Twin fiddles and a brother duet — bluegrass doesn’t get much better than that.

There’s so much to comment on here: The delicious contrast between Carter’s world-weary lead and the raw pain of Ralph’s tenor. The fact that a song this good must be ripe for revival — except that it never achieved popularity in the first place.

How does that happen? I don’t know, but compilations, like this one of Mercury sides, give us a chance to unearth long-buried treasure.

Here are The Stanley Brothers with “I’d Rather Be Forgotten”.