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April 30, 2022

American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style

Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40037
Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40037

Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Country: United States
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A01 Shortening Bread: Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger (0:49)
A02 Pig in a Pen: Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger (1:15)
A03 Train 45: Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger (2:22)
A04 Rosewood Casket: Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger (1:30)
A05 Cotton Eye Joe: Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger (1:44)
A06 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down: J.C. Sutphin (1:03)
A07 Under the Double Eagle: J.C. Sutphin (1:57)
A08 I Don't Love Nobody: J.C. Sutphin (1:37)
A09 Sally Goodin' / Sally Ann: Junie Scruggs (1:44)
A10 Cripple Creek: Junie Scruggs (1:21)
A11 Cumberland Gap: Snuffy Jenkins (1:37)
A12 John Henry: Snuffy Jenkins (1:36)
A13 Chicken Reel: Snuffy Jenkins (1:17)
A14 Shortening Bread: Snuffy Jenkins (1:27)
A15 John Henry: Snuffy Jenkins (1:12)
A16 Lonesome Road Blues: Snuffy Jenkins (1:17)
A17 Kansas City Kitty / Big Eared Mule: Snuffy Jenkins (2:08)
A18 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: Snuffy Jenkins (1:26)
A19 Careless Love: Snuffy Jenkins (1:19)
A20 Sally Ann / Sally Goodin': Snuffy Jenkins (2:00)
B01 Home, Sweet Home: Oren Jenkins (1:08)
B02 Spanish Fandango: Oren Jenkins (1:25)
B03 Cripple Creek: Oren Jenkins (1:19)
B04 Down the Road: Oren Jenkins (1:08)
B05 Liza Jane: Oren Jenkins (1:33)
B06 Hey, Mr. Banjo: Oren Jenkins (0:51)
B07 Bugle Call Rag: Oren Jenkins (1:08)
B08 Cackling Hen / Cumberland Gap: Joe Stuart (2:09)
B09 Dear Old Dixie: Larry Richardson (1:19)
B10 Little Maggie: Larry Richardson (1:15)
B11 Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South: Larry Richardson (1:20)
B12 Bucking Mule: Larry Richardson (1:23)
B13 Lonesome Road Blues: Larry Richardson (2:03)
B14 Turkey in the Straw: Don Bryant and Pete Kuykendall (1:00)
B15 Jenny Lynn: Don Bryant and Pete Kuykendall (0:48)
B16 Irish Washerwoman: Pete Kuykendall (1:03)
B17 Wildwood Flower: Eugene Cox and Roni Stoneman (1:37)
B18 Lonesome Road Blues: Eugene Cox and Roni Stoneman (1:15)
B19 Ground Hog: Mike Seeger and Bob Baker (1:39)
B20 Cindy: Dick Rittler, Hazel Dickens, and Mike Seeger (1:45)
B21 Little Pal: Kenny Miller (1:01)
B22 Rueben's Train: Kenny Miller and Mike Seeger (1:36)
B23 Jesse James / Hard Ain't it Hard: Eric Weissberg, Mike Seeger, and Ralph Rinzler (2:30)
[Credits]
Reissue Producer: Matt Walters, Liner Notes: Mike Seeger and Ralph Rinzler. Designer: Daphne Shuttleworth, Photographer: Carl Fleischhauer, Enginner: Doug Sax and Mike Seeger
[Notes]
This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and others, including Smiley Hobbs. A banjo classic that runs 60 minutes in length. "...[A]s unspoiled as the day they were recorded..." — Rolling Stone

March 28, 2016

American Banjo Tunes & Songs In Scruggs Style

Folkways Records FA 2314

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: Unoted States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A01 Cacklin' Hen: Joe Stewart
A02 John Henry: Snuffy Jenkins
A03 Lonesome Blues: Snuffy Jenkins
A04 Big-Eared Mule: Snuffy Jenkins
A05 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: Snuffy Jenkins
A06 Spanis Fandango: Oren Jenkins
A07 Cripple Creek: Oren Jenkins
A08 Shout Lulu: Oren Jenkins
A09 Down The Roar: Oren Jenkins
A10 Old Hen She Cackled: Oren Jenkins
A11 Sally Goodwin - Sally Ann: Junie Scruggs
A12 Wildwood Flower: Eugene Cox
A13 Lonesome Road Blues: Veronica Stoneman Cox
A14 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down: J.C. Sutphin
A15 I Don't Love Nobody: J.C. Sutphin
A16 Little Maggie: Larry Richardson
A17 Sunny South: Larry Richardson
A18 Buckin' Mule: Larry Richardson
A19 Turkey In The Straw: Don Bryant
A20 Jenny Lynn: Don Bryant
B01 Pig In A Pen: Smiley Hobbs
B02 Train "45": Smiley Hobbs
B03 Rosewood Casket: Smiley Hobbs
B04 Cotton Eye Joe: Smiley Hobbs
B05 Irish Washerwoman: Pete Roberts
B06 Cindy: Country Ramblers
B07 Ruben's Train: Kenny Miller
B08 Please Come Back Little Pal: Kenny Miller
B09 Pretty Polly: Mike Seeger
B10 Ground Hog: Bob Baker
B11 Jesse James - Hard, Ain't It Hard: Eric Weissberg
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Mika Seeger, Liner Notes: Ralph Rinzler
[Notes]
Although there is debate among musicologists and banjo players as to who "invented" the three-finger style of five-string banjo playing, there is no disagreement that the style was popularized by Earl Scruggs in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The three-finger style enabled banjo players to play harmony and to solo on bluegrass tunes and songs. This 1957 release assembles examples of the three-finger style by bluegrass banjo players including Scruggs' older brother Junie and Snuffy Jenkins, who may have had an influence on the style as well.