Peddler's Pack: A Collection of Early Colonial Songs sung by Jim Douglas

Folkways Records – FTS 32319

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Anglo-American
[Tracklist]
A1 The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Vicar of Bray / The British Grenadiers / Yankee Doodle (1:40)
A2 Plymouth Colony (Yankee Doodle) (2:50)
A3 Cape Cod Shanty (South Australia) (2:24)
A4 The Deer Song (2:01)
A5 Cape Ann (Three Jolly Huntsmen) (2:27)
A6 Counting Rhyme / The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (1:39)
A7 Three Jolly Rogues of Lynn (2:01)
A8 The Connecticut Peddler (0:41)
A9 Jolly Old Roger (3:41)
B1 Work Rhymes (0:45)
B2 The Old Man Who Lived in the Woods (1:40)
B3 Jennie Jenkins (1:59)
B4 My Grandmother Lived in Yonder Green (1:41)
B5 Froggie Would A-Wooing Go (3:07)
B6 Maple Sweet (2:32)
B7 The Logger's Boast (2:23)
B8 Revolutionary Tea (3:02)
B9 Rolling Home (4:49)
[Credits]
Jim Douglas (guitar/vocals) Roger Sprung (banjo/vocals) Ann Mayo Muir (dulcimer/vocals) Betty Raynor (fiddle) Jan Domler (tin whistle)
Liner Notes: Jim Douglas and William L. Siegel, Designer: Mary Azarian, Engineer: Don Wade
[Notes]
Educator and minstrel Jim Douglas performs 18 songs that tell stories of America's early history. Many focus on New England—for example, "Plymouth Colony," "Cape Cod Shanty," "Maple Sweet," and "Revolutionary Tea." Other songs provide lively accounts of hunting, farming, crafts trades, and the Connecticut peddler trying to sell his wares. The best-known track is the popular children's folk song "Froggie Would A-Wooing Go," better known as "Froggy Went a Courtin'." Douglas is accompanied by fiddler Betty Raynor, tin whistlers Jan Domler and Tom Callinan, hammered dulcimer player Ann Mayo Muir, and singer Joan Sprung.

Bluegrass Blast: A Mixed Bag of Ol' Timey Music

Folkways Records – FTS 31038

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Comin' Round The Mountain (4:00)
A2 Cider Mill (1:15)
A3 Mountain Dew (2:52)
A4 Cousin Sally Brown (1:38)
A5 June Apple (1:45)
A6 Auld Lang Syne (4:07)
B1 John Hardy (2:06)
B2 Johnny Booker (1:45)
B3 Simple Gifts (3:15)
B4 Little Rabbit (2:30)
B5 Leaving Of Liverpool (3:30)
B6 Fortune (1:15)
B7 Grandfather's Clock (3:35)
[Credits]
Roger Sprung (banjo/autoharp) Hal Wylie (guitar) Arnie Feldman (banjo) Ken Kosek (fiddle) Richard Smith (mandolin) Corky Ballard (bass)
Liner Notes: Roger Sprung and Ron Norman, Photographer: Ron Norman
[Notes]
Banjo virtuoso Roger Sprung joins with guitarist Hal Wylie and the Progressive Bluegrassers quintet in the instrumental performance of a baker's dozen of old time mountain and bluegrass music. Although born in New York City, Sprung learned to play in the bluegrass style by listening to Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger and Tom Paley. He is sometimes referred to as being "the father of New England bluegrass." An added note: his 1927 Gibson banjo was built from the parts of two other banjos.

Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40209

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark: Pete Seeger (2:38)
02 Banging Breakdown: Hobart Smith (1:21)
03 Johnson Boys: Frank Proffitt (1:44)
04 Peachbottom Creek: Wade Ward (1:27)
05 Coo Coo: Dink Roberts (2:14)
06 Josh Thomas’s Roustabout: Mike Seeger (2:40)
07 Jaw Bone: Willie Chapman (0:55)
08 Bright Sunny South: Dock Boggs (3:40)
09 Coal Creek March: Pete Steele (1:55)
10 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues: Josh Thomas (3:40)
11 Walk Light Ladies: Rufus Crisp (1:32)
12 Buck Creek Girls: Bill Cornett (1:03)
13 Gut Bucket Blues: Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders (4:18)
14 Skylark / Roaring Mary: Mick Moloney (3:27)
15 St. Anne's Reel / La Renfleuse Gorbeil: Ken Perlman (2:52)
16 Smokey Mokes: Roger Sprung (2:23)
17 Golden Bell Polka: A.L. Camp (2:29)
18 Banjoland: Tony Trischka with Bill Evans (3:03)
19 Sally Ann: Snuffy Jenkins (1:13)
20 Lonesome Road Blues: Roni Stoneman (1:15)
21 Fox Chase: Lee Sexton (0:59)
22 Hop Along Lou: John Tyree (1:12)
23 Cotton Eyed Joe: "Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston (1:27)
24 Foggy Mountain Top: Ola Belle Reed (2:32)
25 Rambling Hobo: Doc Watson (1:39)
26 Old Rattler: John Snipes (2:50)
27 Georgia Buck: Elizabeth Cotten (1:45)
28 I Wish to the Lord I’d Never Been Born: Irvin Cook (3:07)
29 Black Eye Susie: Roscoe Holcomb (1:28)
30 Bluegrass Breakdown: Bill Keith with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (3:09)
[Credits]
Compiler & Liner Notes: G reg C. Adams and Jeff Place, Editor: Carla Borden, Designer: Joe Parisi, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The banjo is a "bigger than life" instrument, a symbol of deep southern American heritage. At the same time, beneath its veneer of old-time icon, the story of the banjo is one of enormous creativity and adaptation to many musical traditions around the world - from Africa, to the Caribbean, to North America, to Europe, and beyond. In Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways, banjo connoisseurs Greg Adams and Jeff Place cull 30 gems of banjo artistry from more than 300 albums in the Folkways collections, offering a gateway into the deep and varied veins of banjo history. 64 minutes, 44-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40092

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Whitehouse Blues: Earl Taylor And The Stoney Mountain Boys (1:58)
02 Our Last Goodbye: The Johnson Mountain Boys (2:32)
03 When He Reached Down His Hand For Me: Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys (2:44)
04 Tiny Broken Heart: Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard (3:01)
05 New Camptown Races: Red Allen, Frank Wakefield , And The Kentuckians (2:31)
06 Suzanne: Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band (2:37)
07 I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer: The Nashville Grass (3:07)
08 Teardrops In My Eyes: The Friendly City Playboys (2:26)
09 Cumberland Gap: Snuffy Jenkins (1:31)
10 Live And Let Live: Red Allen And The Kentuckians (2:44)
11 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise: Roger Sprung And Doc Watson (2:37)
12 Hello City Limits: Hugh Moore (2:19)
13 (Legend Of The) Brown Mountain Light: The Country Gentlemen (2:32)
14 Lonesome Road Blues: Roni Stoneman (1:10)
15 The Train That Carried My Girl From Town: Doc Watson (2:16)
16 The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake: The New Lost City Ramblers (3:29)
17 Little Birdie: The Stanley Brothers (2:37)
18 Rabbit In A Log: The Stanley Brothers (2:20)
19 Grey Eagle: David And Billie Ray Johnson (2:47)
20 Wayfaring Stranger: Cullen Gaylean And The Virginia Mountain Boys (5:07)
21 Billy In The Lowground: The Lonesome Strangers (1:00)
22 The Rebel Girl: Hazel Dickens (2:57)
23 Train 45: Smiley Hobbs (2:19)
24 'Neath That Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone: The Lilly Brothers And Don Stover (3:03)
25 Get Up John: Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys (2:36)
[Credits]
Coordinator: Mary Monseur, Liner Notes: Carla Borden, Frank Proschan, Jeff Place & Lee Michael Demsey, Mastering: Pete Reiniger, Photography: John Cohen & Phil Zimmerman
[Notes]
It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch released scores of bluegrass albums, and this collection comprises the cream of the crop from these recordings, including works from giants of the genre such as Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the Stanley Brothers, and The Country Gentlemen. It serves as an outstanding introduction to the wealth of great bluegrass Smithsonian Folkways has to offer. Extensive notes, photos, 62 minutes. Compiled and annotated by Lee Michael Demsey and Jeff Place.

The first Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival

The Complete Bascom Lamar Lunsford Story

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Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882-1973) was a superb mountain musician who spent his life hunting down the songs, dances and unknown performers of the Appalachian region. He fought to bring dignity to "hillbilly music" and this made him a folk hero. He recorded thousands of songs for the Smithsonian. In the summer of 1928, he created the first music festival by founding his first Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival.

This film tells his story and includes music, clog and square dancing, never before seen footage from southern musicians, as well as Bluegrass and Mountain music legends. Lunsford is on the road for most of the film, introducing Hoffman to great backcountry musicians. People like Obray Ramsey, Artus Moser, Mike Seeger, Alan Lomax, Tommy Hunter, Roger Sprung, William "Red" Raper, Ray Lundsford and many others.

Songs include: Cindy, Grey Eagle, Mountain Dew, Stand with Me, Black Jack Dew, Born in West Virginia, and more!

The Philadelphia Folk Festival 1977

Flying Fish FF-064

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Scots Piping: Bruce Martin (0:42)
A2 Did You Hear John Hurt?: Tom Paxton (3:34)
A3 Jerusalem Ridge: Norman Blake (2:37)
A4 Lady Isabel And The Elf King: Michael Cooney (4:51)
A5 Irish Dance Medley: The Boys Of Ballisodaire / The Longford Collector: De Danann (3:54)
A6 Then Came The Children: Kate Wolf (3:41)
A7 Step It Up And Go: John Jackson (2:36)
A8 I Gotta Be Me: Odetta (2:15)
B1 Green, Green Rocky Road: Dave Van Ronk (5:27)
B2 All For Me Grog: Lou Killen (3:08)
B3 Wild Goose Chase: Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie & The Progressive Bluegrassers (4:04)
B4 A Little Piece Of Wang: Debbie McClatchy (2:01)
B5 The Glory Of Love: Lew London Trio (4:15)
B6 Dance All Night: Highwood String Band & The Green Grass Cloggers (4:20)
[Notes]
Recorded at the Old Poole Farm, Upper Salford, Pa., August 16, 27, 28, 1977

Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City

Folkways Records FA-2426

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Storms Are On The Ocean
A2 Go Dig My Grave
A3 Spike Driver Blues
A4 Soldiers Joy
A5 Don't Mind The Weather
A6 Hiram Hubbard
A7 Sugar On The Floor
B1 Where Are You Goin'
B2 Pretty Polly
B3 Willie Moore
B4 What'll I Do With The Baby-O ?
B5 Cripple Creek
B6 Wabash Cannonball
B7 The House Carpenter
B8 Amazing Grace
[Credits]
Jean Ritchie (dulcimer/vocals) Doc Watson (guitar/banjo/harmonica/vocals) Roger Sprung (fiddle/banjo/vocals)
George Pickow - Recorder; Photographer
Ronald Clyne - Designer