar
Carl Nelson Fiddle
Willie Oldes Bass
Lou Reid Harmony Singing
Fred Travers Dobro
To listen, click: http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html
Ed (As always, turn up and headphones preferred)
Ed Schaeffer
Chorus: That's what I like about Bluegrass music
That's what I like about a Country song!
Takes me back to my friends an' family
Keeps me honest, makes me strong!
I'm Blue Ridge born I'm country bred
I've heard this music runnin' in my head
Since I sang with my friends
In our little white Church
At the edge of the village in the thick of the birch!
Hear that fiddle sawin' hear that banjo kickin' down
Can you feel in your heart these feelings goin' round
As we share in the Spirit
Pay the Lord His due
The Good Lord, He likes Country Pickin' too!
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