The Bluegrass Blog is running a story about two Rebel Records having reissued two classic out-of-print Bluegrass records on downloads. This is excellent news for the Bands and fans of Bluegrass. The albums are (click album link to view/listen to record in iTunes):

• Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by the Lonesome River Band
• Makin’ Tracks by The McPreake Brothers

Few Bluegrass fans likely morned the death of the brick-and-mortar record store. With their anemic (at best) Bluegrass sections, these stores were basically useless to the typical ‘Grass fan. The web proved to be a better way to buy and sell music, and as luck would have it, the web rewards niche markets like Bluegrass. Even the most dyed-in-the-wool luddite can see the value in out-of-print records being re-released… even if it is only in digital form. Now all we need is for them to continue to shed the monumentally annoying DRM…

Also available from Rebel Records via download are:

• Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals Take Me To The Mountains
• Charlie Moore The Original Rebel Soldier
• Norman Blake & Red Rector (highly recommended)
• Buck White & the Down Home Folks