title: Best of the Vanguard Years (Alison Brown album)
text: # Best of the Vanguard Years (Alison Brown album)
  
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  Best of the Vanguard Years is a compilation album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2002.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Alison Brown.
  
  * "Wolf Moon" – 2:54
  * "Chicken Road" – 4:27
  * "Without Anastasia" – 3:14
  * "Mambo Banjo" – 4:01
  * "Shoot the Dog" – 3:26
  * "Cara's Way" – 5:20
  * "G Bop" – 3:10
  * "Waltzing with Tula" – 3:04
  * "The Dalai Camel" – 5:41
  * "Deep North" – 5:40
  * "Saint Geneviève" – 4:03
  * "Leaving Cottondale" – 2:36
  * "Lorelei" – 4:38
  * "Look Left" – 5:02
  * "Hello Mendocino!" – 4:01
  * "The Inspector" – 3:08
  * "Simple Pleasures" – 2:51
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Alison Brown – banjo, guitar
  * Garry West - bass
  * John R. Burr - piano
  * Rick Reed - drums, percussion
  
  ### Guest musicians
  
  * Vassar Clements - violin
  * John Catchings - violoncello
  * Joe Craven - percussion
  * Tony Rice - guitar
  * Scott Nygaard - guitar
  * Alison Krauss - violin
  * Roy M. Husky jr - bass
  * Mike Marshall - guitar, mandolin
  * Joey Dukes - drums
  * Matt Eakle - flute
  * Seamus Egan - penny whistle, uilleann pipes
  * Sam Bacco - percussion, cowbell
  * Alan Dargin - didjeridu
  