"Earth is Earth" sung by The New Lost Bang Boys

Folkways Records - FF 869

Format: Vinyl 7" EP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 My Sweet Farm Girl (2:24)
A2 Bang Bang Lulu (2:44)
B1 Then It Won't Hurt (2:56)
B2 Women Wear No Clothes At All (2:38)
[Credits]
McKinley (John) Cohen, Wilbur (Mike) Seeger and Delmore (Tom) Paley
[Notes]
These four earthy old-time songs are performed by the New Lost City Bang Boys, three young men who were born and raised in and around New Lost City, which is famGus fOi earth and old-time songs. The New Lost City Bang Boys is a pseudonym for the New Lost City Ramblers.

The New Lost City Ramblers: The Early Years, 1958-1962

Smithsonian Folkways – CD SF 40036

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, & Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Colored Aristocracy (2:08)
02 Hopalong Peter (2:07)
03 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:29)
04 When First Into this Country (2:48)
05 Sales Tax on the Women (3:16)
06 Rabbit Chase (2:33)
07 Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny) (3:08)
08 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (3:36)
09 Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again (2:22)
10 I Truly Understand You Love Another Man (2:32)
11 The Old Fish Song (4:55)
12 The Battleship of Maine (3:08)
13 No Depression in Heaven (2:59)
14 Dallas Rag (2:05)
15 Bill Morgan and His Gal (My Name is Morgan But it Ain't J.P. ) (2:58)
16 Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Pretty Little Miss) (2:32)
17 The Lady of Carlisle (3:34)
18 Brown's Ferry Blues (2:49)
19 My Long Journey Home (2:39)
20 Talking Hard Luck (2:42)
21 The Teetotals (1:02)
22 Sal Got a Meatskin (3:27)
23 Railroad Blues (2:44)
24 On Some Foggy Mountain Top (2:28)
25 My Sweet Farm Girl (2:25)
26 Crow Black Chicken (2:37)
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (fiddle/mandolin/autoharp/guitar/banjo/vocals) Tom Paley (banjo/guitar/vocals) John Cohen (guitar/banjo/vocals)
Producer: Jon Pankake, Photographer: Robert Frank, Designer: Carol Hardy, Recorders: Moses Asch, Peter Bartok and Mike Seeger
[Notes]
Moses Asch had a unique method of recording artists back in the '40s and '50s. Someone like Woody Guthrie, for instance, would just drop by Folkways when he had an idea and record. Asch might pay him five dollars for the session, and in this way he accumulated a vault full of material. Perhaps this explains the incredible fact that the New Lost City Ramblers recorded 12 albums between 1958-1962. The Early Years (1958-1962) collects 26 songs, over 70 minutes of music, from these dozen discs, creating an excellent document of the band's years with Tom Paley. John Cohen, and Mike Seeger formed the New Lost City Ramblers in 1958 with the idea of playing old-time music recorded between the late '20s and 1940. While it has often been stated that the trio intended to copy -- phrase for phrase, lick for lick -- the old 78s, Jon Pankake points out in the liner notes that this wasn't the case. Instead, the New Lost City Ramblers wanted to insert the same vim and vigor into "The Battleship of Maine" and "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" as the original players. What stands out now, some 60 years after these recordings, is the band's versatility. Whether cutting loose on an instrumental like "Colored Aristocracy" or singing tight harmony on "Brown's Ferry Blues," the three comrades form a tight unit. While the arrangements never outgrow the number of persons in the band, each player's ability to play multiple instruments lends diversity to the material. The Early Years (1958-1962) offers a very good introduction to an innovative and influential band. -- AllMusic Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Maybelle Carter – Wildwood Pickin'

Vanguard – 77021-2

Series: Newport Folk Festival Classics
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Introduction (02:19)
02 Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow (02:40)
03 Cannonball Blues (02:07)
04 Two Sweethearts of Mine (05:01)
05 Wabash Cannonball (01:56)
06 Coal Miner's Blues (00:56)
07 Lover's Farewell (02:24)
Autoharp Workshop With Mike Seeger
08 Little Brown Jug (00:58)
09 Unknown Fiddle Tune (01:55)
10 San Antonio Rose (01:52)
11 Liberty Dance (01:17)
12 Bully of The Town (01:55)
13 My Native Home (03:55)
14 Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies (03:59)
15 Tennessee Waltz (01:22)
16 Never on Sunday (02:51)
17 Gathering Flowers From The Hillside (00:51)
18 Little Darling Pal of Mine (02:27)
New Lost City Ramblers & Maybelle
19 Worried Man Blues (03:11)
20 The Storms Are on The Ocean (03:40)
21 Wildwood Flower (03:49)
22 Gold Watch And Chain (02:26)
[Credits]
Maybelle Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Mike Seeger (guitar) John Cohen (guitar) Tom Paley (guitar) Bill Clifton (intro)
[Notes]
In the late 1950s the daughters stopped performing, but Maybelle Carter remained with the Opry until 1967. The folk revival of the late 1960s revitalized interest in the Original Carter Family, and Maybelle performed at the Newport Folk Festivals 26/28 July 1963.

Old Timey Songs for Children Played and Sung by the New Lost City Ramblers

Folkways Records – FC 7064

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Children's, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Bell Cow (3:12)
A2 Hopalong Peter (2:09)
A3 Beware, Oh Take Care (2:23)
A4 Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me (1:25)
A5 Eyes are Blue (1:35)
A6 Charley He's a Good Ol' Man (2:13)
A7 Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves (1:25)
A8 Chewing Gum (2:37)
B1 Cotton Eyed Joe (1:15)
B2 Jennie Jenkins (2:34)
B3 Barbara Allen (3:24)
B4 Hop High Ladies (Hop Up Ladies) (2:31)
B5 Rabbit Chase (2:36)
B6 Common Bill (1:47)
B7 Johnny Get Your Gun (1:39)
[Credits]
The New Lost City Ramblers: John Cohen (banjo/guitar/vocals) Tom Paley (banjo/vocals) Mike Seeger (fiddle/guitar/autoharp/vocals)
[Notes]
On this record, the New Lost City Ramblers perform traditional children's songs from the Appalachian Mountains, characterized by the fiddle, the banjo, and a strong narrative. As John Cohen writes in the liner notes, there are "some songs with common sense and common nonsense...songs to listen to, songs you can sing to others. Some of these songs I heard when I was a kid—and some of them I wish I had heard then." Favorites include "Cotton Eyed Joe," "Barbara Allen," and "Hop High Ladies."

Tom Paley, John Cohen, and Mike Seeger Sing Songs of the New Lost City Ramblers

Folkways Records – FA 2494

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Colored Aristocracy (2:17)
A2 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:41)
A3 Brown's Ferry Blues (2:51)
A4 Talking Hard Luck (2:40)
A5 Railroad Blues (2:41)
A6 Likes Likker Better Than Me (2:38)
A7 Hop High Ladies The Cakes All Dough (2:07)
A8 It's A Shame To Whip Your Wife On Sunday (2:42)
A9 Crow Black Chicken (2:07)
B1 Battleship Of Maine (2:41)
B2 Beware (2:19)
B3 The Lady Of Carlisle (3:36)
B4 Tom Dooley (2:35)
B5 Chewing Gum (2:23)
B6 Who's That Knocking At My Window? (2:19)
B7 Serves 'Em Fine (2:20)
B8 Old Age Pension Check (2:21)
B9 Whitehouse Blues (2:50)
[Credits]
Tom Paley (banjo/mandolin/guitar/vocals) John Cohen (guitar/banjo/vocals) Mike Seeger (fiddle/autoharp/mandolin/banjo/guitar/vocals)
Recorder: Peter Bartok
[Notes]
This album, recorded in 1960-1961, shows these three musicians' passionate love for mountain music. The New Lost City Ramblers learned their music from impeccable sources—from old time commercial discs made between 1922 and 1941, and from field recordings in the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song.

Women Folk: Iconic Women of American Folk

Sunswept Music 063033

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: August 7, 2007
Recorded: 1955 - 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklis]
01 Sail Away Ladies: Odetta (2:23)
02 Railroad Bill: Etta Baker (2:39)
03 When I Was a Young Girl: Barbara Dane (3:42)
04 The Bashful Courtship: Jean Ritchie (2:05)
05 Go 'Way from My Window: Carolyn Hester (2:48)
06 Midnight Special: Odetta (2:37)
07 Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad: Etta Baker (1:24)
08 Nine Hundred Miles: Barbara Dane (2:21)
09 The Old Grey Goose Is Dead: Jean Ritchie (1:27)
10 The Water Is Wide: Carolyn Hester (3:42)
11 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands: Odetta (1:54)
12 John Henry: Etta Baker (2:40)
13 The Danville Girl: Barbara Dane (3:05)
14 The Blackest Crow: Jean Ritchie (1:30)
15 House of the Rising Sun: Carolyn Hester (2:21)
16 Take This Hammer: Odetta (3:27)
17 One Dime Blues: Etta Baker (3:00)
18 Ramblin': Barbara Dane (2:57)
19 Wondrous Love: Jean Ritchie (2:46)
20 Summertime: Carolyn Hester (2:20)
[Credits]
Odetta (guitar/vocals) Etta Baker (guitar/vocals) Barbara Dane (guitar/vocals) Jean Ritchie (dulcimer/vocals) Carolyn Hester (guitar/vocals) Tom Paley (banjo/guitar)
Producer: Rama Barwick, Liner Notes: Oscar Brand and Paul Clayton, Editor: Roger Kash, Designer: Michael Lauzardo, Engineers: Liam Clancy and George Pickow
[Notes]
From Odetta considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century to Jean Ritchie the mother of Appalachian folk music, responsible for exposing us to a treasure trove of material passed down from her ancestors that have since become staples of the world-wide folk scene. Carolyn Hester invited Bob Dylan to play harmonica on her first Columbia record which led to him signing with the label while Barbara Dane raised the bar for all singers when she burst onto the scene in the early 1950’s and a little lady from the Southern Appalachians named Etta Baker set the standard for folk guitarists everywhere

Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger with Claudia Paley

Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? Who's Going To Glove Your Hand?

Label: Vivid Sound VSCD262
Format: CD, Album, Mono, Reissue
Country: Japan
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 That Knocking At My Window? (2:31)
02 Love Henry (2:36)
03 The Lass Of Roch Royal (6:18)
04 Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (2:17)
05 Pretty Polly (2:45)
06 Englewood Mine (2:31)
07 Buck Dancer's Choice (1:09)
08 Just As The Tide Was Flowing (2:00)
09 The Kicking Mule (1:29)
10 The Heartless Lady (3:53)
11 The Fiddling Soldier (3:11)
12 Tittery Nan (1:42)
13 Loving Reilly (5:26)
14 The Cuckoo (2:31)
15 If He'd Be A Buckaroo (1:07)
16 The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore (2:26)
[Credits]
Tom Paley (guitar/banjo/vocals) Peggy Seeger (autoharp/banjo/guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger, Photographer: Brian Shuel, Recorder: Bill Leader
[Notes]
Peggy Seeger and Tom Paley, both New York, are brilliant exponents of American instrumental traditions. Guitar, banjo, autoharp and dulcimer weave a delicate majesty on a great selection of traditional material. This stunning collection, recorded in London in 1964 by Bill Leader, is a powerful example of their musical accuity and has been an influence on many younger performers. Originally a Topic Record (12T113), published in England in 1964.

Tom and Ben Paley: Paley & Son

Hornbeam Recordings HBR0004

Format: CD, Album, Digipack
Country: UK
Released: May 25, 2015
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Yew Piney Mountain (1:44)
02 Didn't He Ramble (3:17)
03 This Train (3:16
04 Mississippi Medley (Sullivan’s Hollow / Rufus Rastus) (2:28)
05 Done Gone (2:34)
06 Little Sadie (2:25)
07 The Devil And The Farmer's Wife (4:15)
08 Old Shoes And Leggings (2:36)
09 Follow The Band (3:06)
10 Turner Smathers' Waltz (3:48)
11 Oh My Little Darling (2:46)
12 Louisville Burglar (2:51)
13 Three Men Went A-Hunting (2:54)
14 Glory In The Meeting House / Grub Springs / Sugar In The Gourd (4:04)
15 Avalon Quickstep (2:57)
16 Louis Collins (2:33)
[Credits]
Tom Paley (vocals/guitar/banjo/fiddle) Ben Paley (fiddle) Cerys Matthews (vocals/guitar) Robin Gillan (guitar/banjo/harmonica) B J Cole (dobro) Jonny Bridgwood (double bass) Rob Mason (harmonica) Dave Morgan (percussion)
Artwork: Ski Williams, Photos: Laurie Lewis, Liner Notes: Mike Gavin and Robin Denselow
[Notes]
Tom’s second album for Hornbeam Recordings is shared with his son Ben. It follows on from the roaring success of "Roll On, Roll On". Tom is passing on the baton to Ben who weighs in with some wonderful fiddle playing.

Barbara Dane: Anthology of American Folk Songs

Tradition Everest – TR 2072

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1967
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 When I Was A Young Girl (3:26)
02 Little Maggie (2:57)
03 Nine Hundred Miles (2:09)
04 Turkey Reveille (4:24)
05 Who's Gonna' Shoe Your Pretty Feet (3:27)
06 Ramblin' (2:41)
07 Girl Of Constant Sorrow (3:46)
08 Gypsy Davy (2:05)
09 Single Girl (2:02)
10 I Know Where I'm Going (2:23)
11 The Danville Girl (2:48)
12 Stung Right (2:10)
13 Greensleeves (3:58)
14 La Le Too Dum (3:00)
15 Don't Sing Love Songs (3:43)
[Credits]
Barbara Dane (guitar/vocals) Tom Paley (guitar/banjo)
Cover Photo: Edwin Francis, Liner Notes: Barbara Dane
[Notes]
Although Barbara Dane is chiefly thought of these days as a blues singer (she even recorded an album with Lightnin' Hopkins, 1964's Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me, where she more than holds her own with the Texas bluesman), she came to the blues through the folk door, and this wonderful set, recorded in 1959 at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, shows that she understood the feel and emotional tone of the blues even before she officially turned to it. Featuring her husky, expressive voice and solid acoustic guitar playing, with occasional help from Tom Paley (of the New Lost City Ramblers) on second guitar or banjo, these 15 tracks have a depth and immediacy frequently lacking in similar collections from other urban folk singers of the so-called Folk Revival. Where other singers of the day might present songs like "When I Was a Young Girl," "Nine Hundred Miles" (or "Five Hundred Miles" or however many miles you want to make it) or Woody Guthrie's "Ramblin'" as brittle, stylized and often sanitized facsimiles, Dane's amazingly soulful singing personalizes them, and in her hands these familiar songs seem both freshly born and truly lived. Tradition Records released the original LP, and the sequence has been issued a few times since, most recently in 1997. It remains a little known high point of the Folk Revival, the debut album of a powerful and graceful singer. -- AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

The New Lost City Ramblers Volume 5

Folkways Records FA-2395

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Joe Clark
A2 Old Molly Hair
A3 Nick Nack Song
A4 Country Blues
A5 True And Trembling Brakeman
A6 When I'm Gone
A7 If I Lose You, I Don't Care
A8 Sail Away Ladies
B1 Diamond Joe
B2 Rambling Boy
B3 Why Do You Bob Your Hair
B4 I'll Tell You What I Saw Last Night
B5 Road To Austin
B6 Johnson City Blues
B7 Bold Jack Donahue
B8 Bill Morgan And His Gal
B9 John Henry
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/guitar/autoharp/harmonica/dobro) Tom Paley (vocals/banjo/guitar) John Cohen (vocals/banjo/guitar/autoharp)
Liner Notes: Pete Welding, Photography: Robert Frank

The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. 4

Folkways Records FA-2399

Format: Vinyl, Album, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Run Mountain
A2 Take Me Back To The Sweet Sunny South
A3 Black Jack David
A4 Carter Blues
A5 The Coo Coo Bird
A6 Molly Put The Kettle On
A7 Have A Feast Here Tonight
A8 Crow Black Chicken
B1 Cindy
B2 Billy Grimes, The Mover
B3 Frankie Silver
B4 Stackerlee
B5 Dollar's All I Crave
B6 Keno, The Rent Man
B7 The Miller's Will
B8 The Story That The Crow Told Me
[Credits]
Tom Paley (vocals/banjo/guitar) Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/banjo/autoharp/mandolin) John Cohen (vocals/guitar/banjo)
Recorded by: Peter Bartok, Cover Photo: Robert Frank, Design: John Cohen

The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. 3

Folkways Records FA-2398

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1961
Genre:Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Black Mountain Rag (1:53)
A2 I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (3:00)
A3 Talking Hard Luck (2:42)
A4 Railroad Blues (2:45)
A5 Weave Room Blues (2:23)
A6 The Baltimore Fire (3:13)
A7 Willie, Poor Boy (2:57)
A8 Red Rocking Chair (2:25)
A9 Hold That Woodpile Down (2:53)
B1 Three Men Went A-Hunting (2:04)
B2 Johnson Boys (2:41)
B3 Hot Corn (3:25)
B4 Lady Of Carlisle (3:33)
B5 The Man Who Wrote "Home Sweet Home" Never Was A Married Man (3:11)
B6 Sal Got A Meatskin (3:26)
B7 My Long Journey Home (2:39)
B8 Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (2:32)
B9 Hog Eye (1:49)
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/guitar/banjo) Tom Paley (vocals/banjo/dobro/guitar/mandolin) John Cohen (vocals/guitar/banjo)

The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. II

Folkways Records FA-2397

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Whoop 'Em Up Cindy
A2 The Story Of The Mighty Mississippi
A3 Louisville Burglar
A4 Late Last Night When Willie Came Home
A5 Hawkins Rag (Instrumental)
A6 Didn't He Ramble
A7 Texas Rangers
A8 Tom Dooley
A9 Leaving Home
B1 When First Unto This Country
B2 Sally Goodin
B3 Banks Of The Ohio
B4 George Collins
B5 Every Day Dirt
B6 Raging Sea
B7 Up Jumped The Devil
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/guitar/banjo/autoharp) Tom Paley (vocals/guitar/banjo/mandolin) John Cohen (vocals/banjo/guitar)
Cover Photo: Robert Frank

The New Lost City Ramblers: Mike Seeger, Tom Paley, John Cohen

Folkways Records FA-2396

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Forked Dear
A2 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
A3 I Truly Understand
A4 Dallas Rag
A5 Tom Cat Blues
A6 Railroading And Rambling
A7 Colored Aristocracy
A8 Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea
A9 East Virginia
B1 Battleship Maine
B2 Davy, Davy
B3 Roving Gambler
B4 Take A Drink On Me
B5 Likes Liquor Better Than Me
B6 It's A Shame To Beat Your Wife
B7 Brown's Ferry Blues
B8 Old Fish Song
B9 Crossed Old Jordan's Stream
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (fiddle/mandolin/guitar/banjo/autoharp/vocals) Tom Paley (guitar/banjo/vocals) John Cohen (banjo/guitar/vocals)
Cover photo: Russell Lee (FSA)
[Notes]
In the original notes to this recording, Mike Seeger writes, "The songs on this album were recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress in the southeastern mountains between 1925 and 1935, and show the first attempts of the hill musicians to ‘make a hit' with old traditional songs that had been in the mountains since pioneer days."

The Old Reliable String Band

Folkways Records FA-2475

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Fly Around (2:07)
A2 Streets Of Glory (2:12)
A3 Cherokee Shuffle (1:02)
A4 Lewis Collins (2:56)
A5 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (3:12)
A6 Bury Me Beneath The Willow (2:58)
A7 Willie Moore (3:45)
A8 Sparkling Blue Eyes (3:02)
B1 Boil Them Cabbage Down (1:42)
B2 Rodney's Glory (1:20)
B3 Blue Yodel (3:23)
B4 East Tennessee Blues (1:42)
B5 Lord Bateman (5:48)
B6 Sad And Lonesome Day (3:32)
B7 The Gypsy Girl (2:58)
B8 Little Birdie (3:04)
[Credits]
Artie Rose (fiddle/guitar/mandolin/dobro/vocals) Tom Paley (banjo/guitar/vocals) Roy Berkeley (guitar/bass/vocals)
Designer: Moe Lebowitz, Liner Notes: Roy Berkeley
[Notes]
Roy Berkeley, Artie Rose, and Tom Paley (once a member of the New Lost City Ramblers) play a host of old favorites from old time string band recordings from the 1920s and 1930s, including "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," "Blue Yodel," and "Streets of Glory."

American Moonshine & Prohibition : The New Lost City Ramblers

Folkways Records FH-5263

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, & Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Virginia Bootlegger (3:02)
A2 Kentucky Bootlegger (2:09)
A3 Bootlegger's Story (2:42)
A4 Drunken Driver (2:25)
A5 Moonshiner (3:10)
A6 Drunkard's Hiccups (3:13)
A7 I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day (3:10)
A8 Goodbye Old Booze (3:04)
B1 Prohibition Is A Failure (3:01)
B2 Old Home Brew (2:27)
B3 I've Still Got 99 (3:20)
B4 Whiskey Seller (2:22)
B5 Teetotals (1:02)
B6 Al Smith For President (3:15)
B7 Intoxicated Rat (2:55)
B8 Wreck On The Highway (2:52)
B9 Down To The Stillhouse To Get A Little Cider (1:44)
[Credits]
The New Lost City Ramblers: John Cohen (vocals/autoharp/kazoo/banjo/guitar/mandolin) Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/banjo/guitar/mandolin) Tom Paley (vocals/guitar/steel guitar/banjo/dobro)
[Notes]
Longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers perform 17 period songs about liquor, bootlegging, and Prohibition (1917–1933) in the traditional style of southern mountain string bands. As Rambler member Mike Seeger observes in the liner notes, many of the songs appear to have been written by people who knew drink well and were familiar with its effects. Several of the songs consist of new lyrics commemorating the virtues or evils of alcohol set to familiar melodies of the time. Rambler member John Cohen also contributed to the liner notes, which include an informal history of prohibition in America as well as song lyrics and photos.

Songs From The Depression: The New Lost City Ramblers

Folkways Records FH-5264

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1959
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 No Depression In Heaven (3:00)
A2 There'll Be No Distinction There (3:00)
A3 Breadline Blues (2:37)
A4 White House Blues (3:10)
A5 Franklin Roosevelt's Back Again (2:21)
A6 How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (3:35)
A7 Keep Moving (2:31)
A8 Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All (3:14)
A9 Serves Them Fine (2:12)
B1 NRA Blues (3:02)
B2 Death Of The Blue Eagle (2:10)
B3 Join The C.I.O. (2:43)
B4 Old Age Pension Check (2:19)
B5 Sales Tax On The Women (3:15)
B6 Wrecks Of The Tennessee Gravy Train (3:13)
B7 Loveless C.C.C. (2:13)
B8 Boys, My Money's All Gone (1:42)
B9 All I Got's Gone (3:10)
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/guitar/harmonica/mandolin/banjo) John Cohen (vocals/guitar/banjo) Tom Paley (vocals/guitar/banjo/steel guitar)
Cover Photo: Ben Shahn (FSA), Design: Sheldon Brody
[Notes]
In the traditional string band style, longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers offer up 18 topical songs written by country singers during the dark days of the Great Depression. Many of the songs are from commercial recordings, mostly from the South, and field recordings made during the Farm Resettlement Program; they illustrate the economic and social depression that affected this area, often long after prosperity began to return to American's urban centers. Band members Tom Paley, John Cohen, and Mike Seeger contributed to the liner notes, which contain background information on the Great Depression as well as song lyrics.