Fine Times at our House: Indiana Ballads, Fiddle Tunes, Songs

Folkways Records – FS 3809

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Unnamed Tune: John W. Summers (2:03)
A02 The Elfin Knight: 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 Bird's Song: Virgil Sandage (1:05)
0A9 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)
0B3 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: Ella Parker (2:35)
B07 Young Charlotte: Vern Smelser (7:06)
B08 The Soldier and the Lady: Shorty and Juanita Sheehan (3:18)
[Credits]
Producer: Pat Dunford, Rcorder and Illustrator: Art Rosenbaum, Designer: John Cohen
[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. Liner notes include song lyrics, notes on the singers and fiddlers, and a bibliography.