December 5, 2015

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.

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