Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Traditional string-band music (chiefly fiddle, banjo, and guitar in various combinations); in part with vocals. |
Performer |
Various performers. |
Event |
Recorded 1958-1985. |
Note |
Selections originally released 1962-1998. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program and biographical notes by Jeff Place (29 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
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The 1st and 9th tracks are reversed in list on p. [1] of booklet; the 3rd and 4th tracks reversed on p. 9-10 of booklet. Track listing on back of container appears accurate. |
Contents |
Sugar Hill (the Iron Mountain String Band) -- Bill Morgan and his gal (the New Lost City Ramblers) -- Country blues (Dock Boggs) -- Little Sadie (Clarence Ashley) -- Susannah gal (Frank Bode and Tommy Jarrell) -- Wednesday night waltz (Clark Kessinger) -- Cyclone of Rye Cove (the New Lost City Ramblers) -- I'm leaving you this lonesome song (Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes) -- Carroll County blues (Doc Watson and Fred Price) -- Don't let your deal go down (Sam and Kirk McGee) -- Trouble in mind (Roscoe Holcomb) -- Chilly winds (Wade Ward) -- Going down the road feeling bad (David, Bill, and Billy Ray Johnson) -- Pretty Polly (Lee Sexton) -- Bonaparte's retreat (Mike Seeger) -- Concord rag (J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers) -- John Henry (George Pegram) -- Bowling Green (Cousin Emmy with the New Lost City Ramblers) -- Fine times at our house (John W. Summers) -- Streets of glory (Old Reliable String Band) -- Policeman (the Spare Change Boys) -- Love somebody (Soldier's joy) (Joe and Tommy Thompson) -- House of David blues (Red Clay Ramblers with Al McCanless) -- Ship in the clouds (Andy Cahan, Lisa Ornstein, and Laura Fishelder) -- Late last night (Sam and Kirk McGee) -- Look down that lonesome road (Gaither Carlton) -- Down yonder (Gordon Tanner, Joe Miller, and John Patterson) -- Jaybird march (Etta Baker and Cora Phillips) -- John Brown's dream (the New Lost City Ramblers). |
Language |
Vocal selections sung in English. |
Subject |
Old-time music.
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Old-time music. |
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String band music.
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String band music. |
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Folk music -- United States.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
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Folk songs, English. |
Genre/Form |
Old-time music.
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Subject |
Folk songs, English -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Old-time music.
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Folk music.
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Folk music.
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Folk songs.
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Folk songs.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Added Author |
Place, Jeffrey, compiler, writer of added commentary.
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Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971, performer.
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Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967, performer.
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Bode, Frank, performer.
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Jarrell, Tommy, 1901-1985, performer.
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Kessinger, Clark, performer.
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Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978, performer.
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Carter, Sara, 1898-1979, performer.
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Watson, Doc, performer.
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Price, Fred, 1915-1987, performer.
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McGee, Sam, 1894-1975, performer.
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McGee, Kirk, 1899-1983, performer.
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Holcomb, Roscoe, performer.
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Ward, Wade, performer.
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Johnson, David, 1954- performer.
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Johnson, Billie Ray, performer.
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Johnson, Bill, 1911-1996, performer.
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Sexton, Lee, performer.
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Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009, performer.
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Pegram, George, 1911-1974, performer.
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Emmy, Cousin, 1903-1980, performer.
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Summers, John W., 1887-1976, performer.
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Thompson, Joe, 1918-2012, performer.
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Thompson, Tommy, 1937-2003, performer.
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Cahan, Andy, performer.
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Ornstein, Lisa, performer.
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Fishleder, Laura, performer.
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Carlton, Gaither, 1901-1972, performer.
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Tanner, Gordon, 1916-1982, performer.
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Miller, Smokey Joe, 1918-2009, performer.
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Patterson, John, 1910-1980, performer.
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Baker, Etta, 1913-2006, performer.
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Phillips, Cora, performer.
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Container of (work): Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960.
Cyclone of Rye Cove.
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Container of (work): Jones, Richard M., 1892-1945.
Trouble in mind.
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Container of (work): Schoebel, Elmer.
House of David blues.
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Container of (work): Gilbert, L. Wolfe (Louis Wolfe), 1886-1970.
Down yonder.
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Iron Mountain String Band, performer.
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New Lost City Ramblers, performer.
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J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, performer.
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Old Reliable String Band, performer.
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Spare Change Boys, performer.
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Red Clay Ramblers, performer.
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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
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Note |
Title on container spine: Classic old-time music |
Standard No. |
093074009321 |
Music No. |
SFW CD 40093 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
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