Baptizing (album)

Baptizing is an album by American progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. It is marked as a last album for John Starling and arrival of new singer/guitarist Phil Rosenthal. It is also The Seldom Scene's last album recorded under Rebel Records, before switching to Sugar Hill Records .^{[2] [3]}

Baptizing
Studio album by The Seldom Scene
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass
Label	Rebel
Producer	Gary B. Reid
The Seldom Scene chronology
The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) Baptizing (1978) Act IV (1979)

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Track listing

1. "By the Side of the Road" (Albert E. Brumley) – 4:09
2. "Brother John" (Phil Rosenthal) – 3:04
3. "Dreaming of a Little Cabin" (Albert E. Brumley) – 3:54
4. "Fallen Leaves" (Louis M. Jones) – 3:22
5. "He Took Your Place" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:46
6. "Take Him In" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:13
7. "Hobo on a Freight Train to Heaven" (Sam Weedman) – 2:39
8. "Will You Be Ready to Go Home?" (Hank Williams) – 2:34
9. "Were You There?" (Traditional; arranged by John Duffey) – 3:25
10. "Walk With Him Again" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:49
11. "Gospel Medley" (Traditional; arranged by John Duffey) – 4:09

Personnel

The Seldom Scene

• John Starling - vocals, guitar
• Phil Rosenthal - vocals, guitar
• John Duffey - mandolin, vocals
• Ben Eldridge - banjo, guitar, vocals
• Mike Auldridge - Dobro, guitar, vocals
• Tom Gray - bass, vocals

with:

• Ricky Skaggs - violin