The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2

Asch Recordings – AA4

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: USA
Released: 1967
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Two Maidens Went Milking One Day: Richard Dyer-Bennet (2:17)
A02 The Hangman's Tree: Andrew Rowan Summers (2:57)
A03 Little Mattie Groves (Matty Groves): John Jacob Niles (3:00)
A04 The Wife of Usher's Well (Lady Gay): Cratis D. Williams (3:22)
A05 Dark Scenes of Winter: Texas Gladden (1:40)
A06 Railroad Bill: Hobart Smith (2:40)
A07 Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connelly): Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden (2:53)
A08 Springfield Mountain: Bascom Lamar Lunsford (2:32)
A09 Bonnie Laboring Boy: George Edwards (3:00)
A10 Go Down, Old Hannah: Dock Reese (4:59)
B01 Cindy: Hobart Smith (2:01)
B02 Clog Dance (Stomp Blues): Champion Jack Dupree (2:04)
B03 Fox Chase: Sonny Terry (2:06)
B04 900 Miles: Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (2:42)
B05 Railroad Blues: Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry (3:37)
B06 Civil War Parade: Rev. Gary Davis (5:30)
B07 Tom Tom Workout: Baby Dodds (1:57)
[Credits]
Producer: Charles Edward Smith, Recorder: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing "Cindy" on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with "Railroad Blues" using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how "Two Maidens Went Milking One Day." Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Davis, Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Reese.