Classic old-time fiddle : from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / [compiled and annotated by Jake Krack and Jeff Place].

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Krack, Jake.

Place, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiddle tunes--Appalachian Region.

Fiddle tunes.

String band music--Appalachian Region.

String band music.

Bluegrass music.

Old-time music.

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

United States.

Appalachian Region.

Genre:

Fiddle tunes.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (76 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2007]

Language Note:

Vocal selections sung in English.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Pretty little girl with the blue dress on (Doug Wallin, fiddle, vocal) (0:59)

Sugar Hill (Tommy Jarrell, fiddle ; Frank Bode, guitar, vocal) (3:42)

Sally in the garden (J.D. Cornett, vocal) (0:32)

Sally in the garden (Marion Sumner, fiddle) (0:48)

Muddy roads (Gaither Carlton, fiddle ; Doc Watson, guitar ; with the Watson Family) (1:22)

Won't come until morning (Greg Hooven, fiddle ; with the Greg Hooven String Band) (1:50)

Wednesday night waltz (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Wayne Hauser, banjo) (3:03)

Dance all night (Arthur Smith, fiddle ; The McGee Brothers) (2:31)

Give the fiddler a dram (Bill Hicks, fiddle) (1:52)

Little brown jug (Joe Thompson, fiddle ; Odell Thompson, banjo) (1:28)

Black eyed Susie (Tracy Schwarz, fiddle ; Mike Seeger, fiddle, vocal ; The New Lost City Ramblers) (1:53)

Snowbird (Ross Brown, fiddle ; Howard Cunningham, guitar) (0:48)

Ain't gonna rain no more / (Hoyt Ming, fiddle ; The Pep Steppers) (1:32)

Cacklin' hen (Roy Pope, fiddle ; The Carolina Homeboys) (1:31)

Old Joe (Johnny Warren, fiddle ; The Nashville Grass) (1:48)

Old man below (Gaither Carlton, fiddle, vocal) (1:32)

Unnamed tune (John W. Summers, fiddle) (2:02)

Beaumont rag (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) (3:03)

Richmond Blues (Fred Price, fiddle ; Clint Howard, guitar, vocal) (1:32)

Mississippi sawyer / (Wade Ward, fiddle) (1:26)

Bill Cheatham (Buddy Pendleton, fiddle ; Ted Lundy, banjo ; The Stony Mountain Boys) (1:36)

Red bird (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Wayne Hauser, banjo) (2:07)

Johnson boys (Caleb Finch, fiddle ; The Iron Mountain String Band) (2:19)

Sally Goodin' (Eck Robertson, fiddle) (3:36)

Unnamed Tune (Tony Alderman, fiddle) (0:52)

Fine times at our house (John W. Summers, fiddle) (3:10)

Yew piney mountain (Melvin Wine, fiddle ; Pat Shields, guitar) (1:53)

Darling Cora (Greg Hooven, fiddle ; The Greg Hooven String Band) (2:28)

Blackberry blossom / (Charlie Higgins, fiddle ; The Buck Mountain Band) (1:51)

Kentucky waltz (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, harmony fiddle ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) (3:41)

Lee Highway blues (Fred Price, fiddle ; Clint Howard, guitar ; Doc Watson, guitar) (1:41)

Piney woods gal (Tommy Jarrell, fiddle ; Frank Bode, guitar ; Paul Brown, banjo) (1:20)

Jenny on the railroad (Tracy Schwarz, fiddle ; Mike Seeger, fiddle ; New Lost City Ramblers) (2:03)

Billy in the lowground (Buddy Griffin, fiddle ; Red Allen and the Kentuckians) (2:48)

Fisher's hornpipe (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) (3:26)

Trombone rag (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Dene Parker, banjo) (2:34)

Bonaparte's retreat (Mike Seeger, fiddle) (1:27)

Carroll County blues (Gordon Tanner, fiddle ; The Skillet Lickers) (2:14).

Participant:

Various performers.

Credits:

Producers: Daniel Sheehy, D.A. Sonneborn, Mary Monseur.

Notes:

Originally released by Folkways Records and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1951-1997.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Jeff Place and Jake Krack, with bibliography and discography (28 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

99817349

Publisher Number:

093074019320

SFW CD 40193 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings