Out of the Blues: The Best of David Bromberg

Columbia PC-34467

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 The Holdup (3:02)
A2 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair (4:52)
A3 The Joke's On Me (3:31)
A4 Mr. Bojangles (7:25)
A5 The New Lee Highway Blues (5:40)
B1 Suffer To Sing The Blues (4:54)
B2 Kansas City (3:57)
B3 Demon In Disguise (5:05)
B4 What A Wonderful World (3:23)
B5 Sharon (6:05)
[Credits]
Cover Art: Seymour Chwast, Back Cover Photo: David Gahr, Liner Notes: Ira Mayer
[Notes]
Out of the Blues: Best of David Bromberg is a solid ten-track collection that features many highlights from Bromberg's '70s recordings, including both originals ("The Holdup," "The Joke's on Me," "The New Lee Highway Blues," "Demon in Disguise," "Sharon") and covers ("Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair," "Mr. Bojangles," "Kansas City," "(What A) Wonderful World"). It's a good summation of his prime period and, therefore, a good introduction to his music. --AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Evangeline: Emmylou Harris

Warner Bros. Records BSK-3508

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Don't Have To Crawl (3:46)
A2 How High The Moon (3:21)
A3 Spanish Johnny (3:50)
A4 Bad Moon Rising (2:40)
A5 Evangeline (3:09)
B1 Hot Burrito #2 (3:04)
B2 Millworker (4:03)
B3 Oh Atlanta (2:58)
B4 Mister Sandman (2:20)
B5 Ashes By Now (4:21)
[Credits]
Vocals: Emmylou Harris
Harmony Vocals: Barry Tashian (A4 B3) Cheryl Warren (A2) Dolly Parton (A5 B5) Don Johnson (A4) Emmylou Harris (B1 B3) Herb Pedersen (B1) Linda Ronstadt (A5 B5) Ricky Skaggs (B2) Sharon White (A2) Tony Rice (B2) Waylon Jennings (A3)
Acoustic Guitar: Brian Ahern (A4 B4) Emmylou Harris (A3 to A5 B2) Frank Reckard (A1) Ricky Skaggs (A3 B2) Rodney Crowell (B1 B5)
Lead Guitar: Albert Lee (A5 B3 B4) Amos Garrett (B5) Frank Reckard (A1 A3 A4 B1) James Burton (A1)
Pedal Steel Guitar: Hank DeVito
Electric Piano: Bill Payne (A2 B4) Glen D. Hardin (A1 B3 B5)
Fiddle: Ricky Skaggs
Mandolin: Ricky Skaggs (A2 A3)
Drums: Dave Lewis (B4) Hal Blaine (B5) John Ware (A1 A4 B1 B3) Larrie Londin (A5)
Percussion: John Ware (A2 A3 B2)
Piano: Albert Lee (A4) Bill Payne (B3) David Briggs (2) (A5) Don Johnson (3) (A4) Mac Rebenack (B5) Tony Brown (4) (A1 B1)
Bass: Emory Gordy (A1 A5 to B5) Mike Bowden (A4)

The Georgia Blues 1927-1933

Yazoo Records L-1012

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Blues
Style: Country Blues, Piedmont Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Wait And Listen: Fred McMullen (1933)
A2 Paddlin' Blues: Gitfiddle Jim (1930)
A3 Rising River Blues: George Carter (1929)
A4 Hot Jelly Roll Blues: George Carter (1929)
A5 Rainy Night Blues: Gitfiddle Jim (1930)
A6 Rolling Mill Blues: Peg Leg Howell (1929)
A7 Weak Minded Blues: Willie Baker (1929)
B1 Police Dog Blues: Blind Blake (1929)
B2 That'll Never Happen No More: Blind Blake (1927)
B3 No Woman No Nickel: Bumble Bee Slim (1931)
B4 Doodle Hole Blues: Charlie Lincoln (1930)
B5 Unnamed Blues: Charlie Lincoln (1929)
B6 Crooked Woman Blues: Willie Baker (1929)
B7 Can't Be Trusted Blues: Charlie Lincoln (1927)
[Credits]
Cover, Artwork: Nick Perls, Sleeve Notes: Michael Stewart, Nick Perls and Stephen Calt

Clarence Ashley and Tex Isley Play and Sing American Music

Folkways Records FA-2350

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?
A2 Rude And Rambling Man
A3 Whoa, Mule
A4 Faded Roses
A5 Shout Little Lulu
A6 The House Carpenter
A7 I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Around The World
B1 Wild Bill Jones
B2 The Little Log Cabin In The Lane
B3 Cluck, Old Hen
B4 Frankie Silvers
B5 The Prisoner's Song
B6 Hard Luck Blues
B7 Little Hillside
[Credits]
Clarence Ashley (banjo/guitar/vocals) Tex Isley (guitar/autoharp)
Recorder: Ralph Rinzler, Producer: Peter K. Siegel, Liner Notes: Jon Pankake
[Notes]
Clarence "Tom" Ashley's musical life began at home, with the family, but soon expanded to include the medicine show circuit. Popular among rural listeners, Ashley's playing didn't gain a wider audience until 1960, when he met folk music scholar Ralph Rinzler at the Galax Fiddlers' Convention. This album presents fourteen songs from Ashley's repertoire.

Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers: Volume 4

County Records COUNTY–540

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Honeysuckle
A2 Coon From Tennessee
A3 Flying Clouds
A4 I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Around The World
A5 Kiss Waltz
A6 Jealous Mary
B1 Southern Medley
B2 Falling By The Wayside
B3 Baby Rose
B4 The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
B5 Mother's Last Farewell Kiss
B6 You Ain't Talkin' To Me
[Credits]
Charlie Poole (banjo/vocals) Lonnie Austin (fiddle) Odell Smith (fiddle) Posey Rorer (fiddle) Roy Harvey (guitar)
[Notes]
Original recordings made in 1925-30

Traditional Music for Banjo, Fiddle and Bagpipes: Franklin George and John Summers

Kanawha Records KANAWHA-307

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Londonderry Hornpipe
A2 Boatsman
A3 Angeline
A4 Pipe Medley I (Wearin' Of The Green; All The Way To Galway)
A5 Medley (Wake Up Susan; Devil's Dream)
A6 Salt River
A7 Rickett's Hornpipe
A8 Teetotaler
B1 Old Molly Hare
B2 Pipe Medley II (Minstrel Boy; O'Donnell Abu)
B3 Turkey In The Straw
B4 Fiddle Collection (Forked Horn Deer; Fisher's Hornpipe; Round Town Gals; Top Of Cork Road; Arkansas Traveler)
B5 Cumberland Gap
B6 Nancy Ann
B7 Grey Eagle
B8 Mississippi Sawyer
[Credits]
Franklin George (fiddle/banjo/bagpipes ) John Summers (fiddle) Pat Dunford (banjo/guitar)
Liner notes and recorded by Pat Dunford

Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly on WNYC's Folk Songs of America

Woody Guthrie with Leadbelly on December 12, 1940

1. Announcer Intro
2. You Can't Lose Me, Cholly (Leadbelly)
3. Announcer
4. Frankie and Albert (Leadbelly)
5. John Hardy (Woody Guthrie)
6. Jesse James (Woody Guthrie)
7. The Ballad of Tom Joad (Woody Guthrie)
8. Boll Weevil (Leadbelly)
9. Announcer Outro

This is an 25-minute episode of "Folk Songs of America", a program produced by noted folklorist Henrietta Yurchenco (1916 - 2007) which featured Leadbelly. In this episode, Woody Guthrie is his guest.

  WNYC At 90: When Lead Belly Spoke With Woody Guthrie (SOUNDCHECK 2014)

Memphis Minnie In The Forties: Gonna Take The Dirt Road Home

Origin Jazz Library OJL-24

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1970s
Genre: Blues
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Blue Monday Blues
A2 Moaning Blues
A3 Shout The Boogie
A4 Hold Me Blues
A5 Fashion Plate Daddy
A6 Killer Diller From The South
A7 Oh, Believe Me
A8 Got To Leave You No. 1
B1 Moaning Blues No. 2
B2 Million Dollar Blues
B3 The Man I Love
B4 My Man Is Gone Again
B5 When My Man Comes Home
B6 Sweet Man
B7 I Hope Love Will Change Some Day
B8 Got To Leave You No. 2
[Credits]
Memphis Minnie (guitar/vocals) Little Son Joe (guitar) Blind John Davis (piano) Unknown Artists (drums/bass)
Executive Producer: Bill Givens, Reissue Producer: Larry Cohn, Remaster: Cecil Spiller, Artwork: Vine Street Graphics, Photography: Harvey Newland
[Notes]
Previously Unissued And Alternate Recordings 1944-49)

The Legend of Charlie Poole

County Records COUNTY-516

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Look Before You Leap
A2 Hungry Hash House
A3 Old And Only In The Way
A4 Write A Letter To My Mother
A5 Goodbye Booze
A6 My Wife Went Away And Left Me
B1 Goodbye Liza Jane
B2 Leaving Dear Old Ireland
B3 Budded Roses
B4 The Highwayman
B5 Goodbye Mary Dear
B6 Milwaukiee Blues
[Credits]
The North Carolina Ramblers: Charlie Poole (banjo/vocals) Posey Rorer (fiddle) Roy Harvey (guitar)
[Notes]
County continues its excellent survey of works by this popular banjoist and vocalist with this third volume of rural, old-time string-band dance tunes, novelties, minstrel songs, and folk ballads. This time-capsule disc of Poole's North Carolina Ramblers features his nimble three-fingered playing and dry-humored tenor singing with fiddle and guitar. Their tunes were well received in their day; their first eight sides sold almost half a million copies by 1927, and their first two alone sold 167,000 in one year. These first-class transfers belie their age and make enjoying the music easy. This is moving stuff.-- AllMusic Review by Sigmund Finman

Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile And Stuart Duncan

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

1. Quarter Chicken Dark
2. Attaboy
3. Here And Heaven

The genre-bending cellist Yo-Yo Ma heads a dream team of string players -- Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan -- who borrow from bluegrass. The quartet, plus singer and songwriter Aoife O'Donovan perform three songs from their album The Goat Rodeo Sessions at the NPR Music offices. For more videos and to subscribe to the Tiny Desk Concerts podcast, visit: NPR.org/tinydeskconcerts.

Doc Watson: Memories

Liberty LLS-67041～2

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1975
Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Rambling Hobo (1:50)
A2 Shady Grove (2:38)
A3 Wake Up, Little Maggie (2:52)
A4 Peartree (2:15)
A5 Keep On The Sunny Side (2:06)
A6 Double File And Salt Creek (1:38)
B1 Curly Headed Baby (2:53)
B2 Miss The Mississippi And You (3:34)
B3 Wabash Cannonball (2:57)
B4 My Rose Of Old Kentucky (2:35)
B5 Blues Stay Away From Me (2:45)
C1 Walking Boss (2:20)
C2 Make Me A Pallet (2:58)
C3 In The Jailhouse Now (3:25)
C4 Steel Guitar Rag (1:55)
C5 Hang Your Head In Shame (2:39)
C6 You Don't Know My Mind Blues (3:07)
D1 Moody River (2:33)
D2 Don't Tell Me Your Troubles (2:45)
D3 Columbus Stockade (3:12)
D4 Mama Don't Allow No Music (4:10)
D5 Thoughts Of Never (2:35)
[Credits]
Doc Watson (guitar/harmonica/banjo/vocals) Merle Watson (guitar/banjo/dulcimer/guitar/slide guitar/steel guitar) Sam Bush (fiddle/mandolin/vocals/harmony vocals) Courtney Johnson (banjo) Jim Isbell (drums/percussion) Joe Smothers (guitar/harmony vocals) Chuck Cochran (bass/piano/organ) T. Michael Coleman (bass/background vocals) Joe Allen (bass)
[Notes]
Recorded at Clement Studio, Nashville, TN. 1975

The Old Reliable String Band

Folkways Records FA-2475

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Fly Around (2:07)
A2 Streets Of Glory (2:12)
A3 Cherokee Shuffle (1:02)
A4 Lewis Collins (2:56)
A5 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (3:12)
A6 Bury Me Beneath The Willow (2:58)
A7 Willie Moore (3:45)
A8 Sparkling Blue Eyes (3:02)
B1 Boil Them Cabbage Down (1:42)
B2 Rodney's Glory (1:20)
B3 Blue Yodel (3:23)
B4 East Tennessee Blues (1:42)
B5 Lord Bateman (5:48)
B6 Sad And Lonesome Day (3:32)
B7 The Gypsy Girl (2:58)
B8 Little Birdie (3:04)
[Credits]
Artie Rose (fiddle/guitar/mandolin/dobro/vocals) Tom Paley (banjo/guitar/vocals) Roy Berkeley (guitar/bass/vocals)
Designer: Moe Lebowitz, Liner Notes: Roy Berkeley
[Notes]
Roy Berkeley, Artie Rose, and Tom Paley (once a member of the New Lost City Ramblers) play a host of old favorites from old time string band recordings from the 1920s and 1930s, including "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," "Blue Yodel," and "Streets of Glory."

Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame

A&M Records SP-4599

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (Electric) (2:47)
A2 One More Parade (3:00)
A3 Draft Dodger Rag (2:07)
A4 Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon (Live) (2:19)
A5 The Bells (3:00)
A6 Bound For Glory (3:15)
A7 Too Many Martyrs (2:46)
A8 There But For Fortune (2:35)
B1 I'm Going Say It Now (2:46)
B2 Santo Domingo (3:48)
B3 Changes 4:30
B4 Is There Anybody Here? (3:17)
B5 Love Me, I'm A Liberal (3:46)
B6 When I'm Gone (3:51)
C1 Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends (3:57)
C2 Pleasures Of The Harbor (Live) (4:59)
C3 Tape From California (Live) (3:39)
C4 Chords Of Fame (3:32)
C5 Crucifixion (Live) (7:40)
D1 The War Is Over (4:25)
D2 Jim Dean Of Indiana (5:02)
D3 Power And The Glory (2:21)
D4 Flower Lady (6:06)
D5 No More Songs (4:33)
[Credits]
Compiled: Michael Ochs
Producer: Andrew Wickham (C4), Arthur Garson (A4, D3) Jac Holzman (tracks: A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) Larry Marks (C1, D1, D4), Mark Abramson (A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) Paul Rothchild (A1, A2, A3, A5, A6, A7) Phil Ochs (A4, C2, C3, C5, D3) Van Dyke Parks (C4, D2, D5)

Together In Concert: Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie

Warner Bros. Records 2R-2214

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Way Out There (3:23)
A2 Yodeling (1:04)
A3 Roving Gambler (2:03)
A4 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 2:56
A5 Declaration Of Independence (2:27)
A6 Get Up And Go (2:24)
A7 City Of New Orleans (4:22)
B1 Estadio Chile (3:26)
B2 Guantanamera (3:50)
B3 On A Monday (2:13)
B4 Presidential Rag (3:28)
B5 Walkin' Down The Line (4:26)
C1 Well May The World Go (2:06)
C2 Henry My Son (1:55)
C3 Mother, The Queen Of My Heart (3:10)
C4 Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) (3:46)
C5 Joe Hill (3:01)
C6 May There Always Be Sunshine (1:21)
C7 Three Rules Of Discipline And The Eight Rules Of Attention (1:41)
D1 Stealin' (2:17)
D2 Golden Vanity 3:57
D3 Lonesome Valley (4:07)
D4 Quite Early Morning (3:28)
D5 Sweet Rosyanne (5:54)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/vocals) Arlo Guthrie (guitar/piano/vocals)
Producer: John Pilla, Co-producer: Russ Titelman, Engineer: Bobby Hata, Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Mike Salisbury
[Notes]
Recorded on live concerts in Chicago, Opera House (A1, A3, A4, B1, C2 to C5, D4), in New York, Carnegie Hall (A2, A5, A6, C1, D1, D2), in Boston, Music Hall (A7, B2, B3, B4, D3, D5) and in Montreal, Place des Arts (B5, C6, C7).

American Folk Blues Festival '63-64

PHILIPS SFL-7385

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: Japan
Released: 1981
Genre: Blues
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Five Long Years: Muddy Waters (5:00)
A2 Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues: Willie Dixon (3:22)
A3 Crazy For My Baby: Willie Dixon (2:33)
A4 Matt's Guitar Blues: Matt Murphy (5:15)
A5 Grant Spivey: Victoria Spivey (4:01)
A6 I Don't Know: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:38)
B1 I'm Trying To Make London My Home: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:03)
B2 Ain't It A Pity: Lightnin' Hopkins (6:47)
B3 Baby Please Don't Go: Lightnin' Hopkins (2:42)
B4 Everytime I Get To Drinkin': Sunnyland Slim (4:14)
B5 No Title Boogie: Hubert Sumlin (3:56)
B6 Dust My Broom: Howlin' Wolf (6:06)
[Notes]
Recorded: (A) Bremen, October 13, 1963 (B) Hamburg, October 9th, 1964
Manufactured by Japan Phonogram Co. Ltd., Tokyo.

Walkin' in the Parlor: Iron Mountain String Band

Old Time Music of the Southern Mountains

Folkways Records FA-2477

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sugar Hill (3:39)
A2 East Virginia (3:09)
A3 Little Willie (2:24)
A4 Old Arkansas (2:48)
A5 Walkin' in the Parlor (1:50)
A6 Little Birdie (1:52)
A7 Down in the Willow Garden (3:17)
A8 John Hardy (4:26)
B1 New River Train (4:34)
B2 The Hanging of Georgie (1:56)
B3 John Lover Is Gone (1:30)
B4 Sandy River (1:18)
B5 Pretty Polly (3:40)
B6 Banks of the Ohio (3:55)
B7 Ida Red (2:29)
B8 Goin' Round This World (3:37)
[Credits]
Brooke Moyer (guitar/vocals) Eric Davidson (banjo/vocals) Caleb Finch (fiddle/vocals)
[Notes]
This album presents material learned from field recordings from southwestern Virginia and the adjacent parts of North Carolina and features tunes played on the fretless banjo, as well as examples of the Galax string band style, with its characteristic flatpicked guitar. Recorded at Conway Recorders Inc., Los Angels, Calif.

Daniel Boucher & Friends: Traditional French-Canadian Fiddle Music from Connecticut

Event Date: August 17, 2011

Fiddler and singer Daniel Boucher is accompanied by guitarist Ray Pelletier, guitarist and fiddler George Wilson, and fiddler/stepdancer Glenn Bombardier of the Beaudoin family. Daniel Boucher is a dynamic young fiddler born and raised in the French Canadian community in Bristol, Ct. Learning tunes and styles from family and friends in Connecticut and Quebec, Daniel plays across New England with many artists including Josee Vachon and the Beaudoin Family. Daniel revitalized the Franco-American music scene in central Connecticut with his bi-weekly gathering called Jam Francais, and he organizes hugely popular soirees and events with French music and food.

  Captions, transcript, and more information on the Library of Congress Webcasts.

Old-Time Songs and Tunes from Clay County, West Virginia

Folk Productions ‎– none

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1963
Gere: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Cherry River Line
A2 Camp Chase
A3 Gospel Plow
A4 Wild Horse
A5 New Titanic
A6 Yew Piney Mountain
A7 Minnow On The Hook
B1 Sail Away Ladies
B2 Elzics Farewell
B3 Hesitating Blues
B4 Soldier's Joy
B5 Shelvin' Rock
B6 Old Christmas Morning
B7 Forked Buck
[Credits]
Jenes Cottrell (banjo/vocals) French Carpenter (fiddle)
Linar Notes: Ken Davidson, Cover Photo: David Gahr, Newport, Rhode Island, 1963
[Notes]
Recorded at Charleston, W. Va., 1963

Mountain Ballads & Old Hymns: Asher Sizemore & Little Jimmie

Decca CL-74785

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Sweethearts Or Strangers (1:48)
A2 The Last Letter (2:16)
A3 Wildwood Flower (2:00)
A4 I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven (1:32)
A5 How Beautiful Heaven Must Be (2:00)
A6 Home In Tennessee (1:38)
B1 By The Grave Of Nobody's Darling (2:50)
B2 Don't Wait Till Mother's Hair Has Turned To Silver (2:15)
B3 Give Me That Old Time Religion (2:22)
B4 Our Indiana Home (1:34)
B5 Jesus Loves Me (0:56)
B6 My Tennessee Rose (1:42)
[Credits]
Asher Sizemore (guitar/vocals) Jimmie Sizemore (vocals)
[Notes]
Recorded ca. 1931

The Legend of Clark Kessinger: Old Time Country Music

Folk Promotions FP-828

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Ragtime Annie (2:20)
A2 Chinky Pin (1:49)
A3 Sally Ann Johnson (2:20)
A4 Red Bird (2:05)
A5 Salt River 1:41
A6 Over The Waves Waltz (3:30)
A7 Poca River Blues 2:30
A8 Cluck Old Hen (1:49)
A9 Flop Eared Mule (2:03)
B1 Turkey Knob (1:58)
B2 Leatherbritches (2:15)
B3 Billy In The Lowground (2:13)
B4 Dance All Night (2:09)
B5 Wednesday Night Waltz (3:00)
B6 Sandy River (1:51)
B7 Hell Among The Yearlings (2:07)
B8 Sally Goodwin (1:45)
B9 Richmond Polka (2:15)
[Credits]
Clark Kessinger (fiddle) Gene Meade (guitar) Wayne Hauser (banjo)
Cover Drawing: Pat Anderson, Recorded by: Scooter Withrow, Album Prduction: Ken Davidson

The New Lost City Ramblers: Modern Times

Folkways Records FTS-31027

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Shut Up In The Mines Of Coal Creek (2:50)
A2 '31 Depression Blues (3:10)
A3 That Little Lump Of Coal (3:15)
A4 Union Man (2:40)
A5 Got The Farm Land Blues (3:08)
A6 We Are Up Against It Now (2:41)
A7 From Earth To Heaven (2:45)
A8 Henry Ford's Model A (2:00)
A9 Truck Driving Man (2:42)
B1 Dollar Down And A Dollar A Week (1:55)
B2 Dear Okie (2:12)
B3 From 40 To 65 (2:53)
B4 Private John Q. (2:02)
B5 Weaver's Life (3:05)
B6 The Death Of Ellenton (2:09)
B7 Take Them For A Ride (2:50)
B8 Timetable Blues (2:43)
B9 Bye, Bye, Black Smoke Choo Choo (2:44)
[Credits]

Mike Seeger (banjo/guitar/harmonica/dobro/autoharp/vocals) John Cohen (guitar/vocals) Tracy Schwarz (fiddle/banjo/guitar/vocals)
Photographer: Robert Frank, Designer: Craig Mierop

[Notes]
As Southern mountaineers and farmers moved into an industrialized era of coal mines and weaving mills their rural songs evolved to express the confrontation with new modes of life and the ensuing conflicts. This album chronicles just that through songs originating in the 1920s and 1930s demonstrating a mix of styles and influences brought to older folk modes with modern subject matters (machines, cars etc.). Producer John Cohen says in the liner notes: "The study of folklore is not simply to preserve the past, but to make the present more comprehensible."

Orange Blossom Special: Tommy Hunter's Carolina String Band

Victor Records JET-7143

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Orange Blossom Special (2:40)
A2 Down In A Willow Garden (3:44)
A3 Gray Eagle (3:44)
A4 Sally Gooden (2:51)
A5 Bury Me Beneath A Willow (4:07)
A6 Old Joe Clark (2:37)
B1 Bill Cheatum (2:42)
B2 Put My Little Shoes Away (3:24)
B3 Soldiers Joy (2:35)
B4 Rabbit In The Log (3:05)
B5 Black Berry Blossom (2:37)
B6 Maggie (2:51)
B7 Fire On A Mountain (2:34)
[Credits]
Tommy Hunter (fiddle) Obray Ramsey (banjo/vocals) Nan Fisher (guitar) George Fisher (bass)
Liner Notes: D. K. Wilgus, Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein
[Notes]
Track order is different from the Prestige International INT-13026 (US)

Oz and Charlie: Bashful Brother Oswald and Charlie Collins

Rounder Records 0060

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Mountain Dew (2:21)
A2 Indian Killed A Woodcock (2:46)
A3 Homestead On The Farm (2:00)
A4 Hilo March (2:38)
A5 Nobody's Darling But Mine (3:31)
A6 Stoney Point (2:39)
A7 Black Smoke (2:22)
B1 Oswald's Special (2:49)
B2 Polly Wolly Doodle (1:48)
B3 Hills Of Old Kentucky (1:59)
B4 Snowflake Reel (2:44)
B5 Mother, The Queen Of My Heart (2:28)
B6 Loo Loo's Nest (1:40)
B7 What A Friend We Have In Jesus (2:27)
[Credits]
Bashful Brother Oswald (banjo/dobro/guitar/vocals) Charlie Collins (fiddle/mandolin/vocals) Sam Bush (fiddle/mandolin/guitar) Norman Blake (mandolin/guitar)
Designer: Douglas Parker, Recording Engineer: Claude Hill, Mix Engineer: Bob Stoughton, Photograper: Les Leverett, Producer: Michael Melford, Sleeve Notes: Connie Gately
[Notes]
Recorded on November 4, 5 and 6 in 1974 at Hound's Ear Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

The Legendary Dock Boggs

Verve Folkways FV/FVS-9025

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Down South Blues (2:10)
A2 Country Blues (3:50)
A3 Pretty Polly (2:51)
A4 Coal Creek March (1:52)
A5 My Old Horse Died (1:41)
A6 Wild Bill Jones (2:10)
A7 Rowan Country Crew (6:10)
A8 New Prisoner's Song (2:53)
B1 Oh Death (3:18)
B2 Prodigal Son (3:54)
B3 Mother's Advice (3:39)
B4 Drunkard's Lone Child (4:06)
B5 Bright Sunny South (3:38)
B6 Mistreated Mama Blues (1:47)
B7 Harvey Logan (3:24)
[Credits]
Dock Boggs (banjo/vocals) Mike Seeger (guitar)
Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Cover Photo: Dan Seeger
[Notes]
Listeners would obviously miss out on a great deal of enjoyment if confined to only one artist in the genre of Appalachian old-timey music. But if that had to be the case, this particular production would be in the running for the honors, as it hits home with just about every swing. First and most important, it fits the criteria of a brilliant documentation of an artist whose playing in front of the microphones was refined to a high degree, having had plenty of time to be seasoned by years of playing music. Mike Seeger recorded the tracks with all the love in his heart, coming up with the warm, appealing sound that is ultimately desired from any analog recording of acoustic instruments. When one digs deep into the 15 songs, all featuring the artist's voice and banjo, a wealth of valuable information seems to be waiting there. There is the matter of Boggs' playing style, an approach to banjo which is quite different than many other players. The details are technical, and would be of interest mostly to banjo players, but the more important dimension to this is the way in which the technical aspects of a style actually dictate the flow of the music while also disappearing into the background. The latter aspect would have to be an essential in order for performances of this emotional quality to emerge. Each track draws the listener in, the bassline being played on the banjo's lowest strings having an effect that goes well beyond the hypnotic. The words are delivered like the mist coming off the French Broad river, the words always clear and a fascinating aspect of this recording in their own right. These are all considered traditional pieces, the type of material of which there are almost endless variations within the state of North Carolina alone. In some ways, these songs all blend together into some kind of bubbling stew of detail, ranging from the inspiration of animals to the cataloging of morbid atrocities. A lyric that is part of old-timey songs such as "Darling Corey" and "Dig a Hole in the Meadow" shows up casually in one of Boggs' other songs, and another corpse is buried in the holler. Verve was smart to nab this as one of the Folkways releases it licensed during the '60s folk revival. Pressings on the former label are pretty darn yummy. --AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne

Flatpick Guitar & Fiddle Music from Kanawha County, W.Va.

Recorded August 16, 2012 (66 minutes)

Bobby Taylor, Robert Shafer and Robin Kessinger, three of the Kanawha Valley's best traditional musicians, have played together over many years at various musical events in the Valley and throughout West Virginia. They were heavily influenced by the musical talents of Clark Kessinger, a world renowned fiddler. Clark Kessinger recorded many tunes on the Brunswick label from 1928 to 1930, and later, five albums in the 1960s. Kessinger lived near where Robert, Robin and Bobby grew up in the Kanawha Valley, and Robin is his great nephew. This trio uses Clark's beautiful arrangements as a foundation for the music they play. Just like Clark Kessinger, who used every technique possible, they continue to explore new and exciting ways to play the great old tunes.

  Captions, transcript, and more information on the Library of Congress Webcasts.

Learn to Fiddle Country Style with Tracy Schwarz

Folkways Records FI-8359

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Non-Music, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Education, Bluegrass, Spoken Word
[Tracklist]
A1 Tuning
A2 The Scale In A
A3 Base And Unison Notes
A4 The Saw Stroke
A5 Learning Cripple Creek With The Saw Stroke
A6 Cripple Creek With More Notes
A7 Double Sring Runs
A8 Saw Stroke Version Of Cripple Creek
A9 The Nashville Shuffle Stroke
A10 Nashville Shuffle Version Of Cripple Creek
A11 The Combined Nashville Shuffle And Saw Strokes
A12 Cripple Creek Using Combined Nashville Shuffle And Saw Strokes
A13 The Long Bow Stroke
A14 Cripple Creek Using Only The Long Bow Stroke
A15 Combining The Long Bow And Saw Strokes
A16 Combination Of Long Bow And Nashville Shuffle Strokes In Old Joe Clark
A17 Combination Of Long Bow Saw And Nashville Shuffle Strokes In Cripple Creek
A18 Unison, And Octave, Notes In G
A19 Leather Britches In G
A20 The Key Of D
A21 Ragtime Annie In D
B1 The Key Of C
B2 The Texas Waggoner In C
B3 Double Stops In G
B4 Double Stops In D
B5 Double Stops In A
B6 Double Stops In C
B7 Country Vibrato
B8 Sliding Into Notes
B9 The Open G And A Tunings
B10 The Black Mt. Blues A Tuning
B11 The Tune Black Mt. Blues
B12 Bonapart's Retreat D Tuning (D Tuning #1)
B13 Bonapart's Retreat
B14 D Tuning #2 And #3
B15 Rocking The Bow
B16 The Jolly Blacksmiths In A
B17 Trills
B18 Soldier's Joy In D With An Old Time Start
B19 Single String Runs
B20 Bluegrass Fiddle In 3/4 Time
B21 Bluegrass Fiddle Lead In 4/4
B22 Fiddle Tune Type Lead In 4/4
B23 Bluegrass Vibrato
B24 The Double Shuffle
B25 Banjo - Fiddle Music
B26 Guitar - Fiddle Music
B27 Guitar - Banjo - Fiddle Band
[Credits]
Tracy Schwarz (fiddle/speaker)

[Notes]
Tracy Schwarz, of New Lost City Ramblers renown, offers instruction on playing the fiddle on this 1965 release. He takes a simple tune (the old-time classic, "Cripple Creek") and walks listeners through different ways to add variations, including adding more notes, drones (playing on two strings), or changing bow strokes. He also demonstrates different techniques such as vibrato. Liner notes include a transcription of the song text, illustrations of scale finger patterns for different musical keys, and an essay by fellow Rambler, John Cohen, on bluegrass, country, and old-time music and their growing popularity in cities and on college campuses.

The Sons of the Pioneers

John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF-102

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 When Payday Rolls Around
A2 Song Of The Bandit
A3 I Wonder If She Waits For Me Tonight
A4 Ne Ha Nee
A5 The Howl'in Pup
A6 Rocky Mountain Express
A7 Golden Wedding Waltz
A8 South In My Soul
A9 When The Prairie Sun Comes Out Of The Hay
A10 Blow Wind Blow
B1 One More Ride
B2 Hangin' Blues
B3 The Texas Crapshooter
B4 So Long To The Red River Valley
B5 Coyote Serenade
B6 All Through The Night
B7 Love Song Of The Waterfall
B8 Pioneer Mother Of Mine
B9 My Pretty Quadroon
B10 I Grab My Saddle Horn & Blow
[Notes]

The John Edwards Memorial Foundation was incorporated in 1962 as a non-profit organization to promote the study and dissemination of knowledge about American folk music of the 1920s-1940s. John Edwards provided for the Foundation in his 1958 will; it was established at the University of California at Los Angeles.

On the South Bound : Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman

RCA Victor – LSP 4688

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Salty Dog Blues (2:09)
A2 Just A Strand From (2:51)
A3 Mama's And Daddy's Little Girl (2:33)
A4 How Lonely Can You Get? (2:28)
A5 I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling (2:42)
B1 On The Southbound (2:16)
B2 Are You Coming Back To Me (2:16)
B3 You Can't Trust A Friend Anymore (2:25)
B4 Me & Your Memory (2:31)
B5 When You Are Lonely (2:47)
[Original Version]
RCA Victor LSP-4688 (US) 1972
[Credits]
Lester Flatt (guitar/vocals) Mac Wiseman (guitar/vocals) Josh Graves (dobro) Roland White (mandolin/vocals) Haskel McCormick (banjo) Victor Jordan (banjo) Howdy Forrester (fiddle) Paul Warren (fiddle) Hargus Robbins (piano) Don Smith (bass) E.P. Tullock Jr (bass)

Roscoe Holcomb / the High Lonesome Sound

Smithsonian Folkways FW-2368

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Swanno Mountain (3:20)
A2 Combs Hotel Burned Down (2:32)
A3 Wandering Boy (4:36)
A4 Hook And Line (1:54)
A5 Barbara Allen Blues (1:31)
A6 Married Life Blues (1:51)
A7 Fair Miss In The Garden (3:37)
A8 Omie Wise (4:36)
A9 Willow Tree (3:02)
B1 Boat's Up The River (3:50)
B2 In The Pines (2:27)
B3 Fox Chase (1:24)
B4 Coney Isle (1:52)
B5 Charles Guitau (1:21)
B6 Free Little Bird (1:59)
B7 Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down (2:33)
B8 Little Bessie (10:14)
[Credits]
Roscoe Holcomb (banjo/guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Produced and edited by John Cohen, Recorded by Peter Bartok on April, 1964
[Notes]
Roscoe Holcomb is a big favorite among musicians and folklorists -- Bob Dylan, for one, is a big fan -- yet it must be said that this is probably too authentic for most listeners to play for pleasure. It's straight from the bone, with high, at times harsh vocals that make no concession to popular clichés to make things easier on the ear. That's one thing which makes the parallel to Dylan easy to see. The banjo playing is impressive, and the anthology is embellished by lengthy liner notes and recollections by John Cohen.

Circle Unbroken - A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

Official Trailer from Anchor Media Group on Vimeo

Circle Unbroken – A Gullah Journey from Africa to America is an important, entertaining and educational journey through the roots of our nation’s history. For African Americans in particular, if you have not seen this story and don’t know this history, you are missing a critical piece of your personal identity. UMI has long understood that (our) people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4:6) finally this knowledge is brought credibly and vibrantly to the screen. A must see!”

C. Jeffrey Wright
President and CEO, Urban Ministries, Inc.

Carter Family Favorites: Joe and Janette Carter

County Records COUNTY–706

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Curtains Of Night
A2 Will You Miss Me
A3 I'm Going Home
A4 Lonesome Blues
A5 Farther On
A6 Kitty And I
B1 Anchored In Love
B2 Waltzing With You
B3 Higher Ground
B4 Let Old Jordan Roll
B5 Ramblin' Man
B6 Sweet Story Of Old
[Credits]
Joe Carter (guitar/vocals) Janette Carter (autoharp/vocals) Leroy Canter (fiddle/guitar)
Liner Notes: Anne Gilbert, Recording: Charles Faurot, Editing: David Grisman, Producer: David Freeman
[Notes]
Recorded January 1966 at Maces Springs, Va.

Clarence White And The Kentucky Colonels

Trio Records RA–6362

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Japan
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Alabama Jubilee
A2 I Am A Pilgrim
A3 Billy In The Low Ground
A4 Bury Me Beneath The Willow
A5 Footprints In The Snow
A6 Wildwood Flower
A7 Farewell Blues
A8 When You're Smiling
B1 Prisoner's Song
B2 Good Woman's Love
B3 White-Washed Chimney
B4 Listen To The Mocking Bird
B5 Teardrops In My Eyes
B6 Working On A Building
[Credits]
Clarence White (guitar/vocals) Roland White (mandolin/vocals) Billy Ray Latham (banjo) Roger Bush (bass/guitar/vocals) Bob Worford (banjo) Eric White (bass/vocals)
Design: Susan Marsh, Liner Notes: Russ Barenberg, Photography: David Gahr, Producer: Joseph Robins
[Other Versions]
Rounder Records 0098 (1980)

Old Home Place: J.D. Crowe & The New South

Trio Records PA-3072

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Home Place (2:42)
A2 Some Old Day (2:25)
A3 Rock Salt & Nails (2:58)
A4 Sally Goodin (3:11)
A5 Ten Degrees 2:13
B1 Nashville Blues (3:23)
B2 You Are What I Am (2:17)
B3 Summer Wages (4:21)
B4 I'm Walkin' (2:05)
B5 Home Sweet Home Revisited (3:17)
B6 Crying Holy (2:11)
[Credits]
J.D. Crowe (banjo/baritone vocals) Tony Rice (guitar/lead vocals) Ricky Skaggs (mandolin/fiddle/viola/tenor vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro) Bobby Slone (bass/fiddle)
Liner Notes: John Hartford, Photography: John Duvall
[Notes]
Reacorded at Track Recorders, Silver Springs, Md. in Janualy 1975
[Other Versions]
Rounder Records 0044 (1975)

Country Songs of the Lilly Brothers

Prestige Folklore FL-14035

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Dig A Hole In The Meadow (2:20)
A2 Goodbye Maggie (3:50)
A3 I'm Trouble I'm Troubled (2:50)
A4 Long Black Veil (4:00)
A5 Butcher Boy (3:50)
A6 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:55)
B1 Weeping Willow Tree (3:40)
B2 There'll Come A Time (3:45)
B3 Open Up Them Pearly Gates (2:20)
B4 Rosewood Casket (4:20)
B5 Jack And Mae (3:05)
B6 Knoxville Girl (4:55)
[Credits]
Bea Lilly (guitar/voclas) Everett Lilly (mandolin/vocals) Everett Alan Lilly (bass)
Liner Notes: Art Weiss, Producer: Samuel Charters

Introducing the Beers Family

Columbia MS-6705

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Molly Ban (1:30)
A2 Dumbarton's Drums (5:05)
A3 The Brave Volunteer (2:50)
A4 Dev'lish Mary (2:10)
A5 Lullaby to Martha (3:50)
A6 The Connaughtman's Rambles (1:45)
A7 The Water is Wide (2:45)
B1 A Starry Night to Ramble (2:00)
B2 The Old Woman Went to the Well (1:40)
B3 The Green Grass of Shiloh (2:10)
B4 The Lass from the Low Countree (2:50)
B5 Speed the Plow (2:10)
B6 The Palace Grand (3:20)
B7 Mattie Groves (9:10)
[Credits]
Bob Beers (fiddle/psaltery) Evelyne Beers (fiddle/limberjacks/vocals) Martha Beers (psaltery/guitar/vocals) Liner Notes: Robert Sherman

Bill Keith‎– Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass

Rounder Records‎ RB-1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 No Expectations
A2 Green Mountain Hop
A3 I'll Stay Around
A4 Crazy Creek
A5 Pain In My Heart
A6 Farewell Blues
B1 Caravan
B2 Detour
B3 Sugar Foot Rag
B4 Jordu
B5 Rickett's Hornpipe
B6 Auld Lang Syne
[Credits]
Bill Keith (banjo) Jim Rooney (guitar/vocals) Tony Rice (guitar) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Tom Gray (bass) Ken Kosek (banjo/piano) David Grisman (mandolin) Al Jones (vocals: A5)
Liner Notes: Tony Trischka

The Philadelphia Folk Festival 1977

Flying Fish FF-064

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Scots Piping: Bruce Martin (0:42)
A2 Did You Hear John Hurt?: Tom Paxton (3:34)
A3 Jerusalem Ridge: Norman Blake (2:37)
A4 Lady Isabel And The Elf King: Michael Cooney (4:51)
A5 Irish Dance Medley: The Boys Of Ballisodaire / The Longford Collector: De Danann (3:54)
A6 Then Came The Children: Kate Wolf (3:41)
A7 Step It Up And Go: John Jackson (2:36)
A8 I Gotta Be Me: Odetta (2:15)
B1 Green, Green Rocky Road: Dave Van Ronk (5:27)
B2 All For Me Grog: Lou Killen (3:08)
B3 Wild Goose Chase: Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie & The Progressive Bluegrassers (4:04)
B4 A Little Piece Of Wang: Debbie McClatchy (2:01)
B5 The Glory Of Love: Lew London Trio (4:15)
B6 Dance All Night: Highwood String Band & The Green Grass Cloggers (4:20)
[Notes]
Recorded at the Old Poole Farm, Upper Salford, Pa., August 16, 27, 28, 1977

A Collection of Mountain Songs 1927-1930

County Records COUNTY–504

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sandy River Belle: Dad Blackard's Moonshiners
A2 Careless Love: Byrd Moore & His Hot Shots
A3 Groundhog: Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band
A4 I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows: Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers
A5 All Night Long Blues: R.D. Burnett & Leonard Rutherford
A6 George Washingon: Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers
B1 Your Low Down Dirty Ways: Carolina Tar Heels
B2 Milwaukee Blues: North Carolina Ramblers
B3 Big Ball In Memphis: Georgia Yellow Hammers
B4 In The Shadow Of The Pine: Kelly Harrell, The Virginia String Band
B5 Wish I Had Stayed In The Wagon Yard: Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians
B6 The Preacher Got Drunk And Laid His Bible Down: Tennessee Ramblers
[Notes]
No release date on cover or label.

The Earls of Leicester

Rounder UPC-888072361416

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2014
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Big Black Train (2:49)
A2 Don't let your deal go down (2:12)
A3 I'll Go Stepping Too (2:59)
A4 Shuckin' the Corn (2:07)
A5 'Til the End of the World Rolls 'Round (2:36)
A6 Dig a Hole In the Meadow (2:21)
A7 Some Old Day (3:43)
B1 I Won't Be Hanging Around (2:11)
B2 I Don't Care Anymore (2:37)
B3 On My Mind (2:46)1.29
B4 You're Not a Drop in the Bucket (2:27)
B5 Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (3:14)
B6 The Wandering Boy (2:40)
B7 Who Will Sing For Me (2:32)
[Credits]
Jerry Douglas (dobro) Shawn Camp (guitar/vocals) Johnny Warren (fiddle/vocals) Charlie Cushman (banjo/guitar) Barry Bales (bass/vocals) Tim O'Brien (mandolin/vocals)
[Notes]
The Earls of Leicester is a bluegrass group assembled by Jerry Douglas to present the music of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and their band the Foggy Mountain Boys to a contemporary audience. This self-titled debut album earned a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2015.

The Fiddler 1975 : An East Texas Fiddle Maker and his Wife

Directed by Marshall Riggins, this short non-fiction film from 1975 captures an elderly East Texas fiddle maker and his wife. The gentleman discusses the craft of fiddle making and how he met his wife. After completing his hand-crafted instrument, he plays several songs. Riggins produced this film for a religious organization. The film became lost after the organization allegedly decided the content was crude rather than sacred, and destroyed all remaining prints.

  The Fiddler 1975 McMlxxv Counterpoint Films: Texas Archive of the Moving Image

The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith: Milk 'em in the Evening Blues

Folkways Records FTS-1007

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A01 Single-Footing Horse (1:30)
A02 Widow Haley (1:53)
A03 Charming Bill (2:06)
A04 Milk Cow Blues (2:32)
A05 Memphis Blues (1:02)
A06 Boogie (1:02)
A07 Amos Johnson Rag (1:40)
A08 Redwing (1:59)
A09 Under The Double Eagle (1:27)
A10 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:53)
A11 Evening Shade (2:02)
A12 Pig At Home In The Pen (2:08)
A13 Peacock Rag (1:53)
B01 Milk 'em In The Evening Blues (2:39)
B02 Late Last Night (2:17)
B03 Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight (1:54)
B04 Uncle Buddy (1:22)
B05 Lafayette (1:28)
0B6 Drummer Boy (2:15)
B07 Easy Rider (2:30)
B08 Chinese Breakdown (2:20)
B09 Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand (2:25)
B10 Whistling Rufus (1:26)
B11 Sally Johnson (2:10)
B12 I've Had A Big Time Tonight (1:39)
[Credits]
Sam McGee (guitar/vocals) Kirk McGee (banjo/vocals) Arthur Smith (fiddle/banjo/vocals)
Design: Craig Mierop, Liner Notes: Jon Pankake, Recorded and Edited: Mike Seeger
[Notes]
The McGee Brothers, Sam (1894–1975) and Kirk (1899–1983), played as a musical duo for 50 years beginning in the mid-1920s. Steeped in the tradition of “old-time” string band music, Sam, on guitar, and Kirk, on banjo and fiddle, were joined in the 1930s with Arthur Smith on fiddle and banjo to form the Dixieliners. The McGees enjoyed a resurgence during the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, musician Mike Seeger (The New Lost City Ramblers) reunited the McGees with Smith and in 1968 recorded their first album together. This is their only recording as a trio.

Clyde’s Music Barn Short Documentary by David Puckett

Clyde's Place from Center for Documentary Studies on Vimeo.

00:00 Slow Motion : Ben Dransfield
01:00 Shuckin' the Corn : Josh Graves, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs
03:09 Clyde's Place : Ben Flow
04:14 Foggy Mountain Breakdown : Earl Scruggs
04:35 I Saw the Light : Hank Williams
09:12 Won't You Kiss Me One More Time : Don Reno, Red Smiley
10:46 John Henry : Anonymous
11:25 1952 Vincent Black Lightning : Richard Thompson
13:10 Slow Motion : Ben Dransfield
15:35 Columbus Stockade Blues : Anonymous

Every Tuesday people travel many miles to enjoy southern cooking, live music, and good company at the Maness Pottery & Music Barn. Clyde Maness, the barn’s founder and operator, has been opening the doors to his barn since 1974 and has many stories to tell. David Puckett is a filmmaker and photographer living in Durham. He earned a degree in journalism and media production at East Carolina University. He is currently the photographer and videographer for the Duke University Talent Identification Program and a CDS certificate candidate.

The Great Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (1945-1949)

Harmony HL-7290, Columbia HL-7290

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Rocky Road Blues
A2 Kentucky Waltz
A3 Footprints In The Snow
A4 Blue Moon Of Kentucky
A5 Mother's Only Sleeping
B1 Blue Grass Stomp
B2 My Rose Of Old Kentucky
B3 Blue Grass Breakdown
B4 Can't You Hear Me Callin'
B5 The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
[Credits]
Photography: Arlene Ragsdale

Listen to Our Story: Alan Lomax, Folk Producer/Folk Promoter

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Alan Lomax in 1982

Nathan Salsburg of the Association for Cultural Equity explores two key undertakings from this aspect of Lomax's career, his 1959 "Southern Journey" field-recording trip and its later ancillary, the American Patchwork video recording project (1978-1985). He argues that Lomax's technological, curatorial and promotional savvy were fundamental to the success of his mission. He also discusses the outlets that ACE has pursued, since Lomax's retirement in 1998, to further publish and promote his work and that mission, from CDs to LPs to YouTube to site-specific repatriation initiatives. Alan Lomax is known primarily as a folklorist and a documentarian, terms that suggest that his work was largely in service of the archival preservation of traditional and vernacular culture. But Lomax, from the tender age of 17, saw a more activist mission for himself: giving a "voice to the voiceless" by laboring to carve out space in the communication system for "all the submerged cultures" and their specific expressive traditions. Speaker Biography: Nathan Salsburg is curator of the Alan Lomax Archive at the Association for Cultural Equity.

Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys 16 All-Time Greatest Hits

Columbia CS-1065

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Molly And Tenbrooks (2:44)
A2 Blue Moon Of Kentucky (3:03)
A3 Travellin' This Lonesome Road (3:25)
A4 Blue Grass Stomp (3:00)
A5 It's Mighty Dark To Travel (2:52)
A6 My Rose Of Old Kentucky (2:57)
A7 Wicked Path Of Sin (2:39)
A8 Rocky Road Blues (2:36)
B1 Blue Grass Breakdown (2:40)
B2 When You Are Lonely (2:43)
B3 The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band (3:12)
B4 Little Cabin Home On The Hill (2:59)
B5 Footprints In The Snow (2:39)
B6 Will You Be Loving Another Man (2:53)
B7 Can't You Hear Me Callin' (3:48)
B8 I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling (2:58)
[Credits]
Cover Artwork: Margaret Coro, Liner Notes: James Goodfriend

The Quebe Sisters Band: Texas Fiddle & Swing

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

The Quebe Sisters Band: Sophia, Grace & Hulda

Concert by the Quebe Sisters Band, composed of Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe, who all sing and play the fiddle, and the Clark twins, Penny Lea (guitar and mandolin) and Katy Lou (banjo, piano and accordion). They perform a refreshing blend of Texas-style fiddling, vintage country, bluegrass and jazz and swing standards.

Speaker Biography: The Quebe Sisters Band has been awarded the Crescendo Award by the Western Music Association and the Western Swing Album of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists. They have appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, the Kennedy Center, NYC's Lincoln Center, the Ryman Auditorium, the Marty Stuart Show, the Eddie Stubbs Show on WSM, the Birchmere, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree (as host band), the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, multiple European tours and the National Folk Festival. They have appeared in concert with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Riders in the Sky, and Marty Stuart.

Country Music Fields and Wade Ward Recorded in Galax Virginia

Biograph Records RC-6002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Riley And Spencer (3:18)
A2 Winkin' Eye (2:03)
A3 Little Birdie (2:15)
A4 One Eyed Sam (2:17)
A5 Sweet William (4:07)
A6 Hobo John (2:50)
B1 The Allen Clan (4:14)
B2 Cold Icy Floor 2:32
B3 Cruel Slavery Days (2:26)
B4 Round Town Girls (1:50)
B5 John Hardy (1:17)
B6 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:50)
B7 Wade's Fox Chase (2:00)
[Credits]
Fields Ward (guitar/vocals) Wade Ward (banjo/vocals) Jimmy Edmonds & John Rector (fiddles)
Liner Notes and Photography:Richard Nevins, Producer: Arnold S. Caplin

Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant

Reprise Records RS-6267

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:20)
B1 Chilling Of The Evening (3:01)
B2 Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag (2:10)
B3 Now And Then (2:15)
B4 I'm Going Home (3:12)
B5 The Motorcycle Song (2:58)
B6 Highway In The Wind (2:40)
[Credits]
Producer: Fred Hellerman, Art Direction: Ed Thrasher, Artwork: Richard Chalfin, Liner Notes: Harold Leventhal
[Notes]
Alice's Restaurant is the debut album by Arlo Guthrie released in September 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at #63 on the Billboard 200 album chart two years later on the week of December 27, 1969.

Jean Ritchie 1998 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Jean Ritchie: Mountain Born

Jean Ritchie with dulcimer 1976

Jean Ritchie was known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Ritchie knew hymns from the "Old Regular Baptist" church she attended in Jeff, Kentucky. These were sung as "lining out" songs, in a lingering soulful way. One of the songs they sang was "Amazing Grace". She wrote some songs, including one on the effects of strip mining in Kentucky. (Some of Ritchie's late 1950s/early 1960s songs on mining she published under the pseudonym "'Than Hall" to avoid troubling her non-political mother, and believing they might be better received if attributed to a man.) "My Dear Companion" appeared on the album Trio recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. Judy Collins not only recorded some of Ritchie's traditional songs, "Tender Ladies" and "Pretty Saro", but used a photograph by George Pickow on the front of her album Golden Apples of the Sun (1962). Ritchie's 50th anniversary album was Mountain Born (1995), which features her two sons, Peter and Jonathan Pickow. In 1954 Ritchie and George Pickow released some of their UK recordings under the name Field Trip. It was re-issued in 2001 on the Greenhays label. It has recordings by Elizabeth Cronin, Seamus Ennis, and others, side by side with Ritchie family versions of the same songs. (via Folk Alliance International on YouTube)