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Overlooked upon its theatrical debut in 1972, “Bluegrass Country Soul” is a riveting cinema verite portrait of a bluegrass festival when it was still an underground phenomenon with a rabidly loyal fan base of spectator-participants. It documents a uniquely American musical style in its prime and in its element, without pretense or talking heads or axes to grind. For decades, as the bluegrass festival tradition exploded throughout the United States and abroad, the film gained a cult following, especially among musicians.

Washington Post

In 2006, it was reissued on DVD. Once it sold out, it went out of print, until now.

You can order the box set of the DVD, a bonus DVD, and other materials at LINK $144.95

I had to order it--don't tell my wife how much it cost-- after reading the article. Here's more.

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There is an iconic scene in the documentary film "Bluegrass Country Soul" when the Osborne Brothers whip a crowd of thousands into a frenzy with "Ruby, Are You Mad?," a howl from the doghouse and their signature showstopper. In suits and ties despite the sweltering summer heat, Bobby and Sonny Osborne tear into their instruments with manic fury, as if to prove their status as headliners at this landmark bluegrass festival in North Carolina tobacco country.

There are fiery solos by Bobby on mandolin and Sonny on banjo, and stratospheric three-part harmonies deftly rendered at a lone mic, as “Ruby” plays out in its entirety. It is one of more than two dozen revelatory, full-length performances in the documentary, recently reissued in a lavish box set by its director, Albert Ihde.

Found this track listing on amazon:

Black Mountain Rag-- Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover
Man Of Constant Sorrow -- Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys
Train 45 -- J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys
Freeborn Man -- Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
White House Blues -- Blue Mountain Boys
White House Blues -- Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals
Matterhorn -- The Country Gentlemen
Fox On The Run -- The Country Gentlemen
Matterhorn (onstage) -- The Country Gentlemen
Roanoke (rehearsal) -- The New Deal String Band
Love Potion No. 9 -- The New Deal String Band
Rocky Top -- Osborne Brothers
Ruby, You Are Mad -- Osborne Brothers
Fuji Mountain Breakdown -- Bluegrass 45
Mocking Banjo -- Bluegrass 45
Four Walls Around Me -- Mac Wiseman & Blackwell & Collins & the Dixie Bluegrass Boys
Sally Goodin -- Festival fiddle players
Wabash Cannonball -- Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys
Listening To The Rain -- Osborne Brothers
One Tin Soldier -- The Bluegrass Alliance
New River Train -- Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover
Orange Blossom Special -- Chubby Wise with Mac Wiseman
Country Comfort -- Earl Scruggs Revue
Take Me Home, Country Roads -- Osborne Brothers
Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- Earl Scruggs & festival banjo players
Dear Old Dixie -- Earl Scruggs & festival banjo players