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Rebel Records. Charlottesville, Virginia. Rebel Records was founded in 1960 and was the first record label devoted exclusively to Bluegrass music. | Artists: The Kody Norris Show, Peter Rowan, Starlett & Big John, Larry Sparks, High Fidelity, Big Country Bluegrass, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, Seldom Scene, J.D. Crowe, Country Gentlemen, IIIrd Tyme Out, Blue Highway, Paul Williams ...
Christmas In The Mountains (2003) Designed to replace Rebel's perennial favorite Christmas Time Back Home collection that came out in the early 1980s, this updated release combines a few great old songs taken from that original album with several more recent recordings to make up a truly memorable anthology. The compilation features tracks by ...
Comprised of all former members of The Lonesome River Band (whose landmark album Carrying The Tradition was released on Rebel Records nearly thirty years ago), the Band of Ruhks re-unite Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby and Kenny Smith, while adding former LRB banjoman Brian Fesler, to a band that straddles the line between bluegrass favorite and roots music trailblazer with ease.
Rebel Records is the leading independent record label dedicated to promoting and preserving Traditional Bluegrass music. Known for innovation and excellence since 1960, Rebel has introduced many of the most important artists of the genre, from the Country Gentlemen and Seldom Scene to the Steep Canyon Rangers, Blue Highway, Lonesome River Band ...
In the 1980s, Lost & Found signed with Rebel Records and began to record a series of albums for the label. Some of those include Endless Highway, Sun’s Gonna Shine, Hymn Time, January Rain, A Ride Through The Country, It’s About Time and Love, Lost and Found. The song “Johnston’s Grocery Store” from the It’s About Time album climbed ...
Dec 27, 2023 · Dave Freeman, bluegrass and old time music archivist, record label owner, and historian, has died at 84 years of age. He passed early on Christmas morning after several years of ill health, at home, surrounded by family. He is perhaps best known for his ownership and management of the Rebel and County labels, and as founder and long time ...
With his banjo, guitar, singing and songwriting skills on full display, he began to record his own albums. In 1981, he cut his first record for Rebel Records, the first of eight recordings made for the label. In 2008, Rebel Records also released The Best of the Vetco Years, which further showcased Evans’ career, including his classic song ...