Below are 191 recordings from the First Cobb County Bluegrass Festival held on October 24th & 25th, 1969 at the Cobb County Fairgrounds in Marietta, Ga. These Reel to Reel tapes are part of the Bernard Rousseau Collection and were converted to digital file format. These files are part of the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University.
1969
Click on the links below to hear these recordings along with the song titles and performing groups. This will take you to the Archives of Appalachia website.
Reel 007: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969 ), [ Tracks 1-50]
Reel 008: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969 ), [ Tracks 1-23 ]
Reel 009: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969 ), [ Tracks 1-15 ]
Reel 010: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969 ), [ Tracks 1-44 ]
Reel 011: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969), [ Tracks 1-25 ]
Reel 012: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 25th, 1969), [ Tracks 1-34 ]
Thanks to the Archives of Appalachia at The East Tennessee State University for this resource!
1970
Below are 160 Audio Files from the 1970 Cobb County Bluegrass Festival held on October 2nd-3rd, 1970
Reel 034: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 3, 1970), [Tracks 1-43]
Reel 035: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 3, 1970), [Tracks 1-32]
Reel 036: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 3, 1970), [Tracks 1-4]
Reel 037: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 3, 1970), [Tracks 1-40]
Reel 038: Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (October 3, 1970), [Tracks 1-20]
Thanks to the Archives of Appalachia at The East Tennessee State University for this resource!
