For anyone into LPs County Records has just reissued/repressed the Kenny Baker album Country. I ordered it a few days ago and am waiting for it to arrive. Thankfully County never sold their catalog to one of the big corporate groups like the other labels did back in I guess it was the 1990s. So far County has released 2 Tony Rice LPs and now a Kenny Baker. Hopefully there will be more to come. Enjoyed the story!

One of the best albums I've ever heard in my 51 years of playing semi pro BG. Is the one Kenny and Josh Graves made. Fave song was their duet of the tune "Step it up and go". Not many folks are aware that Kenny played some killer 3 finger style guitar playing.

I love both of them, and their impact they had on bluegrass music. But, that's Kenny Baker's loss, in my opinion.

A good friend of mine & singer who passed some 20 yrs ago, used to tell me stories that Kenny Baker would come to Corbin, KY to play some music & try to date his sister. Now, I have no way of confirming those stories, but I do know that Kenny & another one of my older banjo playing friends (Bill Grimes), used to pick some & had recorded some sessions with the late Ray Hoskins. Ray had a recording studio in London, KY called "Laurel Leaf Records". The 45's are hard to find, but there are still some of them floating around my area from some of those sessions. Ray's son Dallas, could possibly share some stories about some of his memories concerning those recording sessions & others. I used to have a CD that Ray had made me of a 4 song session from the late 60's/early 70's that had Doyle Lawson on guitar & fiddle, Larry Rice on mandolin & lead & baritone vocals, Bobby Slone on fiddle, Ray Hoskins on bass & tenor vocals, Vernon Lee Brown on guitar & lead vocals & Bill Grimes on banjo. Bill Grimes is 85 & still going strong. He still has a couple of the 45's from that session. I've tried to talk Bill into doing some interviews with people, but he doesn't have internet or a computer. I need to take my recording stuff down to his house & ask him some questions about some of those sessions & some of his memories of Kenny & other musicians he's played with.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for informing us Brad!

Nice story. Thanks!

Used to see Kenny Baker and Josh Graves play at the Quality Inn in I think Covington, Ky. My next door neighbor grew up in Fairmount. We used to go to the local bar in Fairmount and drink beer etc.

I totally agree. To hear those 3 on tripples!

Altho quite short a fiddle break, Kennys break on "Working on a building" was my fave. Double stop fiddling RULES!!!!

Great!

That’s a great story. What if Kenny Baker had joined Bobby Hicks and Vassar on volume six? It would’ve been triple fiddle heaven.. Kenny had his reason I guess like you said.

Did any of y’all ever hear of J.D. Jarvis gospel blue grass group from Kentucky.

IMO Kenny was the finest fiddle player to resin up a bow.Chubby said Bill lie long bow strokes. So both Chubby and Kenny gave em.

Ah Tony. If youve seen Tonys, Sams, Jerry and Belas "Nine Pound Hammer" it not hard to see who ran that BG mob. Tony!!!Gives Sam a glance when tt's his time to do his turn around. Adjusts mic for Jerry's.

LOL - Kenny had a taste for music that mattered.