Broadside Ballads, Vol. 3: The Broadside Singers

Broadside Records – BR 303

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Ain't That News: The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton (1:41)
A2 More Good Men Goin' Down: The Broadside Singers with Dave Cohen (2:57)
A3 Times I've Had: The Broadside Singers with Mark Spoelstra (2:54)
A4 Paths of Victory: The Broadside Singers with Bob Dylan (1:41)
A5 Christine: The Broadside Singers with Matt McGinn (2:22)
A6 Rattlesnake: The Broadside Singers with Peter La Farge (4:22)
A7 Carry It On: The Broadside Singers with Gil Turner (3:22)
B1 Links on the Chain: The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs (4:12)
B2 Causes: The Broadside Singers with Pat Sky (3:22)
B3 Immigrante: The Broadside Singers with Buffy Sainte-Marie (2:26)
B4 The Faucets are Dripping: The Broadside Singers wth Malvina Reynolds (2:43)
B5 Father's Grave - For Cordell Reagon: The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler (3:50)
B6 The Scruggs Picker: The Broadside Singers with Ernie Marrs (0:50)
B7 Plains of Nebrasky-O: The Broadside Singers with Eric Andersen (2:53)
B8 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Broadside Singers (4:21)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Phil Ochs, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The songs on this 15-track album were contributed to Broadside Magazine by folk singer-songwriters during the early 1960s and are performed by the Broadside Singers. Featured in the collection are Tom Paxton's "Ain't That News," Bob Dylan's "Paths of Victory," Peter La Farge's "Rattlesnake," Phil Ochs' "Links on the Chain," "Immigrante," Malvina Reynolds' "The Faucets Are Dripping," and Eric Anderson's "Plains of Nebrasky-O." There is also a brief (50-second) song entitled "The Scruggs Picker," a tongue-in-cheek song-poem about banjo players. The liner notes, written by Phil Ochs, include the lyrics and music of the songs.

Songs of a New York Lumberjack sung by Ellen Stekert

Folkways Records - FA 2354

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Bounding the U.S. (2:02)
A2 Hills of Glenshee (2:41)
A3 The Western Pioneers (1:47)
A4 The Two Sisters (1:37)
A5 Johnny Troy (4:58)
A6 Poor Old Anthony Rolly (3:07)
A7 Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade (1:43)
A8 The Drummer Boy (2:34)
A9 The Trouble Down at Homestead (2:20)
B1 The Fox (1:51)
B2 The Cumberland and the Merrimac (3:02)
B3 The Singular Dream (2:39)
B4 Lakes of Ponchatrain (1:48)
B5 The Black Cook (4:08)
B6 Abe Lincoln Went to Washington (1:52)
B7 The Shanty Boy and the Farmer's Son (3:07)
B8 Les Raftsman (1:25)
B9 The Jealous Lover (3:06)
[Credits]
Ellen Jane Stekert (vocals)
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Liner Notes: Ellen Jane Stekert
[Notes]
Folklorist Ellen Stekert collected the eighteen songs on this album from Ezra "Fuzzy" Barhight, a retired lumberjack in Cohocton, New York. Here, she sings a selection of songs that Fuzzy learned from his mother and from other lumbermen in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York.

Rising Fawn Gathering

Norman & Nancy Blake, Boys of the Lough, James & Rachel Bryan

Plectrafone Records - PLECT040125

Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic
[Tracklist]
01 The Sweet Sunny South (5:53)
02 O'Connell's Trip To Parliament / The Twin Katies (2:51)
03 Castleberry's March (3:09)
04 Da Unst Bridal March (2:57)
05 The Stockton & Redesdale Hornpipes (3:28)
06 The El Paso Waltz (2:56)
07 Joe Bane's / The Gypsy Princess (4:07)
08 The Teelin March (2:40)
09 Eamon An Chonoic (Ned Of The Hill) (3:01)
10 While The Band Is Playing Dixie (4:57)
11 Derry So Fair (6:01)
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/vocals) Nancy Blake (cello/mandolin/guitar/vocals) Dave Richardson (concertina/mandolin) Malcolm Stitt (guitar) Rachel Bryan (flute/whistle/guitar/vocals) Kevin Henderson (fiddle) James Bryan (fiddle) Rachel Bryan (mandolin/fiddle) Cathal McConnell ) Brendan Begley (accordion)
Producer: Nancy Blake and Scott O'Malley, Photographer: Sarah Lincoln, Designer: Sylvia Hutson, Kathleen Collins and Victoria Ward, Engineer: Butch Hause and David Glasser
[Notes]
Rising Fawn Gathering represents a cross-continental meeting of roots musicians in the small northwest Georgia town of Rising Fawn. Recorded at the home of seminal old-time musicians Norman and Nancy Blake, the album is a collaboration between the Blakes, James and Rachel Bryan, and the Edinburgh-based Celtic folk ensemble Boys of the Lough. Having first met each other in 1978 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the parties had hoped to record together throughout the years that followed. After nearly three decades of missed connections, they finally did—a "dream come true," according to Norman Blake. The resulting twelve selections are a mix of old-time and Celtic songs, hornpipes, marches, and waltzes, performed in a way that seamlessly fuses the complementary aspects of either style, highlighting their shared origins and accentuating their beauty. Rising Fawn Gathering was originally released by the Western Jubilee Recording Company.

Tracy's Family Band: Rode the Mule Around the World

Folkways Records - FTS 31083

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Dan Tucker (2:38)
A2 My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains (3:22)
A3 The White Dove (3:30)
A4 My Heart's Tonight in Texas (2:52)
A5 Lemonade Song (2:38)
A6 Jai Passe-Just Today (4:49)
B1 We're the Band That Rode the Mule Around the World (2:41)
B2 I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (3:20)
B3 Give Him One More As He Goes (2:58)
B4 I'm in Love With You (1:55)
B5 Welcome Home Weary Travelers (5:59)
[Credits]
Tracy Schwarz (guitar/fiddle/accordion/vocals) Eloise Schwarz (guitar/vocals) Peter Schwarz (bass/harmonica/fiddle/drums/vocals) Joe King (guitar) Ron Dann (pedal steel) Randy Kempt (bass)
Liner Notes and Designer: Tracy Schwarz and Eloise Schwarz, Photographer: Bob Hershey, Engineer: Bill Hartfield and Chad Irschick
[Notes]
Tracy's Family Band, composed of patriarch Tracy Schwarz, wife Eloise, and son Peter, performs 11 traditional American folk songs on this 1981 recording. Schwarz was a member of Smithsonian Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers from 1963 to 1973. In this recording, the family members all sing and play stringed instruments. Tracy plays guitar, fiddle, and accordion, Eloise plays guitar, and Peter plays bass, guitar, violin, and harmonica. Schwarz's passion for traditional American country and folk music is on full display in this collection. Highlights are the standard "Old Dan Tucker," the Cajun "Lemonade Song" featuring Tracy on accordion, and "Welcome Home Weary Traveler," a song about traveling musicians. Tracy and Eloise Schwarz may also be heard on the album Down Home.

"Earth is Earth" sung by The New Lost Bang Boys

Folkways Records - FF 869

Format: Vinyl 7" EP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 My Sweet Farm Girl (2:24)
A2 Bang Bang Lulu (2:44)
B1 Then It Won't Hurt (2:56)
B2 Women Wear No Clothes At All (2:38)
[Credits]
McKinley (John) Cohen, Wilbur (Mike) Seeger and Delmore (Tom) Paley
[Notes]
These four earthy old-time songs are performed by the New Lost City Bang Boys, three young men who were born and raised in and around New Lost City, which is famGus fOi earth and old-time songs. The New Lost City Bang Boys is a pseudonym for the New Lost City Ramblers.

Clarence Ashley and Tex Isley

Folkways Records – FA 2350

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? (3:22)
A2 Rude and Rambling Man (2:38)
A3 Whoa Mule (2:43)
A4 Faded Roses (3:02)
A5 Shout Little Lulu (1:16)
A6 House Carpenter (4:40)
A7 I'm the Man that Rode the Mule Around the World (2:37)
B1 Wild Bill Jones (2:31)
B2 The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane (4:15)
B3 Cluck Old Hen (2:18)
B4 Frankie Silvers (3:18)
B5 The Prisoner's Song (3:09)
B6 Hard Luck Blues (5:47)
B7 Little Hillside (2:53)
[Credits]
Clarence Ashley (banjo/guitar/vocals) Tex Isley (guitar/autoharp)
Liner Notes and Recorder: Ralph Rinzler, Liner Notes: Jon Pankake
[Notes]
Clarence "Tom" Ashley's musical life began at home, with the family, but soon expanded to include the medicine show circuit. Popular among rural listeners, Ashley's playing didn't gain a wider audience until 1960, when he met folk music scholar Ralph Rinzler at the Galax Fiddlers' Convention. This album presents fourteen songs from Ashley's repertoire.

Texas Fiddle Bands: The Bill Owens 1939 Recordings

Researched by Marynell Young

Field Recorders' Collective – FRC 409

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Field Recording, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Hell Among the Yearlings (2:13)
02 Arkansas Traveler (2:08)
03 Durang's Hornpipe (2:20)
04 Rickett's Hornpipe (2:20)
05 Eighth of January (2:17)
06 Soldier's Joy (2:25)
07 Diamond Joe (2:28)
08 Little Fish (2:42)
09 Leather Britches (2:23)
10 Irish Washer Woman (2:09)
11 Rustic Dance (2:12)
12 Cattle in the Cane Break (2:16)
13 Run Nigger Run (2:14)
14 Billy in the Lowground (2:11)
15 Give the Fiddler a Dram (2:42)
16 Wagoner (2:01)
17 Pick the Devil's Eye Out (1:56)
18 Heel and Toe Polka with the Night Cap On (1:22)
19 Polka Schottische (1:30)
20 Sally Gooden (1:18)
21 Patsy Mind the Baby (1:32)
22 Cripple Creek (2:57)
23 Bastard King of England (2:40)
24 Cornhuskin' Gal (2:48)
25 Mockingbird (2:56)
26 Rochester Schottische (2:35)
27 Sally Johnson (2:39)
28 San Antonio Rose (2:27)
[Credits]
Fiddle – Ed Gillespie (tracks: 8-14) Performer – General Ogden & Son Jimmy (tracks: 18-21) J. A. Meyers (tracks: 1-6) J.D. Dillingham (tracks: 1-7) Jace Middlin & His Alabama Boll Weevils (tracks: 15) Sam Welch & Family (tracks: 22-28) Vee Tuller (tracks: 1-6)
[Notes]
William A. Owens (1905-1990) was a folklorist, author, and professor of English. Despite the fact that his Pin Hook, Texas school was open only 3 months a year, by 1933 Owens managed to get two degrees at Southern Methodist University. In the late 1930s, working partly on his own and partly for the University of Texas Extension Division, he recorded songs from East Texas to the Texas Coast’s Cajun Country, recording on aluminum discs using cactus needles on a second-hand Vibromaster recorder. Owens wrote many books one of which, Slave Mutiny: The Revolt of the Schooner Amistad (1953), provided much of the material for Steven Spielberg's 1997 film, Amistad. In 1966 he became a professor of English at Columbia University in NY, and retired as professor emeritus in 1974. – Ray Alden

Red Allen and Friends

Folkways Records – FTS 31088

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 She's Country (2:14)
A2 Dig A Hole In The Meadow (2:20)
A3 Stone Wall (2:52)
A4 Bill Cheatum (2:25)
A5 Troubles Round My Door (2:38)
B1 Hello City Limits (2:12)
B2 Sweet Love Ain't Around (3:04)
B3 Gold Watch & Chain (1:57)
B4 Bad News (2:44)
B5 Fire On The Mountain (1:48)
[Credits]
Red Allen (guitar/lead vocals) Harley Allen (guitar/tenor vocals) Greg Allen (baritone vocals) John Farmer (banjo) John McEuen (banjo) Steve Scruggs (banjo) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Marty Stuart (mandolin/guitar) Randy Scruggs (guitar) Gary Scruggs (harp) Terry Smith (bass)
[Notes]
Veteran bluegrass performer Red Allen (1930–1993) collaborates with sons Harley and Doug and several musician friends on this 1981 album. Among the friends joining Allen are Grammy-winning fiddler Vassar Clements, mandolin and guitar player Marty Stuart, and Scruggs brothers Randy (guitar), Gary (harp), and Steve (banjo). The playlist includes traditional and modern bluegrass songs including "Bill Cheatum," "Fire on the Mountain," Red Allen's "Trouble 'Round My Door," and John D. Lautermilk's "Bad News."

Folk Visions & Voices: Traditional Music & Song In Northern Georgia - Volume Two

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 34162

Series: Folk Visions & Voices – Volume Two
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Garfield: J.C. "Jake" Staggers (2:48)
A02 Sally Ann: J.C. "Jake" Staggers (1:41)
A03 John Henry (Old John Henry Died on the Mountain): Henry Grady Terrell (2:00)
A04 Long-Legged Lula's Back in Town: Cliff Sheats (3:32)
A05 Railroad Bill: Willie Hill (0:56)
A06 Good Old Birmingham: Willie Hill (2:43)
A07 Low-Down Blues: Neal Pattman (4:11)
A08 Market Street Blues: Joe Rakestraw (2:23)
A09 Leavin' Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going: Joe Rakestraw (4:04)
B01 Prettiest Little Girl in the County-O: Gordon Tanner, Smoky Joe Miller, and Uncle John Patterson (2:21)
B02 Stagolee Was a Bully (Laws 115)(Stagger Lee): Uncle John Patterson (1:41)
B03 Shoot That Turkey Buzzard: Joe, Chesley, and Ralph Chancey (1:45)
B04 Mulberry Gap: Chesley Chancey (0:58)
B05 Mole in the Ground: Joe, Chesley, and Ralph Chancey (4:04)
B06 Five Hundred Miles: Chesley, Joe, Ralph & Don Chancy, Gene Wiggins, Art Rosenbaum (2:35)
B07 Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad: George Childers (3:12)
B08 The Dying Girl: Mabel Cawthorn (2:18)
B09 Dawsonville Jail: Ray Knight, Ed Teague, and Art Rosenbaum (3:05)
B10 Sally Goodin': Ray Knight and Ed Teague (1:26)
B11 Five to My Five: Howard Finster (1:00)
B12 Some Have Fathers Over Yonder: Howard Finster (2:10)
[Credits]
Producer: Art Rosenbaum, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Margo Newmark Rosenbaum
[Notes]
Beginning in 1977, folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of singers who learned their music from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 2 features "black frolic songs, work songs and blues," to the accompaniment of guitar, banjo, harmonica, and fiddle. The second half features white "string band music, banjo tunes and songs." Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as song lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.

Music from the South, Vol. 1: Country Brass Bands

Folkways Records – FP 2650

Field recordings taken in Alabama, louisiana, and Mississippi under a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial foundation by frederic Ramsey, Jr. With photographs, notes, and personnels.
Series: Music From The South – Volume 1
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz, Brass & Military, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Jazz & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A01 Precious Lord, Hold My Hand: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (1:56)
A02 Take Rocks and Gravel to Build a Solid Road: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:09)
A03 Wild About My Daddy: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:37)
A04 Sun Gonna Shine in My Back Door Some Day: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:30)
A05 I'm Going On: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (1:31)
A06 O Lord Let Thy Will Be Done: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (1:52)
A07 Conversation Preaching Tonight on the Old Camp Ground: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:11)
A08 My Baby Gone and She Won't Be Back No More: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:18)
A09 Fare You Well Daddy, It's Your Time Now: The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass (2:03)
B01 Sing On: The Lapsey Band (1:30)
B02 Dixie: The Lapsey Band (1:33)
B03 Going up the Country, Don't You Want to Go: The Lapsey Band (2:53)
B04 I Shall Not Be Moved: The Lapsey Band (1:31)
B05 The Ship is Over the Ocean: The Lapsey Band (1:59)
B06 Mama, Don't You Tear My Clothes: The Lapsey Band (1:23)
B07 Nearer My God to Thee: The Lapsey Band (3:05)
B08 Like My Lord: The Lapsey Band (2:18)
B09 I'm All Right Now Since I've Been Converted: The Lapsey Band (1:07)
B10 Just Over in the Gloryland: The Lapsey Band (1:31)
B11 When I Lay My Burden Down: The Lapsey Band (1:08)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder and Photographer: Frederic Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The fieldwork for this album sought to explore sources that would lead listeners back to the decades between the emancipation of the slaves in 1863 and 1900. The collector, Frederick Ramsey, Jr., endeavored to find old artists who had not yet been recorded, and with the single exception of Elder David Ross of New Orleans, he succeeded.

Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40097

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 In the Sweet Bye and Bye: Elizabeth Cotten (1:24)
02 Tie Your Dog, Sally Gal: Will Adam (2:41)
03 Banjo Instrumental: J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin (2:01)
04 Lost Train Blues: V.L. Sutphin (1:16)
05 Shortening Bread: V.L. And Cleve Sutphin (1:45)
06 The Train That Carried My Girl from Town: V.L. And Cleve Sutphin (1:30)
07 Old Gambling Man: J.J. Neece (3:24)
08 John Henry: J.J. Neece, Cleve and V.L. Sutphin (2:16)
09 Shout Little Lulu: Louise Foreacre (0:51)
10 He Will Set Your Fields on Fire: Kilby Snow (2:19)
11 Gather in the Golden Grain: Ernest V. and Hattie Stoneman (0:53)
12 Going to Lay Down My Burdens: Elizabeth White and Gideon Craig (1:42)
13 John Henry: Lesley Riddle (2:26)
14 Pretty Fair Damsel: Clarence Ashley (2:29)
15 It's These Hard Times: Pearly "Grandma" Davis (1:23)
16 Old Time Reel: Pearly "Grandma" Davis and Oliver Davis (2:13)
17 Jackson Schottische: A.L. Hall (2:12)
18 Lone Prairie: Wade Ward (1:36)
19 Molly Put the Kettle On: Wade Ward (1:23)
20 Last Gold Dollar: Edsel Martin and Bill McElreath (1:43)
21 John Henry: Bill and Jean Davis (1:11)
22 Three Nights Drunk (Our Goodman): The Blue Ridge Buddies with E.C. and Orna Ball (2:36)
23 Jimmie Sutton: The Blue Ridge Buddies with E.C. and Orna Ball (1:44)
24 Going to Lay Down My Old Guitar: Snuffy Jenkins and Ira Dimmery (0:59)
25 Black Mountain Rag: The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith (2:21)
26 A Talk on the World: Clyde Lewis (4:52)
27 Red Wing: Lost John Ray and Walt Koken (0:53)
28 Leather Britches: Eck Robertson and the New Lost City Ramblers (3:02)
29 Blackberry Blossom: Sherman Lawson (2:01)
30 Alabama Gals: Emmett Cole (0:59)
31 Old Joe Clark: George Landers (0:50)
32 Sugar Baby: Dock Boggs (2:41)
33 Queen Sally: Archie Sturgill (1:47)
34 Poor Orphan: Kate Peters Sturgill (3:09)
35 My Virginia Rose: Scott Boatright (2:19)
36 I'm Leaving You: Sara Carter and Maybelle Carter (2:38)
37 He Said If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep: The Stancer Quartet (2:56)
38 I Would Not Live Always: Clarence Ferrill (1:32)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder, Liner Notes & Photographer: Mike Seeger, Photographer (Cover): Alice Gerrard, Mastering Engineer: Dave Glasser
[Notes]
In the 1950's and sixties musician-collector Mike Seeger, inspired by the great folksong collectors of the 1930's, visited traditional musicians of the rural South. This is his handpicked selection of the recordings made during those visits. Included in the 38 selections are previously unreleased recordings by the well-known Sara & Maybelle Carter, Arthur Smith, Elizabeth Cotten, and Dock Boggs, as well as treasures by lesser-known artists. The enclosed booklet contains photographs and notes on the performance, which include virtuoso fiddle, banjo, and guitar music, unaccompanied ballad singing, and a story-teller entertaining his buddies in a fiddler's convention parking lot.

Uncle John Patterson: Plains, Georgia Rock

Arhoolie Records – ARHLP 5018

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Snowbird In Ashbank (2:50)
A2 Uncle John's Waltz (3:35)
A3 Flat Footed Charlie (1:40)
A4 Bob Murphy (3:05)
A5 Milk Cow Blues (3:25)
A6 Bucking Mule (1:55)
A7 Bucking Mule (1:45)
B1 Uncle John's Rock (2:15)
B2 Summerland (2:05)
B3 First Lady Waltz (2:40)
B4 Deep Elm Blues (3:45)
B5 Draggin The Bow (2:15)
B6 Hen Cackle (2:00)
B7 Plains, Georgia Rock (2:00)
[Credits]
Uncle John Patterson (banjo/piano/percussion) James Patterson (guitar)
Producer: Chris Strachwitz, Liner Notes & Photograph: George Mitchell, Cover Art: Wayne Pope, Engineer: Chet Briggs & Dennis Fink
[Notes]
Uncle John Patterson, the "Banjo King," picks old-timey tunes in a truly unique style that seems designed to lift spirits and get feet moving. Uncle John won his first banjo championship at the age of 14 and successfully defended his title at every convention he entered thereafter. His early adult years were spent sharecropping. For 20 years he was a hydraulic and plumbing mechanic at Lockheed, where he invented a tool for injecting hydraulic fluid into B 47s which is reported to have saved Lockheed $350,000 a year. An oldtime populist politician, and a gregarious one, he was Carrollton's State Representative to the Georgia Legislature from 1968 to 1974.

The Nashville Grass with Curley Seckler

China Grove, My Hometown

Folkways Records – FTS 31095

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 China Grove My Hometown (2:34)
A2 Little Marrowbone Creek (2:17)
A3 Cold Cold Loving (2:36)
A4 I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer (3:11)
A5 Reuben (2:33)
B1 Dixie Holiday (2:30)
B2 Mother Is Gone (2:28)
B3 Old Joe (1:50)
B4 Till the End of the World Rolls Round (2:19)
B5 I Found the Way (2:21)
[Credits]
Curley Seckler (guitar/vocals) Kenny Ingram (banjo/vocals) Willis Spears (guitar/vocals) Johnny Warren (fiddle/vocals) J.T.Gray (bass) Gene Wooten (dobro)
Producer: Kenny Ingram & Red Allen, Photographer: Jim McGuire, Engineer: Frank Evans
[Notes]
Bluegrass pioneer Curly Seckler (1919-2017) was born in China Grove, North Carolina, into "a musically inclined family." He began his professional career in 1935 as a tenor singer and mandolin player. In 1949 he joined Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys, remaining with them until 1962. In 1979, Seckler joined Flatt's Nashville Bluegrass band, assuming leadership of the band following Flatt's death in 1979. Seckler was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Hall of Fame in 2004.

Tony Trischka: Territory

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 40169

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Fox Chase: Tony Trischka (3:30)
02 Leatherwing Bat: Tony Trischka with Pete Seeger & Bruce Molsky (3:32)
03 Rainbow Yoshi: Tony Trischka (2:27)
04 French Creek / Burning Springs: Tony Trischka (3:21)
05 Zoe: Tony Trischka (2:16)
06 John Henry Medley: John Henry / Bonaparte's Retreat / etc.: Tony Trischka (3:18)
07 Trompe de L'Oreille: Tony Trischka with Bill Keith & Paula Bradley (2:47)
08 Hawaii Slide-O: Tony Trischka (2:22)
09 John Cohen's Blues: Tony Trischka (1:47)
10 Molly and Tenbrooks: Tony Trischka (2:46)
11 Sean: Tony Trischka (1:57)
12 The Next Big Thing: Tony Trischka (4:03)
13 Noah Came to Eden: Tony Trischka with Mike Seeger (4:12)
14 Eighteen: Tony Trischka (1:54)
15 Celtic Medley: St. Anne's Reel / Drowsy Maggie / Red Haired Boy / etc.: Tony Trischka (3:01)
16 Salt River: Tony Trischka (2:43)
17 Banjoland: Tony Trischka with Bill Evans (3:00)
18 Old Stone Church: Tony Trischka with Bruce Molsky & Paula Bradley (4:30)
19 Gourd Banza: Tony Trischka (1:44)
20 Medley: Brightshade / Carolina Traveler / Casey Jones: Tony Trischka (3:57)
21 Lake Flora: Tony Trischka (3:29)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Tony Trischka, Associate Producer: Deborah Miller and Richard James Burgess, Liner Notes: Bob Carlin, Editor: Carla Borden, Designer: Sonya Cohen Crame, Photographer: Michael Stewart, Engineer: Michael Daves, Pete Reiniger, Ronnie Freeland, Aaron Hurwitz, Tom Tedesco and Russ Martin
[Notes]
With fearless musical curiosity as the guiding force, Tony Trischka's Territory roams widely through the banjo's creative terrain. Twelve all-Trischka solo tracks explore a panorama of tunings, banjo sounds, and traditions. Nine selections partner Tony with fellow banjoists Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Bill Evans, Bill Keith, Bruce Molsky, and other guest artists to tap the creative potential of America's signature musical instrument. 62 minutes, 21 tracks, 32-page booklet, extensive notes, photos.

Sam McGee: Grand Dad of the Country Guitar Pickers

Arhoolie Records – ARH 9009

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Sam McGee Stomp (2:00)
A2 Fuller Blues (2:15)
A3 Burglar Bold (1:30)
A4 Dew Drop (3:25)
A5 Jesse James (3:00)
A6 Ching Chong (3:00)
A7 Blackberry Blossom (2:00)
A8 Wheels (1:50)
B1 How Great Thou Art (2:35)
B2 When The Wagon Was New (2:50)
B3 Franklin Blues (2:15)
B4 Penitentiary Blues (2:50)
B5 Pig Ankle Rag (2:25)
B6 Railroad Blues (6:00)
B7 Buckdancer's Choice (2:50)
[Credits]
Sam McGee (guitar/banjo/vocals) Clifton McGee (guitar) Goldie Stewart (bass)
Producer: Chris Strachwitz, Producer and Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Designer: Wayne Pope and Dix Bruce
[Notes]
In the 1920s, Sam McGee began his professional career as an old-time country music performer playing with Uncle Dave Macon. He was a regular performer on the Grand Old Opry radio show from 1926 until just before his death in 1975. This recording made by Mike Seeger in 1969–1970 showcases Sam’s unique fingerpicking style on the guitar, banjo, and the banjo-guitar.

Music of the Ozarks

National Geographic Society – 703

Series: Sounds of world recording
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass, Country
[Tracklist] A1 Bunker Hill (1:18)
A2 Down In The Arkansas (1:49)
A3 Flop-Eared Mule (1:05)
A4 Harrison Town (2:35)
A5 Banks Of The Ohio (1:38)
A6 Angel Band (2:26)
A7 Utah Carl (2:32)
A8 Wildwood Flower (1:37)
A9 Old Bill Jones (2:34)
B1 Bright Morning Stars (2:53)
B2 Guitar Medley (1:58)
B3 Trail To Mexico (2:09)
B4 Run, Johnny, Run (1:44)
B5 Knoxville Girl (3:06)
B6 Cripple Creek (1:14)
B7 Good-Bye My Susie Gal (3:30)
B8 Arkansas Traveler (3:13)
[Credits]
Producer: Thomas J. Abercrombie, Consultant and Liner Notes: Jimmy Driftwood, Editor: John M. Lavery, Mary O'Connell and Robert E. Pullman, Photograper: Bates W. Littlehales
[Notes]
This LP album was produced by the National Geographic Society and was performed mainly by local musicians although Jimmie Driftwood is featured on a few of the songs. All songs are great except maybe two. "Arkansas Traveler" was recorded at a dance and the foot-stomping makes you feel you're right there. Vinyl LP Gatefold sleeve with 10 pages of full-color liner notes.

Cowboy Songs on Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40043

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Honky Tonk, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Morning Grub Holler: Harry Jackson (0:18)
02 Round-Up Cook: Harry Jackson (0:48)
03 Chisholm Trail: The Tex-i-an Boys (3:00)
04 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies: Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (3:01)
05 Little Joe, the Wrangler: Cisco Houston (2:39)
06 Little Joe, the Wrangler's Sister Nell: Harry Jackson (3:28)
07 Utah Carl: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock (1:30)
08 Put Your Little Foot: The Tex-i-an Boys (1:25)
09 Trail to Mexico: Peter La Farge (2:27)
10 Las Chapparreras: Peter Hurd (1:21)
11 Buffalo Skinners: Woody Guthrie (3:15)
12 Zebra Dun: Ray Reed (3:51)
13 Some Cowboy Brag Talk: Harry Jackson (1:34)
14 Horse Wrangler: Roger Welsch (3:07)
15 Strawberry Roan: Harry Jackson (4:55)
16 The Tex-I-An Boys: John A. Lomax, Jr. (1:52)
17 Out on the Western Plains (Cow-Cow Yicky Yicky Yea): Lead Belly (1:33)
18 Jesse James: Woody Guthrie (3:00)
19 Home on the Range: Pete Seeger (1:51)
20 Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight: Rosalie Sorrels (2:12)
21 Springtime in the Rockies: Lead Belly (3:04)
22 Lone Star Trail: Dave Fredrickson (2:54)
23 Rodeo Hand: Peter La Farge (1:47)
24 Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Blues): Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (2:31)
25 The Dying Cowboy: Cisco Houston (3:01)
26 Devil Made Texas: Hermes Nye (2:08)
[Credits]
Producer: Guy Logsdon, Designer: Joan Wolbier, Photographer: Luis Alfonso Jimenez
[Notes]
Fifteen performers sing, boast, tell stories, holler, and recite poetry on 26 tracks that portray the life and times of honest, hard-working cowboys. Features performers from many backgrounds with a wide variety of musical styles. Includes Pete Seeger's Home on the Range, Cisco Houston's Little Joe and the Wrangler, Woody Guthrie's Get Along Little Dogies, several old tales from the range, including Chisholm Tale and Jesse James, and Rosalie Sorrells's version of Gene Autry's 1943 hit There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse. "Abundant evidence of the rich legacy...of real cowboys provided by their music and poetry." — Dirty Linen

Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends - Vol. 2

Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina

Folkways Records – FES 34151

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Hambone: Donald Crowder (2:19)
A02 Little Red Rooster: Willie Hamilton (2:37)
A03 Black Cat Bone: Willie Hamilton (2:50)
A04 Barbara Allen: Seena Helms (3:23)
A05 Ground Hog: Seena Helms (0:45)
A06 Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot: Horace Helms & Shady Grove Partners (1:25)
A07 George Collins: Henry Griffin (1:59)
A08 Dancing Girl: Bascom Traywick and George Griffin (1:42)
A09 Rock-A-My Soul: Taylor Sisters (1:20)
A10 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say: Bishop Bowen and the Combined Gospel Choirs (4:54)
B01 Old Gray Beard A-Flappin': Otis High (0:55)
B02 Watermelon on the Vine: Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys (2:48)
B03 Hard Times: Seena Helms (1:25)
B04 Roll, Jordan, Roll: Elizabeth Bivens (2:37)
B05 Somebody's Gone (That Was Here Last Year): Elizabeth Bivens (1:21)
B06 Go Tell It on the Mountain: Elizabeth Bivens (1:44)
B07 Climbing Up the Mountain: Taylor Sisters (1:14)
B08 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: Taylor Sisters (2:36)
B09 City on a Hill: Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys (3:05)
B10 Amazing Grace: Horace Helms and the Shady Grove Partners (1:17)
B11 Amazing Grace: C.J. Evans Gospel Choir (4:05)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Karen G. Helms, Recorder: Otto Henry, Photographer: Doug Helms, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The second of two recordings in the Hand Me Down Music series, this collection of traditional folk music is performed by local North Carolina musicians and singers who learned the songs and lyrics from previous generations. The collection includes both secular and religious songs—and one song, "Amazing Grace," Sung both ways. The first version is performed by Horace Helms and Shady Grove Partners as a brief bluegrass rendition, and the second by the CJ Evans Gospel Choir from the Nice Grove Baptist Church as a hymn.

Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years, 1963-1968

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 40108

Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music, Country Blues
[Disk One]
01 Down South Blues (2:11)
02 Country Blues (3:53)
03 Pretty Polly (2:56)
04 Coal Creek March (1:57)
05 My Old Horse Died (1:48)
06 Wild Bill Jones (2:12)
07 Rowan County Crew (6:10)
08 New Prisoner's Song (2:55)
09 Oh, Death (3:20)
10 Prodigal Son (3:55)
11 Mother's Advice (3:42)
12 Drunkard's Lone Child (4:08)
13 Bright Sunny South (3:40)
14 Mistreated Mama Blues (1:54)
15 Harvey Logan (3:28)
16 Mixed Blues (3:53)
17 Old Joe's Barroom (2:50)
18 Danville Girl (2:38)
19 Cole Younger (1:52)
20 Schottische Time (1:15)
21 Papa, Build Me A Boat (2:44)
22 Little Black Train (2:55)
23 No Disappointment In Heaven (2:32)
24 Glory Land (4:01)
[Disk Two]
01 Banjo Clog (1:47)
02 Wise County Jail (1:48)
03 Sugar Baby (2:50)
04 The Death Of Jerry Damron (4:13)
05 Railroad Tramp (3:10)
06 Poor Boy In Jail (2:54)
07 Brother Jim Got Shot (1:56)
08 John Henry (3:27)
09 Davenport (1:41)
10 Dying Ranger (3:25)
11 Little Ornie Wise (3:23)
12 Sugar Blues (1:22)
13 Loving Nancy (2:26)
14 Cuba (1:26)
15 John Hardy (2:02)
16 Peggy Walker (2:52)
17 Hope I Live A Few More Days (4:07)
18 Turkey In The Straw (0:47)
19 Calvary (3:30)
20 Roses While I'm Living (3:21)
21 Leave It There (3:20)
22 Prayer Of A Miner's Child (3:17)
23 Coke Oven March (1:00)
24 Ruben's Train (2:19)
25 Cumberland Gap (2:26)
26 Careless Love (4:05)
[Credits]
Dock Boggs (banjo/vocals) Mike Seeger (guitar)
Producer and Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Liner Notes: Barry O'Connell, Photographer: Dan Seeger and Frederick Baldwin, Designer: Scott Stowell, Engineer: Charlie Pilzer
[Notes]
Dock Boggs recorded only 12 songs in the 1920s, but his raw, powerful singing and distinctive banjo-playing caused Harry Smith to include him in his Anthology of American Folk Music (SFW 40090) and Mike Seeger to search for him in the hills of Kentucky in 1963. A new series of recording sessions captured the 50 blues, instrumentals, regional and religious songs included in this two-CD set. Originally released to high acclaim on three Folkways Records LPs in the 1960s, they have influenced musicians ever since. Extensive notes by Mike Seeger and Barry O'Connell.

Music in the Streets: Tony Schwartz

Folkways Records FD-5581

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Calypso, Bluegrass, Gospel, Religious
[Tracklist]
Side I, Part I: Street Musician (13:31)
A1.1 Untitled (Street Saxophone): Unknown Artist
A1.2 Untitled (Glass Bowls): Unknown Artist
A1.3 Bongo Boys: Unknown Artist
A1.4 The Carnegie Hall Fiddler: Guisseppi Ravita
A1.5 Untitled (Guitar): Rev. Gary Davis
A1.6 Untitled (Time Square Accordion): Unknown Artist
A1.7 Moondog: Moondog
Side I, Part II: Washington Square (12:22)
A2.1 Untitled (Banjo And Bass): Unknown Artist
A2.2 Rambling Around: The Kosoy Twins
A2.3 King Edward: Ralph Rinzler, The Kosoy Twins
A2.4 When The Saints Go Marching In: Unknown Artist
A2.5 Met A Little Gipsy: John Gibbons
A2.6 Deep Blue Sea: Jane Soyer
A2.7 Another Man Done Gone: Fred Gerlach
Side II, Part I: Religious Music (7:24)
B1.1 Untitled (Church Bells): Unknown Artist
B1.2 Untitled (Salvation Army Group): Unknown Artist
B1.3 Untitled (Salvation Army Christmas Band): Unknown Artist
B1.4 Untitled (Puerto Rican Street Gospel Group): Unknown Artist
B1.5 Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Church Unknown Artist
Side II, Part II: Street Festival (9:05)
B2.1 Untitled (Jazz Group): Unknown Artist
B2.2 Untitled (Band): Unknown Artist
B2.3 Untitled (Parade): Unknown Artist
B2.4 Untitled (Song): Unknown Artist
Side II, Part III: Parades (6:15)
B3.1 Untitled (Montage Of City Parades): Unknown Artist
[Credits]
Artist and Producer: Tony Schwartz, Cover Artwork: Don Freeman
[Notes]
From the streets of New York City comes a medley of musical styles that represents the cultural and musical diversity of the Big Apple. Recorded between the spring of 1950 and fall of 1957 by famed sound archivist Tony Schwartz, Music in the Streets attests to the view that music is a matter of "necessity inclination". The selections here include not only that of street performers and musicians but also of street festivals, parades, and religious groups. Liner notes include photographs of street musicians in New York City, an introduction by Schwartz, and track notes.

Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 45080

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US Released: 2016
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Froggie Went a-Courtin’: Elizabeth Mitchell (3:49)
02 Polly Wolly Doodle: Pete Seeger, Bess Hawes, and Tom Glazer (1:51)
03 Skip to My Lou: Lead Belly (2:15)
04 I've Been Working on the Railroad: Ella Jenkins (1:27)
05 She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family (2:44)
06 John Henry: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry (4:08)
07 Brown Girl in the Ring: Lord Invader (1:49)
08 Old King Cole: Jean Ritchie (1:11)
09 Green Grass Grows All Around: Sam Hinton (2:25)
10 La rana (The Frog): Suni Paz (2:05)
11 I Had a Rooster: Pete Seeger (3:55)
12 Go Tell Aunt Rhody: The Ritchie Family (1:45)
13 Miss Mary Mack: Ella Jenkins (1:59)
14 Yankee Doodle: Pete Seeger (1:41)
15 Rock Island Line: Snooks Eaglin (2:06)
16 Big Rock Candy Mountain: Tom Glazer (3:10)
17 On Top of Old Smoky: Pete Seeger (2:19)
18 Crawdad Hole: Cisco Houston (2:17)
19 Oh Susannah: Pete Seeger (1:18)
20 Goober Peas: Tom Glazer (2:03)
21 Arroz con leche (Rice and Milk): Young Mexican girls (0:37)
22 Riding in My Car: Elizabeth Mitchell (2:49)
23 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies: Cisco Houston (2:05)
24 Home on the Range: Pete Seeger (1:51)
25 Shenandoah: Alan Mills (2:45)
[Credits]
Compiler and Liner Notes: Jeff Place, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Production manager: Mary Monseur
[Notes]
In Classic Folk Songs for Kids, curator Jeff Place culls a cross-section of 26 classics from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults to tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-alongs. The songs' origins are as fascinating as the songs are fun: centuries-old European ballads, an American Revolutionary tune, 19th-century American folksongs, African-derived game songs, a sea chantey, a railroad jingle, camp songs, and even an opera song! And the singers themselves are a who’s who of American folk music artistry—Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Suni Paz, Tom Glazer, Lord Invader, and many more. 56 minutes, 40-page booklet with lyrics.

Music From The South, Volume 8: Young Songsters

Folkways Records – FA 2657

Series: Music from the South – Volume 8
Field recordings taken in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi under a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. With photographs, notes, and personnels.
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 In That New Jerusalem: The Starlight Gospel Singers (1:59)
A2 The Onliest Word He Said: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:27)
A3 Say a Word for Me: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:35)
A4 Lookin' for My Jesus: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:25)
A5 I Got a Right to the Tree of Life: The Starlight Gospel Singers (3:00)
A6 Lord, Have Mercy If You Please: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:36)
A7 The Lord God is My Shepherd: The Starlight Gospel Singers (3:48)
B1 All of My Troubles Will Soon Be Over - All of My Troubles Soon Will Be Over: Ella Cash (2:00)
B2 Yes, He Cares: Ella And J.T. Cash, And Joseph Massey (1:08)
B3 Oh Lord I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:27)
B4 Come Over Here, the Table Is Spread: The Starlight Gospel Singers (2:33)
B5 The Day Is Past - The Day Is Past and Gone: Dorothy Melton (1:58)
B6 I Want Jesus to Walk With Me: Dorothy Melton (2:42)
B7 Keep Your Lamp Burning: Combs Gospel Singers (2:22)
B8 I'm Gonna Move in the Room with the Lord: Mississippi Wandering Travelers (5:12)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder and Photographer: Frederic Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Recorded in 1954, this album presents a younger generation of gospel singers from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. These performances represent a musical style based in the traditions heard on Volumes 6 and 7 of this series, but with clear movement toward a more polished urban gospel sound.