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Don Rigsby's Recorded Albums

Don Rigsby, an internationally- recognized Bluegrass musician and singer, is the fulltime director of KCTM. With more than 19 years of experience in the music industry, Rigsby has released four solo albums and performed with several groups, including Longview, Bluegrass Cardinals, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Lonesome River Band and Rock Country. The 2001 male vocalist of the year, named by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA), he has been nominated by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) for album and song of the year. He shared two IBMA awards while performing with Longview and also sang on a Grammy - winning album by rocker John Fogerty. 

Although the Street Date for this album is July 18, 2006, you can purchase your copy from this web site and at upcoming live performances.

 

Album: Hillbilly Heartache (CD, 2006)

  1. Hillbilly Heartache    Listen
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead & Tenor
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo, Baritone
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Lead on Chorus
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Acoustic Bass
  2. Daddy Was A Moonshine Man
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Guitar, Lead & Tenor
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo, Baritone
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Lead on Chorus
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  3. These Golden Fields
    Don Rigsby - Mandele, Percussion, High Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Guitar, Low Tenor
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Baritone
    Jesse Wells - Octave Violin
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  4. Big Jim    Listen
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, High Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo, Low Tenor
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Baritone
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard-Bass
  5. He Loves To Hear You Shout   Listen
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo, Lead, Baritone
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Tenor
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle, Baritone
    Robert Maynard - Bass, Bass Vocal
  6. Kentucky Waltz
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Fiddle, Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  7. Make God Laugh
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead, Tenor
    Dale Vanderpool - Muted Banjo, Baritone
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Lead on Chorus
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  8. Forked Deer    Listen
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  9. Old Green Chevrolet
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  10. Any Bar In Birmingham    Listen
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Percussion, Lead
    Dale Vanderpool - Muted Banjo
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Baritone, Tenor
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  11. Red Bird
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead, Tenor
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo, Baritone
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Lead on Chorus
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  12. Prisoner Of The Highway
    Don Rigsby - Mandolin, Lead, Tenor
    Dale Vanderpool - Banjo
    Shayne Bartley - Guitar, Lead on Chorus
    Jesse Wells - Fiddle
    Robert Maynard - Bass
  13. I Am The Man Thomas    Listen
    Don Rigsby - Lead
    Jesse Wells - Clawhammer Banjo
 

Album: The Midnight Call (CD, 2003)

The song that provides the title, by Dixie and Tom T. Hall (who appear to be writing just about exclusively for bluegrass artists these days), turns to the paranormal for an eerie saga of (more)...

    1. Those Gambler's Blues    Listen
    2. The Midnight Call    Listen
    3. Carved Our Names in Stone
    4. Blood On My Hands
    5. Dying To Hold Her Again
    6. Muddy Water    Listen
    7. What Lays Down The Road
    8. Greenbriar River
    9. Green Ivy Vine
    10. Look Out Below
    11. Come In Out Of The Rain
    12. Little White Cross Out On Highway
    13. I've Already Turned That Page    Listen
 

Album: Another Saturday Night (CD, 2001)

Personnel: Dudley Connell (vocals, acoustic guitar); Don Rigsby (vocals, guitar, mandolin, mandele); Randy kohrs (electric guitar, lapsteel guitar); Tim O'brien (fiddle); Missy raines (bass).

    1. Another Saturday Night    Listen
    2. I'm Beside Myself    Listen
    3. Too Late    Listen
    4. Hollis Brown
    5. Dreams of Home
    6. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
    7. Where Is My Sailor Boy
    8. You May Sing Of The Beauties
    9. I'll Take The Chance
    10. I Can't Forget
    11. Let Me Fly Low
    12. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
 

Album: Empty Old Mailbox (CD, 2000)

Personnel includes: Don Rigsby (vocals, mandolin); Carl Jackson (vocals, guitar, banjo); Larry Sparks (vocals, guitar); Lily Isaacs (vocals); J.D. Crowe (banjo); Gabe Witcher (fiddle); David Blazer (cello); Ben Issacs (acoustic bass).

    1. I Won't Be There    Listen
    2. Bluestone Mountain    Listen
    3. Empty Old Mail Box    Listen
    4. Son Of A Gun
    5. These Ole' Blues
    6. Poor Little Rich Man
    7. Dust To Dust
    8. Louise
    9. Don't Sell The Land
    10. Bad Day In Akron
    11. If I Had A Mother Like You
    12. I am A Little Scholar
    13. Here I Am In Love Again
    14. Precisous Love
 

Album: Meet Me By The Moonlight (CD, 1999)

Personnel: Dudley Connell (vocals, guitar); Don Rigsby (vocals, mandolin); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Ronnie Simpkins (bass).

    1. Meet Me By The Moonlight
    2. Orphan Girl
    3. Troubled, I'm Troubled
    4. Oh Lovin' Babe
    5. Jealous Lover
    6. Good-bye Maggie
    7. Short Life Of Trouble
    8. Dark And Thorny
    9. Rollin' On
    10. Dying Boy's Prayer
    11. Our Darin's Gone
    12. Old Ship Of Zion
 

Album: A Vision (CD, 1998)



    1. Wings Of Angels    Listen
    2. Little Spirit Man    Listen
    3. Rose Among The Thorns    Listen
    4. I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages
    5. Over In The Gloryland
    6. Angel Of Death
    7. Higher Than I
    8. That Home Far Away
    9. On A High, High Mountain
    10. God Needed My Mother
    11. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
    12. It Is Jesus
    13. Vision Of A Golden Crown    Listen