American mandolin player and singer/songwriter. Also played guitar and worked as a producer and arranger.
Born March 4, 1934 in Washington, D.C., and died December 10, 1996 in Arlington, Virginia.
ALBUMS
John Duffey
Always In Style: A Collection
2000, HDCD, Comp, Sugar Hill Records (2), 
,
, Bluegrass
Duffey*, Waller*, Adcock* & Gray*
Classic Country Gents Reunion
1989
John Duffey & Charlie Waller And The Country Gentleman*
Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall
1983
John Duffy* And The Country Gentlemen
Hootenanny - A Blue Grass Special
1962
Charlie Waller & John Duffey With The Country Gentlemen
Red Rockin' Chair
1961, 7", Single, Starday Records
John Duffey, Charley Waller* & The Country Gentlemen
Sing & Play Folk Songs & Bluegrass
1961, ,
, Country/Bluegrass/Folk
Charlie Waller And John Duffey And The Country Gentlemen
Poor Ellen Smith
1960, 7", Single, Starday Records
John Duffey, Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys
Blue Grass / Put My Little Shoes Away
1960, Acetate, 10", Single, Fonotone Record
Charlie Waller & John Duffey With The Country Gentlemen
A Letter To Tom / Darling Alalee
1960, 7", Starday Records
Charley Waller*, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock And The Country Gentlemen
Country Songs, Old And New
1960, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
Charlie Waller And John Duffey With The Country Gentlemen
The Hills And Home / New Freedom Bell
1959, 7", Single, Mono, Starday Records
Charlie Waller & John Duffey With The Country Gentlemen
The Devil's Own
7", Starday Records
Charlie Waller And John Duffey With The Country Gentlemen
I'll Never Marry / Travelin' Dobro Blues
7", Starday Records
Flatt & Scruggs, Denver Duke & Jeffery Null, John Duffy*, The Country Gentlemen, Jimmie Skinner, Doc Lew Childre*, Benny Martin
Bluegrass Banjo Featuring Flatt And Scruggs And Others
The Seldom Scene
Different Roads
2007, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
High Lonesome - The Complete Starday Recordings
2002, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Creators Of Urban Bluegrass
2002
The Seldom Scene
Dream Scene
1996
The Seldom Scene
Like We Used To Be
1994
The Country Gentlemen
Nashville Jail
1991, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Scenic Roots
1990
The Country Gentlemen
Country Songs, Old And New
1990
The Seldom Scene
15th Anniversary Celebration, Live At The Kennedy Center
1988, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
A Change Of Scenery
1988
The Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen Featuring Ricky Skaggs On Fiddle
1985
The Seldom Scene
At The Scene
1983
The Country Gentlemen
25 Years
1982, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
After Midnight
1981, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Act Four
1979
The Seldom Scene
Baptizing
1978
The Seldom Scene
The New Seldom Scene Album
1976
The Seldom Scene
Live At The Cellar Door
1975, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
The Virginia Gentlemen
Best In Blue Grass
1974, LP, Album, Harvey's Records, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
Yesterday & Today - Volume 3
1974
The Seldom Scene
Old Train
1974
The Country Gentlemen
Yesterday & Today - Volume 2
1973, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
Vol 4, Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
1973, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Act Two
1973, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Act 3
1973, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen
1973
The Country Gentlemen
Yesterday & Today - Volume 1
1973
The Seldom Scene
Act 1
1972
The Country Gentlemen
Sound Off
1971
The Country Gentlemen
The Best Of The Early Country Gentlemen
1970, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
Play It Like It Is
1969, Vinyl Two-color label, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
New Look, New Sound
1969
The Country Gentlemen
The Traveler And Other Favorites
1968, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
Matterhorn
1967
The Country Gentlemen
Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival
1967
The Country Gentlemen
Christmas Time Back Home / Jingle Bells
1966, 7", Single, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass/Holiday
The Country Gentlemen
Bringing Mary Home
1966, ,
, Bluegrass
The Country Gentlemen
This World's No Place To Live / A Cold Wind A' Blowin'
1966
The Country Gentlemen
Bringing Mary Home / Northbound
1965
The Country Gentlemen
On The Road
1963
The Country Gentlemen
Folk Session Inside
1963, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
The Country Gentlemen
Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall
1962, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene
Scene 20 (20th Anniversary Concert)
2x CD, ,
, Bluegrass
APPEARANCES +
Matthew Geiger
Always Be There For You
2025, CD, Album, Waiting For Lester
Various
Bluegrass Country Soul — The Legendary Festival
2020, Blu-ray + DVD + 2xCD + Box + DVD, Bluegrass Country Soul Inc.
Various
Hillbillies In Hell - Country Music’s Tormented Testament (1952-1974) Revelations
2020, CD, Comp, RM, The Omni Recording Corporation
Various
Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey
2018, CD, Album, Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage*
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage With Bluegrass Legends Live At The Ryman
2018, CD, Album, Upper Management Music
Various
Starday Custom Series #500-675 (Rockabilly, Country, Hillbilly, And Gospel 1953 - 1957)
2017, 10xCD, Comp, Be! Sharp Records, 
,
, Rock & Roll/Bluegrass/Gospel/Rockabilly/Country/Hillbilly
Nothin' Fancy
Where I Came From
2016, CD, Album, Mountain Fever Records
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage*
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage With Bluegrass Legends Live At The Ryman
2016, DVD, NTSC, Upper Management Music, ,
, Bluegrass
Nothin' Fancy
By Any Other Name
2015, CD, Album, Mountain Fever Records
Marco Zanzi
Time To Start Again (Time To Fly Again)
2014
Marty Hays
Wish We Had Our Time Again
2013, CD, Album, Right Side Up Records
Ruud de Jonker, VAAG*
The Wind Knows
2012, 6xCDr, Comp, Ltd + DVD, Comp, Ltd, PAL, Shoot the Moon (2), 
Eddie & Martha Adcock* With Tom Gray And Friends
Many A Mile
2011, CD, Album, Patuxent Music
Various
Rienk's Favorites - A Tribute To 40 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine
2011, CD, Comp, Ltd, LiZdO-records
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe And Friends / Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame
2010, CD, Comp, Raven Records, 
Various
Dark As A Dungeon (Songs Of The Mines)
2010, CD, Comp, Rebel Vault Masters, ,
, Bluegrass
Frankie Miller
Blackland Farmer - Complete Starday Recordings
2008, 3xCD, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
, Country/Honky Tonk/Rockabilly
Various
10 Jaar Live Boet'n Deure Poolshoogte Odoorn
2008, CD, Album, Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Bluegrass/Country/Folk
Seldom Scene*
SCENEchronized
2007, CD, Album, Sugar Hill Records (2)
County Connection
Our Style Of Bluegrass
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label
Lonesome Meadow
Goin' To Town
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label (Lonesome Meadow Self-released)
Various
Sugar Hill Records - A Retrospective
2006, 4xCD, Comp + DVD + Box, Sugar Hill Records (2)
The Country Boys
Sing Bluegrass And Gospel
2006, CD, Album, Hay Holler Records
Daniel O'Donnell
Early Memories
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Music Club Deluxe
Nothin' Fancy
Album #7
2006, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-1969)
2005, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Dust-to-Digital
Various
Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 (From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
2005, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways, ,
, Bluegrass
Monroe Crossing
The Happy Holidays
2005, CD, Album, Not On Label (Monroe Crossing Self-Released), ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
Various
Roots Of Bluegrass - The Appalachian Way
2004, CD, Comp, Xtra (2), 
,
, Appalachian Music
Blackjack
Be On Time
2004, CD, Album, Not On Label (Blackjack (22) Self-released), 
,
, Bluegrass
Stony Point Quartet
Christmas Time Back Home
2003, CD, Music Catalogue Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
Country Gentlemen*
Can't You Hear Me Callin': Early Classics 1963-1969
2003, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Bill Clifton And The Pick Of The Crop*
Playing Where The Grass Is Greener
2003, CD, Album, Elf Ltd.
Old & In The Gray
Old & In The Gray
2002, HDCD, Album, Acoustic Disc, ,
, Bluegrass
Longview
Lessons In Stone
2002, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Cool, Blue Outlaws: Songs Of Rogues, Rascals & Rapscallions
2002, HDCD, Album, Comp, Sugar Hill Records (2), ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Plum Hollow Band
Neck
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label
Ralph Stanley
The Very Best Of...
2002
Various
Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
2002, CD, ,
, Bluegrass
Mike Auldridge
Dobro / Blues and Bluegrass
2002, ,
, Bluegrass
The Larry Stephenson Band
Heavenward Bound
2001, ,
, Bluegrass/Gospel
Doug* & Taylor Rorrer
Tradition
1999, CD, Album, Flyin' Cloud Records, ,
, Appalachian Music/Bluegrass
Tom Rush
The Very Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets
1999, CD, ,
, Folk/Folk Rock
Emerson & Waldron*
The Best Of Emerson & Waldron
1997, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Rebel Records 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass 1960-1995
1997, 4xCD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Frank Christian
Mister So And So
1996, CD, Album, Palmetto Records
Various
50 Years Of Bluegrass Hits 2
1996
Mac Wiseman
The Mac Wiseman Story
1995, CD, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
1995, CD ARC, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Daddies Sing Goodnight
1994, CD, Album, Sugar Hill Records (2)
The Lake Country Boys
Empty Mansions
1993, CD, Album, Bluelight Records, 
,
, Bluegrass
Various
Rounder Radio Bluegrass Sampler
1993, CD, Promo, Smplr, Rounder Records
Tony Rice
Plays And Sings Bluegrass
1993
Bill Clifton
The Early Years 1957-1958
1992, CD, Comp, Rounder Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Bound To Ride – Vintage Mountain Bluegrass
1991, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3), Rebel Records (3)
Paul Wheater
When I Dream
1991, CD, Album, Not On Label, 
,
, Country
Various
Sugar Plums (Holiday Treats From Sugar Hill)
1991, ,
, Bluegrass
Country Gentlemen*
Let The Light Shine Down
1991
Various
Way Down Deep In My Soul
1988, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Gospel
Various
Every Time I Feel The Spirit
1988
Vernon Oxford
Keeping' It Country
1988, Cassette Dolby System, ,
, Country
Various
Authentic Bluegrass Solid 20
1986, LP, Comp, Omagatoki, 
,
, Bluegrass
Various
Authentic Bluegrass Standard 20
1986, LP, Comp, Omagatoki, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
The Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival
1985, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Gat, Pigeon Roost Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Jonathan Edwards (2) & The Seldom Scene
Blue Ridge
1985, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe And Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame
1985, ,
, Bluegrass
Bryan Bowers
By Heart
1984
Dry Branch Fire Squad
On Tour (Live At Granite Hill Park)
1983, LP, Album, Gordo Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Herb Baker And Friends
Silver Dew On The Bluegrass
1983, LP, Album, Wildfire Records (4)
Phil Rosenthal
A Matter Of Time
1983, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
The Seldom Scene, The New South, The Country Gentlemen
Bluegrass - The Greatest Show On Earth
1982, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
Mike Auldridge With The Seldom Scene And Friends*
Eight String Swing
1982
Alan Hawking
Two Sides Of Alan Hawking
1982
The Back 40 String Band
The Church Back Home
1981, LP, Album, Bondeaux Records, ,
, Gospel
Various
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Country Music
1981, 8x Vinyl Black Label, Box Set, ,
, Country/Folk/Hillbilly
Per-Erik And The Thunderbirds
Bop-A-Lena
1981
The Wye Mountain Boys*
All The Good Times
1980, LP, Album, Wildfire Records (4)
Bryan Bowers
Home, Home On The Road
1980
Various
Christmas Time Back Home
1980, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Holiday
Grass Strings
Traveling On With The Grass Strings
1980
Various
Bluegrass Banjo (Featuring Flatt and Scruggs)
1980
John Starling
Long Time Gone
1980, Vinyl, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Jimmy Gaudreau
The Gaudreau Mandolin Album
1978, LP, Album, Puritan (2)
Brothers "N" Bluegrass
Wanted For Picking Grass!
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass
Teddy Nelson & Flying Norwegians
Point Of Departure
1978
Bluegrass Incorporated
Springtime In Dear Old Dixie
1977, LP, Album, Atteiram
Bluegrass Kats*
Kattin' Around
1977, LP, Album, Playhouse (2)
Don Reno, Red Smiley, Bill Harrell & The Cut Ups*
Live At The Lone Star Festival At McKinney, Texas, July 1971
1977, LP, Album, Atteiram
Nick Strutt & Jeremy Wolstenholme
Nine Man's Morris
1977, 7", EP, Sol, Look Records (3)
Nick Strutt & Jeremy Wolstenholme
Nine Man's Morris
1977, 7", EP, 4-p, Look Records (3)
Frank Buchanan
Memories Of Home
1977
Jaime Brockett
North Mountain Velvet
1977, ,
, Folk
Saul Broudy
Travels With Broudy
1977, Vinyl, ,
, Folk/Country
James Monroe
Sings Songs Of Memory Lane Of His Uncle Charlie
1976, LP, Album, Atteiram
The Outdoor Plumbing Co.*
The Outdoor Plumbing Co.
1976, LP, Album, Rebel Records (3)
The Calton Family
The Old And New
1976
Various
Hills & Home: Thirty Years Of Bluegrass
1976
Various
Steamboat's A-Comin'
1976, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Folk
Bill Clifton
Come By The Hills
1975, LP, Album, County Records, ,
, Bluegrass
The Blue Ridge Gentlemen
Solid As A Rock
1975, LP, Album, Atteiram
The Lost And Found
The First Time Around
1975, LP, Album, Outlet Records (3)
Natchez Trace
The Best Of The Immortal Natchez Trace
1975, LP, Sweet Folk And Country
The Bluegrass Expedition
The Bluegrass Expedition
1975, LP, Album, Pye Records
The Gospel Ramblers
No Other One, Lord
1975
Bill Clifton
Going Back To Dixie
1975
Cliff Waldron And The New Shades Of Grass
Cliff Waldron And The New Shades Of Grass
1974, LP, Album, Rebel Records (3)
The Hawking Brothers
The Best Of The Hawking Brothers
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Country
Ralph Stanley
A Man And His Music
1974
Mike Auldridge
Blues And Blue Grass
1974, ,
, Country Blues/Country
Eck Gibson And The Mountaineer Ramblers
The Bluegrass Cure
1973, LP, Album, Not On Label (Eck Gibson And The Mountaineer Ramblers Self-released)
Bluegrass Ramblers Of Texas*
"Live" At The Kerrville Folk Festival
1973, LP, Album, Kerrville Folk Festival
The Arbuckle Mountain Boys
America
1973, LP, Artco
Bluegrass Association*
One Tin Soldier
1973
Bill Clifton And The Dixie Mountain Boys*
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
1973, ,
, Bluegrass
The Hawking Brothers
Country Gold
1973
Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys
I Want To Preach The Gospel
1973
The Southern Ramblers
Country Roads
1972, LP, Album, Westwood Recordings
Bottle Hill
A Rumor In Their Own Time
1972, LP, Album, Biograph, ,
, Progressive Bluegrass/Bluegrass/Folk
The Stoneman Family
Meet The Stonemans
1972, LP, Album, Nashville International
Mike Auldridge
Dobro
1972, Vinyl, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Various
Bluegrass Revue
1972
Ralph Stanley
Old Country Church
1972, ,
, Bluegrass/Gospel
The Bluegrass 45
The Bluegrass 45
1971, LP, Album, Rebel Records (3), Rebel Records (3)
Lonesome Pine Playboys
Better Times A Coming
1971, LP, Album, Not On Label
Various
Bluegrass Festival
1971
The Bluegrass 45
Caravan
1971
Charlie Moore And The Dixie Partners
Charlie Bluegrass
1970, LP, Album, Mono, Country Jubilee (2)
Bob Clark
Bringing Mary Home
1970, 7", EP, Hadley Records
Charlie Waller & Eddy Adcock*, The Country Gentlemen
(They Call The Wind) Maria / Letter To Tom
1970, 7", Rome Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners*
Lorena Go Home
1970, 7", Country Jubilee
Tom Rush
Classic Rush
1970
Emerson And Waldron
Bluegrass Session
1970
Red Sovine
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
1970
Phil Sanders
My Pride Draws The Line / Request Some Country Music
1969, 7", Single, Promo, Stop (3)
The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band*
Yesterday's Gone
1969, 
,
, Bluegrass
The Bluegrass Alliance
The Bluegrass Alliance
1969
The Southern Ramblers
Blue Grass Special
1969
Emerson And Waldron
New Shades Of Grass
1968
Ralph Carlson
Ralph Carlson Sings
1967, LP, Album, Banff
Country Briars
The Versatile Country Briars
1967, LP, Album, Mono, Studio City Records
Don Reno & Bill Harrell And The Tennessee Cut-Ups
Bluegrass Favorites
1967
Bill Clifton And The Country Gentlemen
Bill Clifton Meets The Country Gentlemen
1966
Mac Wiseman
Bringing Mary Home
1965
The Kentuckians
The Solid Bluegrass Sound Of The Kentuckians
1965
Various
Preachin', Prayin', Singin'
1964
Various
More Banjo In The Hills
1962, ,
, Country Blues/Country/Ballad/Folk
Reg Lindsay
We're Proud To Call Him Son
1962
Various
The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame
1962
Various
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
1961, 7", EP, Comp, Starday Records
Various
Banjo Jamboree Spectacular
1961, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
The Bluegrass Special : 16 Song Hits By Top Artists
1960, Vinyl Label variant, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Preachin' Prayin' Shoutin' & Singin'
1959, Vinyl, ,
, Bluegrass/Country/Gospel
Lucky Chapman And The Ozark Mountain Boys*
I've Waited So Long
7", Maryland Records (3)
Flattop Pickers
Bluegrass Melodies
LP, Riverside Records (5), ,
, Bluegrass
Heather Berry & The Berry Pickers
Songs For Charlie
CD, Album, Not On Label (Heather Berry & The Berry Pickers Self-released)
Wills Creek
Up The Creek
Cass, Album, Not On Label
Blue Dogs
Soul Dogfood
Various
Blue Ribbon Bluegrass
CD PMDC, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Model Church (Best Of Bluegrass & Country Gospel)
2008, CD, Comp, Gusto Records (2)
Various
Songs Of Labor & Livelihood
1978, LP, Comp, Mono, The Library Of Congress
Various
Bluegrass!
1973
Various
Dueling Banjos
1973
Various
Orange Blossom Special (Streets of Laredo / Don't Take Your Guns to Town)
1969
Various
Bluegrass Banjos!
1967