Ship in the Clouds: Old Time Instrumental Music

Andy Cahan, Laura Fishleder and Lisa Ornstein

Folkways Records – FTS 31062

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Ship in the Clouds (01:49)
A02 Rolling River (01:52)
A03 Molly Put the Kettle On (02:21)
A04 Liquor Seller (01:41)
A05 Elkhorn Ridge (02:46)
A06 Jimmy Johnson Pass the Jug Around the Hill (02:21)
A07 Tildy Moore (02:11)
A08 Prettiest Girl in the County (02:03)
A09 Great Big Taters in Sandy Land (03:19)
A10 There's a Brown Skin Gal Down the Road Somewheres (02:02)
B01 Coal Creek March (01:54)
B02 Greasy Coat (02:41)
B03 Hellbound For Alabama (02:32)
B04 Sally Ann Johnson (02:51)
B05 Fort Smith (02:04)
B06 Old Mother Lobos (01:55)
B07 Polly Put the Kettle On (01:57)
B08 Silly Bill (02:04)
B09 Lost Indian (02:13)
B10 Big Scioty (02:26)
[Credits]
Laura Fishleder (guitar) Andy Cahan (banjo/vocals) Lisa Ornstein (fiddle)
Producer: Kerry Blech, Notes: Andy Cahan, Engineer: Chuck Ruby, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Musicians Andy Cahan on banjo, Laura Fishleder on guitar, and Lisa Ornstein on fiddle collaborate to offer a fine collection of almost entirely instrumental interpretations of old-time music. The performers present music rooted primarily in rural areas across the United States. One track features vocals: "Elkhorn Ridge," sung by Cahan. Interestingly, in addition to the well-known traditional folk song "Polly Put the Kettle On," a similarly titled track, “Molly Put the Kettle On," is also included. However, as Cahan makes clear in the liner notes, the two songs "have nothing to do with [each other]." The liner notes from this 1978 recording provide brief descriptions of the origins of each of the tracks and short biographies of the three musicians.