Classic banjo : from Smithsonian Folkways.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, performer.

Smith, Hobart, 1897-1965, performer.

Proffitt, Frank, performer.

Ward, Wade, performer.

Roberts, Dink, 1894-1989, performer.

Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009, performer.

Chapman, Willie, performer.

Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971, performer.

Steele, Pete, 1891-1985, performer.

Thomas, Josh (Joshua), performer.

Crisp, Rufus, performer.

Cornett, Bill, performer.

Vappie, Don, 1956- performer.

Moloney, Mick, 1944-2022, performer.

Perlman, Ken, performer.

Sprung, Roger, performer.

Camp, Archibald L., 1876-1968, performer.

Trischka, Tony, 1949- performer.

Evans, Bill, 1956- performer.

Jenkins, Snuffy, 1908-1990, performer.

Stoneman, Roni, performer.

Sexton, Lee, performer.

Tyree, John, 1915-1982, performer.

Reed, Ola Belle, 1916-2002, performer.

Watson, Doc, performer.

Snipes, John, performer.

Cotten, Elizabeth, performer.

Cook, Irvin, 1924- performer.

Holcomb, Roscoe, performer.

Keith, Bill, 1939-2015, performer.

Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996, performer.

Blue Grass Boys, performer.

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banjo music (Bluegrass).

Folk songs, English--United States.

Folk songs, English.

United States.

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

Old-time music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2013]

System Details:

digital optical

audio file CD audio

Contents:

Fly around my blue-eyed girl ; Cripple Creek ; Ida Red ; Old Joe Clark (Pete Seeger) (2:35)

Banging breakdown (Hobart Smith) (1:17)

Johnson boys (Frank Proffitt) (1:41)

Peachbottom Creek (Wade Ward) (1:24)

Coo coo (Dink Roberts) (2:10)

Josh Thomas's roustabout (Mike Seeger) (2:38)

Jaw bone (Willie Chapman) (:52)

Bright sunny South (Dock Boggs) (3:36)

Coal Creek march (Pete Steele) (1:52)

Mississippi heavy water blues (Josh Thomas) (3:37)

Walk light ladies (Rufus Crisp) (1:28)

Buck Creek girls (Bill Cornett) (1:00)

Gut bucket blues (Don Vappie) (4:15)

Skylark ; Roaring Mary (Mick Moloney) (3:24)

St. Anne's reel ; La renfleuse gorbeil (Ken Perlman) (2:50)

Smokey mokes (Roger Sprung) (2:21)

Golden bell polka (A.L. Camp) (2:25)

Banjoland (Tony Trischka with Bill Evans) (3:00)

Sally Ann (Snuffy Jenkins) (1:10)

Lonesome road blues (Roni Stoneman) (1:12)

Fox chase (Lee Sexton) (:56)

Hop along Lou (John Tyree) (1:08)

Cotton Eyed Joe ("Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston) (1:23)

Foggy mountain top (Ola Belle Reed) (2:29)

Rambling hobo (Doc Watson) (1:37)

Old rattler (John Snipes) (2:46)

Georgia buck (Elizabeth Cotten) (1:42)

I wish to the Lord I'd never been born (Irvin Cook) (3:07)

Black Eye Susie (Roscoe Holcomb) (1:24)

Bluegrass breakdown (Bill Keith with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys) (3:09).

Participant:

Various performers.

Credits:

Compiled and annotated by Greg C. Adams and Jeff Place.

Notes:

Selections recorded 1943-2007.

Consists of previously released material.

Compact disc.

Program and biographical notes, including bibliography (43 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.

OCLC:

851434841

Publisher Number:

093074020920

SFW CD 40209 Smithsonian Folkways