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The original Folkways recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley/ 1960-1962.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Watson, Doc., Performer.
Contributor:
Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967.
Burchett, Jack, 1917-1967.
Carlton, Gaither, 1901-1972.
Howard, Clint, 1930-
Price, Fred, 1915-1987.
Alexander Street Press.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Banjo music.
Folk music--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk music.
Folk songs, English--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk songs, English.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Other Title:
Another title on outer container: Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, the original Folkways recordings: 1960-1962
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, p1994.
Contents:
Crawdad song
I'm sitting on top of the world
Lee Highway blues
Free little bird
The coo-coo bird
Rising sun blues
Looking t'ward heaven
Ramblin hobo (1:27)
Rambling hobo (1:36)
Shady grove
Cumberland Gap
Tough luck
Humpbacked mule
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Way down town
Banks of the Ohio
Little Sadie
Carroll County blues
Cluck old hen
Chilly winds : (Lonesome Road blues)
Sweet heaven when I die
Fire on the mountain
Will the circle be unbroken
Daniel prayed
Amazing grace
Sally Ann
Richmond blues
Old Ruben
Willie Moore
Walking boss
Shout Lulu
Skillet good and greasy
Pretty Little Pink
Run, Jimmie, run
Hicks' farewell
The old man at the mill - A short life of trouble
Brown's dream
Footprints in the snow
I'm going back to Jericho
Peg and awl
Maggie Walker blues
God's gonna ease my troublin' mind
I saw a man at the close of day
Handsome Molly
John Henry
Honey Babe blues
Wayfaring pilgrim.
Participant:
Clarence Ashley, banjo, vocals ; Doc Watson, guitar, banjo, harominca, vocals ; Clint Howard, guitar, vocals ; Fred Price, fiddle, vocals ; Jack Johnson, banjo ; Arnold Watson, banjo, harpmonica, vocals ; Gaither Carlton, banjo, fiddle ; "New River Jack" Burchett, banjo, vocals ; other musicians.
Notes:
"Some of these these tracks were issued between 1961 and 1963 as Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, vols 1 and 2 (Folkways 2355 and 2359)" and "contains 20 previously unreleased selections" -- Outer container.
Detailed notes, including information on the dates, locations, and personnel or the recordings, by Ralph Rinzler, with selected bibliography and discography ([36] p. : ill.) inserted in original container.
Folk songs, principally with guitar and/or banjo.
Previously issued as compact discs.
Recorded by Eugene Earle and Ralph Rinzler, at various times between Sept. 1960 and Apr. 1962, principally in Los Angeles, California, Deep Gap, North Carolina, and Saltvill, Virginia, and also in other locations.
Other Format:
CD SF40029/30
OCLC:
689540466
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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