Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music
[Tracklist]
A1 Young Emily (3:42)
A2 False Knight In The Road (3:16)
A3 Omie Wise (3:02)
A4 Black Is The Color (4:34)
A5 Young Charlotte (4:58)
A6 Samanthra (1:57)
A7 Where Will I Shelter My Sheep Tonight (2:34)
B1 Awake, Awake, You Drowsy Sleeper (3:45)
B2 Foggy Dew (3:53)
B3 Red Rosy Bush (3:36)
B4 Mary Of The Wild Moor (3:19)
B5 Little Sparrow (1:58)
B6 Little Rosewood Casket (2:13)
B7 We'll Camp A Little While In The Wilderness (3:50)
B8 'Tis Sad To Part (1:36)
[Credits]
Betty Smith (guitar/autoharp/dulcimer/psaltery/vocals)
Liner Notes, Photographer and Recorded: Sandy Paton
[Notes]
Betty Smith was an educator and folksinger originally from Rowan County, North Carolina. As the folk revival was reaching its height in the 1960s with its focus on Appalachian music, Smith realized many of the songs she heard played were the same songs she learned as a child. Inspired to play this repertoire herself, she took to the folk-festival circuit, establishing herself as an authentic performer from the mountains of North Carolina. On this record, Smith plays a selection of traditional Appalachian songs sung in a pure, unaffected style, accompanying herself on guitar, dulcimer, and psaltery.
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