Big Bluegrass Special
# Big Bluegrass Special

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Big Bluegrass Special is the debut album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell and the Green River Boys, released in 1962 by Capitol Records.

## Track listing

### Side 1

* "Truck Driving Man" (Terry Fell) – 2:00
* "There's More Pretty Girls Than One" (Alton Delmore, Arthur Smith) – 2:55
* "Weary Lonesome Blues" (Delmore) – 2:15
* "No Vacancy" (Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone) – 2:20
* "Rainin' on the Mountain" (Delmore) – 2:22
* "Kentucky Means Paradise" (Travis) – 2:35

### Side 2

* "Brown's Ferry Blues" (Delmore) – 2:33
* "Lonesome Jailhouse Blues" (Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 1:32
* "One Hundred Miles Away from Home" (Jerry Capehart, Glen Campbell, Nick Venet) – 3:10
* "This Old White Mule of Mine" (Bob Nolan) – 2:00
* "Poor Boy Lookin' for A Home" (Melvin Schmidt) – 2:10
* "Long Black Limousine" (Vern Stovall, Bobby George) – 3:00

## Personnel

* Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar

### The Green River Boys

* Carl Tanberg – bass
* Dale Fitzsimmons – banjo
* James Burton – acoustic guitar
* David Frost – drums

### Production

* Nick Venet – producer
* Karen Cronin - art direction, design
* Jerry White – cover photography
* John Johnson – producer (re-issue)
* Glenn Meadows – remastering at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN

## Charts

Album - Billboard (United States) Big Bluegrass Special did not chart.

Singles - Billboard (United States)

| Year | Single | Hot Country Singles | Hot 100 | Easy Listening |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Kentucky Means Paradise" | 20 | 114 | - |

## Release history

The 1996 CD reissue of Big Bluegrass Special included the bonus tracks "Divorce Me C.O.D" and "Dark As A Dungeon".

