Fine Times at Our House: Traditional Music of Indiana: Ballads, Fiddle Tunes, Songs

Folkways Records - FW03809

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklis]
A01 Unnamed Tune: John W. Summers (2:03)
A02 The Elfin Knight - Child 2: Anna Underhill (2:37)
A03 Play Parties: Anna Underhill (0:44)
A04 Turkey in the Straw: Louis Henderson (1:11)
A05 The Cuckoo's Nest: Dan White and John W. Summers (2:02)
A06 Sherman's Retreat: John W. Summers (3:30)
A07 The Morning of 1845: Vern Smelser (2:09)
A08 The Birds' Song: Virgil Sandage (1:05)
A09 Away Out West in Kansas: Anna Underhill (1:46)
A10 The Indiana Hero: Anna Underhill (5:33)
A11 Fine Times at Our House: John W. Summers (3:12)
B01 The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn: Vern Smelser (1:10)
B02 Rye Straw: John W. Summers (2:12)
B03 Waiting for the Lord to Come: Dan White and John W. Summers (1:36)
B04 Same Time Today as It Was Yesterday: John W. Summers (1:54)
B05 The Battle of Stone River: Oscar Parks (4:15)
B06 Lord Barnett (Child No. 68): Ella Parker (2:35)
B07 Young Charlotte: Vern Smelser (7:06)
B08 The Soldier and the Lady: Shorty and Juanita Sheehan (3:18)
[Credits]
Recorder: Pat Dunford and Art Rosenbaum
[Notes]
Collected by musician and producer Pat Dunford and musicologist Art Rosenbaum, the twenty songs and fiddle tunes on this album were chosen from a vast collection of recordings from their travels around Indiana in the early sixties. At the time, Indiana had been largely ignored by collectors and folk enthusiasts researching old-time music. Dunford and Rosenbaum wanted to present the songs and tunes remembered by Hoosier musicians, including master old-time fiddler John W. Summers, that were most characteristic of the state, fearing they might soon be all but gone.