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.

Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia Volume One

Ethnic Folkways Records – FE 34161

Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 I'm Going to Georgia: Berthie Rogers, Paralee McCloud, and Lawrence Eller (3:05)
A02 The Little Ship (The Golden Vanity)(Child No. 286): Paralee McCloud (2:15)
A03 Cindy in the Summertime: Lawrence and Vaughn Eller (2:19)
A04 Snowbird: Ross Brown and Howard Cunningham (0:50)
A05 Don't Go Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail: Lawrence Eller, Vaughn Eller, and Ross Brown (2:06)
A06 What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby?: Leatha Eller (2:41)
A07 The Famous Wedding: Maude Thacker (1:27)
A08 Once I Had an Old Grey Mare: Maude Thacker (1:40)
A09 As I Walked Out One Morning in Spring: W. Guy Bruce (1:13)
A10 The Lily of the West: W. Guy Bruce (2:43)
A11 Shout Lulu: W. Guy Bruce (2:42)
B01 Walk with Me: Brady "Doc" and Lucy Barnes (2:25)
B02 Dead and Gone: Brady "Doc" Barnes (2:06)
B03 My Number Will Be Changed: Naomi Bradford (3:48)
B04 Soon, One Mornin': Willie Gresham (5:02)
B05 Brother, You Ought T've Been There: Nathaniel Mitchell, Fleeta Mitchell, and Brady "Doc" Barnes (1:34)
B06 I Don't Know How We Made It Over: Brown's Chapel Choir, Imogene Riggens, and Bea Robinson (2:57)
B07 No Room at the Hotel: Otha Cooper (3:53)
B08 Welcome Home: Brown's Chapel Choir, Imogene Riggens, and Bea Robinson (3:30)
[Credits]
Producer: Art Rosenbaum, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Margo Newmark Rosenbaum
[Notes]
Beginning in 1977, renowned folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of songs learned from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 1 features "early mountain songs, ballads and tunes" ranging from ancient British ballads to more recent breakdowns and love songs. The second half presents "black religious singing" (traditional spirituals), some of which are recorded in a local church. Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as complete lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.