Down the Road

~ Recording by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Down the Road2:43Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsThe Mercury Sessions, Volume 1Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
RounderCD SS-18
1.7Down the Road2:42Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs1948–1959Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15472-1, BCD 15472-2, BCD 15472-3, BCD 15472-4
1.4Down the Road2:41Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsThe Complete Mercury SessionsLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-08-04
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 512 644-2
1.4Down the Road2:41Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain BoysThe Complete Mercury SessionsLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)P2-12644
1.7Down the Road2:42Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsFoggy Mountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2001-05-08
1.6Down the Road2:43Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsThe Complete Mercury RecordingsLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-04-22
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B0000070-02
1.4Down the Road2:41Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain BoysThe Essential Earl ScruggsEarl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-03-02
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 90858
3.7Down the Road?:??Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsSelected Sides: 1947–1953Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Stanley BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-03-30
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP7724 A, JSP7724 B, JSP7724 C, JSP7724 D
1.7Down the Road2:44Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsA Proper Introduction to Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs: The Mercury YearsLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-13
Proper RecordsINTRO CD 2030
1.7Down the Road2:44Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsMountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
PrimoPRMCD6010
1.8Down the Road2:44Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain BoysEssential Classics, Vol. 734: Flatt & ScruggsLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-01-22
Essential Classics (Essential Classics compilations)734
1.7Down the Road2:44Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsMountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
banjo:Earl Scruggs (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
double bass [string bass]:Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
fiddle:Art Wooten (American fiddler) (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
guitar:Lester Flatt (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
mandolin:Curly Seckler (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
vocals:Lester Flatt (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
recording of:Down the Road (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)

Related works

Down the Road

writer:Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
publisher:CBS Unart Catalog, Inc. (in 1985)
is the basis for:Ease on Down