April 6, 2018

Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley

Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40029/30

Format: 2-CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
Disk One
101 Crawdad Song (3:35)
102 Sitting on Top of the World (3:09)
103 Lee Highway Blues (1:44)
104 Free Little Bird (2:09)
105 The Coo-Coo Bird (2:36)
106 Rising Sun Blues (2:58)
107 Looking Towards Heaven (2:30)
108 Rambling Hobo (1:30)
109 Rambling Hobo (1:38)
110 Shady Grove (1:31)
111 Cumberland Gap (2:23)
112 Tough Luck (2:28)
113 Humpbacked Mule (1:30)
114 My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (2:50)
115 Way Down Town (2:31)
116 Banks of the Ohio (4:14)
117 Little Sadie (2:22)
118 Carroll County Blues (1:42)
119 Cluck Old Hen (1:48)
120 Chilly Winds (Lonesome Road Blues) (2:40)
121 Sweet Heaven When I Die (2:40)
122 Fire on the Mountain (1:24)
123 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (3:23)
124 Daniel Prayed (2:56)
125 Amazing Grace (3:53)
Disk Two
201 Sally Ann (2:34)
202 Richmond Blues (1:36)
203 Old Ruben (2:03)
204 Willie Moore (3:34)
205 Walking Boss (1:51)
206 Shout Lulu (1:27)
207 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (2:08)
208 Pretty Little Pink (2:29)
209 Run, Jimmie Run (3:09)
210 Hick's Farewell (5:25)
211 The Old Man at the Mill (1:58)
212 A Short Life of Trouble (3:22)
213 Brown's Dream (1:43)
214 Footprints in the Snow (2:45)
215 I'm Going Back to Jericho (1:54)
216 Peg and Awl (2:14)
217 Maggie Walker (2:56)
218 God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind (3:07)
219 I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (2:41)
220 Handsome Molly (2:16)
221 John Henry (3:44)
222 Honey Babe Blues (3:46)
223 Wayfaring Pilgrim (2:45)
[Credits]
Doc Watson (guitar/banjo/harmonica/vocals) Clarence Ashley, Dock Walsh and Jack Burchett (banjo/vocals) Fred Price (fiddle/vocals) Arnold Watson (banjo/harmonica/vocals) Gaither Carlton (banjo/fiddle) Garley Foster (harmonica/guitar/vocals) Clint Howard (guitar/vocals) Jack Johnson (banjo) Tommy Moore (washboard) Jean Ritchie (vocals) Ralph Rinzler (guitar)
Field Worker, Recorder, Producer, Compiler and Liner Notes: Ralph Rinzler, Producer and Compiler: Matt Walters, Photographer and Recorder: Eugene Earle, Producer and Compiler: Jeff Place, Designer: Carol Hardy, Mastering Engineer: Alan Yoshida
[Notes]
With 20 previously unreleased performances, many rare photos, and producer Ralph Rinzler's comprehensive notes, this is the definitive collection of two earlier volumes entitled Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's. These LP's introduced the world to Doc Watson and played an important role in the folk revival of the '60s. Featured are Gaither Carlton, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Jack Burchett, and others. Compiled by Ralph Rinzler, Matt Walters and Jeff Place. Annotated by Ralph Rinzler.

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