Dancing Bow and Singing Strings with Tracy Schwarz

Folkways Records – FTS-6524

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Cindy (5:14)
A2 Mississippi Sawyer (4:00)
A3 Leather Britches (4:53)
A4 Sourwood Mountain (5:09)
B1 Ragtime Annie (5:04)
B2 Sally Ann (4:59)
B3 Cotton-Eyed Joe (5:32)
B4 Cumberland Gap (5:18)
[Credits]
Tracy Schwarz (fiddle) Chris Warner (banjo) Eloise Schwarz (guitar) Dick Staber (mandolin) Peter Schwarz (piano) Earl Yager (bass)
Liner Notes, Designer and Photographer: Eloise Schwarz, Photographer: Connie Coope, Paul Indman and Sally Anne Schwarz
[Notes]
Calling all shingle-lifters and flat-footers! This collection of music is perfect for dancers of all levels. The Schwarz fiddle band plays tunes based on traditional mountain songs such as "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and "Sally Ann." Dancers can start off slowly to perfect their footwork and then really let loose on fast-flying tunes like "Cumberland Gap." Happy clogging!

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.

Tracy Schwarz's Fiddler's Companion

Folkways Records – FM 8350

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Education
[Tracklist]
A1 Arkansas Traveler (5:37)
A2 Sail Away Ladies (4:22)
A3 Ragtime Annie (6:35)
A4 Sally Goodin (4:40)
B1 John Brown's Dream (2:21)
B2 Billy In The Low Ground (2:00)
B3 Bonaparte's Retreat (2:22)
B4 Too Young To Marry (1:53)
B5 June Apple (2:50)
B6 Flop Eared Mule (2:35)
B7 I Went To The Dance (2:27)
[Credits]
Tracy Schwarz (fiddle) Eloise Schwarz (guitar)
Producer: Michael Jahncke, Liner Notes: Tracy Schwarz, Designer: Steve Newcombe
[Notes]
Tracy Schwarz, of New Lost City Ramblers renown, recorded Fiddler's Companion to answer questions beginning fiddlers often have about learning old-time music. He plays 11 standard tunes, first demonstrating the basic melody and then adding various ornamentation. Along with a good ear, a strong sense of patience, and a steady bow, this album is a great complement to a fiddler's music studies.