Music historian - label owner.
Born on 22 May 1939. He was an authority on old-time and bluegrass music. He started County Records in 1963 in New York
Died 25 December 2023.
ALBUMS
Various
Legends Of Old-Time Music - Fifty Years Of County Records
2015, 4xCD, Comp + Box, County Records, County Records
Tommy Jarrell
The Legacy Of Tommy Jarrell Volume 4: Pickin' On Tommy's Porch
1999
Larry Rice
Hurricanes And Daydreams
1986, Vinyl, 
,
, Bluegrass
The Delmore Brothers
Sand Mountain Blues
1986
Hershel Sizemore*
Bounce Away
1979, LP, Album, County Records, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Buck White & The Downhome Folks*
In Person (At Randy Wood's Old Time Picking Parlor)
1977
Norman Blake (2) And Red Rector
Norman Blake & Red Rector
1976, LP, Album, County Records
The Conner Brothers
The Conner Brothers
1976, LP, Album, County Records
Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
1976, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
Bill Clifton
Come By The Hills
1975, LP, Album, County Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Springtime In The Mountains
1975
Kenny Baker
Grassy Fiddle Blues
1975
Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers
Dixie Bound
1974, LP, Album, County Records
Kenny Baker
Dry & Dusty
1973
The Lilly Brothers*
What Will I Leave Behind
1973
Foot Hill Boys
Bluegrass In The Carolina Mountains
1972, LP, Album, County Records
Buck White & The Down Home Folks
Buck White & The Down Home Folks
1972
Curly Seckler With The Shenandoah Cutups*
Sings Again
1971, LP, Album, County Records
Lilly Brothers & Don Stover
Early Recordings
1970
Shenandoah Valley Quartet With Jim Eanes
Shenandoah Valley Quartet With Jim Eanes
1970, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Gospel
Kenny Baker
A Bakers Dozen - Country Fiddle Tunes
1970
Randall Collins And Curtis Blackwell And The Dixie Bluegrass Boys
Shadow Of Time
1970
The Mountain Ramblers
Mountain Dance Music from the Blue Ridge
1969, LP, Album, County Records
Joe Greene
Joe Greene's Fiddle Album
1969, ,
, Bluegrass
Kenny Baker
Portrait Of A Bluegrass Fiddler
1969
The Easter Brothers And Their Green Valley Quartet*
The Easter Brothers And Their Green Valley Quartet
1968, LP, County Records
Joe* And Janette Carter
Sing Carter Family Favorites
1966
Bartow Riley, Vernon Solomon, Benny Thomasson
Texas Hoedown
1965, LP, Album, County Records
Larry Richardson (3) & Red Barker And The Blue Ridge Boys*
Larry Richardson & Red Barker And The Blue Ridge Boys
1965
Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
Volume Two
Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
Old Time Songs
APPEARANCES +
Big Country Bluegrass
Let Them Know I'm From Virginia
2017, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3)
Larry Rice
If You Only Knew....The Best Of
2014, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3)
Big Country Bluegrass
Memories Of The Past
2013, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Memories Of That Old Country Church
2013, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3)
Front Porch String Band* Featuring Claire Lynch
Hills of Alabam
2012, ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Various
Dark As A Dungeon (Songs Of The Mines)
2010, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
Larry Sparks
Bound To Ride: The Best Of Larry Sparks
2008, HDCD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters
The Seldom Scene
Different Roads
2007, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Feel Like My Time Ain't Long
2006, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters
Larry Sparks
40
2005, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Ralph Stanley
Great High Mountain
2004, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
IIIrd Tyme Out
Erase The Miles
2004, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
Johnnie And Jack
For Old Times Sake
2003, CD, Comp, RM, Bear Family Records
Country Gentlemen*
Can't You Hear Me Callin': Early Classics 1963-1969
2003, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Joe* And Janette Carter
Carter Family Favorites
2003, 
,
, Country
Rhonda Vincent
My Blue Tears
2002, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
The Marshall Family
The Legendary Marshall Family - Volume One
2002, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Doyle Lawson
Tennessee Dream
2002
Ralph Stanley
The Very Best Of...
2002
Larry Sparks
The Old Church Yard
2001, HDCD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Last Day At Gettysburg - Songs About The American Civil War
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Rebel Records (3)
Ralph Stanley & Friends*
Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
2001
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Man Of Constant Sorrow
2000
Various
Mississippi String Bands Volume One
1998, CD, Comp, County Records
Ralph Stanley & Friends*
Clinch Mountain Country
1998, 2xCD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Emerson & Waldron*
The Best Of Emerson & Waldron
1997, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Richard Greene & The Grass Is Greener
Wolves A' Howlin'
1996, Cassette, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Dinner Jazz (16 Mellow Jazz Masterpieces)
1994, CD, 
Franklin George With John Summers*
Traditional Music For Banjo, Fiddle & Bagpipes
1992
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
In The Pines
1987
The Country Gentlemen
25 Years
1982, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Christmas Time Back Home
1980, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Holiday
Lyman Enloe
Fiddle Tunes I Recall
1979
Various
Nashville - The Early String Bands Volume 2
1976, ,
, Country/Appalachian Music
Various
Don't You Remember The Time: Traditional Fiddle Music Of Mississippi Vol. 2
1975, LP, Comp, Mono, County Records
Various
Springtime In The Mountains
1975
Charlie Monroe
Charlie Monroe On The Noonday Jamboree - 1944
1974
Wade Mainer And Sons Of The Mountaineers
The Songs Of Wade Mainer And The Sons Of The Mountaineers
1973
The Stanley Brothers
Long Journey Home
1973
The Stanley Brothers Of Virginia*
The Stanley Brothers Of Virginia - Vol. 1 That Little Old Country Church House
1973
Bill Clifton And The Dixie Mountain Boys*
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
1973
Kyle Creed, Bobby Patterson (3), The Camp Creek Boys
Blue Ridge Style Square Dance Time
1972
Roane County Ramblers
Complete Recordings 1928-29
1971
Clark Kessinger
The Legend Of Clark Kessinger
1971
Various
Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume I (Arkansas String Bands 1927-1930)
1970
Various
Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume II (Arkansas String Bands 1927-1930)
1970
Various
Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume III
1970
Various
A Collection Of Mountain Blues
1966,
Various
A Collection Of Mountain Sacred Songs
1965, LP, Comp, County Records
Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
Old Time Songs (Recorded From 1925-1930)
1965