Close to home/ [old time music from Mike Seeger's collection, 1952-1967].

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967

Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971, Performer.

Cotten, Elizabeth., Performer.

McGee, Sam, 1894-1975, Performer.

Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009, Performer.

Snow, Kilby, 1905-1980, Performer.

Ward, Wade., Performer.

Alexander Street Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music.

Gospel music.

Old-time music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 min.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, p1997.

Contents:

In the sweet bye and bye (Elizabeth Cotten)

Tie your dog, Sally gal (Will Adam)

Banjo instrumental (J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin)

Lost train blues (V.L. Sutphin)

Shortening bread ; The train that carried my girl from town (Vernon and Cleve Sutphin)

Old gambling man ; John Henry (J.J. Neece)

Shout, little Lulu (Louise Foreacre)

He will set your fields on fire (Kilby Snow)

Gather in the golden grain (Ernest and Hattie Stoneman)

Going to lay down my burdens (Elizabeth White)

John Henry (Lesley Riddle)

Pretty fair damsel (Tom Ashley)

It's these hard times ; Old-time reel (Pearly "Grandma" Davis)

Jackson schottische (A.L. Hall and group)

Lone prairie ; Molly, put the kettle on (Wade Ward)

Last gold dollar (Edsel Martin, Bill McElreath)

John Henry (Bill and Jean Davis)

Three nights drunk ; Jimmie Sutton (Blue Ridge Buddies)

Going to lay down my old guitar (Snuffy Jenkins, Ira Dimmery)

Black Mountain rag (Arthur Smith, Sam McGee, Kirk McGee)

A talk on the world (Clyde Lewis)

Red wing ("Lost John" Ray, Walt Koken)

Leather breeches (Eck Robertson, with New Lost City Ramblers)

Blackberry blossom (Sherman Lawson)

Alabama gals (Emmett Cole)

Old Joe Clark (George Landers)

Sugar baby (Dock Boggs)

Queen Sally (Archie Sturgill)

Poor orphan child (Kate Peters Sturgill)

My Virginia Rose (Scott Boatright)

I'm leaving you (Sara Carter Bayes, Maybelle Carter)

He said if you love Me, feed My sheep (Stancer Quartet)

I would not live always (Clarence Ferrill).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Originally issued as compact disc.

Program notes and discography inserted in original container.

Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40097; SF CD 40097 (container).

Subtitle from original container.

Recorded between 1952 and 1967.

Other Format:

093074009727

SF CD 40097

SF 40097

OCLC:

698169422

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.