Research Catalog

Title

Friends of Old Time Music [sound recording].

Publication

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, p2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Siegel, Peter K.
• Watson, Arnold.
• Watson, Doc.
• Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971.
• McDowell, Fred.
• Holcomb, Roscoe.
• Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978.
• Smith, Hobart, 1897-1965.
• Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966.
• Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996.
• Fuller, Jesse.
• Carlton, Gaither, 1901-1972.
• McGee, Sam, 1894-1975.
• Davis, John, 1903-1972.
• Smith, Arthur, 1898-1971.
• Spence, Joseph, 1910-1984.
• Thompson, Stanley.
• Peebles, Kinny.
• Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984.
• Young, Ed, -1974.
• Ramsay, Emma.
• Barker, Horton, 1889-
• Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967.
• Bird, Annie.
• Stanley Brothers.
• Blue Grass Boys.
• Doc Watson Family (Musical group)
• Sea Island Singers.
• Greenbriar Boys.
• New Lost City Ramblers.
• Clarence Ashley Group.
• Friends of Old-Time Music.
• Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Description

3 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Folk arrival, 1961-1965.

Subject

• Old-time music
• Folk songs, English > United States
• Blues (Music) > 1961-1970
• Popular music > 1961-1970
• Bluegrass music > 1961-1970

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Blues, bluegrass, popular, and traditional music recorded at the Friends of Old Time Music concerts in New York, N.Y.
• "Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage"--Container.
• Some selections previously released.
• Compact discs.
• Program and biographical notes (55 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.) laid in outer container; track list on back of the sleeve containers.

Credits (note)

• Recorded, produced, and annotated by Peter K. Siegel.

Event (note)

• Recorded live in New York City, Feb. 11, 1961-May 16, 1965.

Contents

• CD 1: I'm troubled (Doc and Arnold Watson) (3:10) -- The country blues (Dock Boggs) (4:24) -- Going down to the river (Fred McDowell) (3:09) -- East Virginia blues (Roscoe Holcomb) (4:51) -- The storms are on the ocean (Maybelle Carter) (3:03) -- The dream of the miner's child (The Stanley Brothers) (4:03) -- Soldier's joy (Hobart Smith) (1:45) -- Coffee blues (Mississippi John Hurt) (4:47) -- Live and let live (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (2:46) -- Lonely tombs (The Watson Family) (2:25) -- Rockin' boogie (Jesse Fuller) (3:46) -- Brown's dream (Gaither Carlton and Doc Watson) (1:43) -- Down south blues (Dock Boggs) (3:17) -- Knoxville blues (Sam McGee) (2:30) -- Have a feast here tonight (The Stanley Brothers) (3:12) -- Riley (John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers) (2:09) -- Buck and wing (Jesse Fuller) (1:22).
• CD 2: Hell among the yearlings (Arthur Smith) (1:47) -- Amelia Earhart's last flight (The Greenbriar Boys) (3:47) -- The brakeman's blues (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (2:32) -- Foggy mountain top (Maybelle Carter) (2:07) -- Hick's farewell (Doc Watson) (5:00) -- Jordan is a hard road to travel (The New Lost City Ramblers) (2:42) -- Write me a few of your lines (Fred McDowell) (2:54) -- Bimini gal (Joseph Spence) (2:44) -- Shady grove (1:47) ; Grey eagle (1:36) ; Walkin' the dog (2:03) (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) -- San Francisco Bay blues (Jesse Fuller) (3:24) -- Short life of trouble (Doc and Arnold Watson) (3:41) -- John Henry (Roscoe Holcomb) (1:59) -- Kneelin' down inside the gate (Stanley Thompson) (3:45) -- Tell my why you like Roosevelt (McKinley Peebles) (4:29) -- Bury me under the weeping willow (Maybelle Carter) (2:34) -- Mansions for me (The Stanley Brothers) (2:27) -- Before this time another year (Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers) (5:02).
• CD 3: My creole belle (Mississippi John Hurt) (2:54) -- "Guitar lesson" (1:26) ; Cincinnati blues (2:27) (Jesse Fuller) -- Poor boy in jail (Dock Boggs) (2:41) -- He's solid gone (Maybelle Carter) (2:44) -- Maggie Walker blues (The Clarence Ashley Group) (3:43) -- Chevrolet (Ed Young and Emma Ramsay) (3:14) -- Rising sun blues (Roscoe Holcomb) (3:03) -- Lord, build me a cabin in glory (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (1:37) -- Frankie and Albert (Mississippi John Hurt) (5:20) -- Hard times (The Stanley Brothers) (2:23) -- The miller's will (Horton Barker) (3:17) -- The coo coo bird (Clarence Ashley) (4:04) -- Double file (Gaither Carlton and Doc Watson) (1:30) -- The wandering boy (Annie Bird) (3:22) -- Stranger blues (Jesse Fuller) (3:29) -- I saw the light (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (2:24) -- Sugar Hill (Maybelle Carter) (1:06) -- Amazing grace (The Clarence Ashley Group) (4:29).

Call Number

*LDCO 507

LCCN

093074016022

OCLC

75256799

Title

Friends of Old Time Music [sound recording].

Imprint

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, p2006.

Performer

Various performers.

Event

Recorded live in New York City, Feb. 11, 1961-May 16, 1965.

Credits

Recorded, produced, and annotated by Peter K. Siegel.

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Added Author

Siegel, Peter K.

Watson, Arnold.

Watson, Doc.

Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971.

McDowell, Fred.

Holcomb, Roscoe.

Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978.

Smith, Hobart, 1897-1965.

Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966.

Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996.

Fuller, Jesse.

Carlton, Gaither, 1901-1972.

McGee, Sam, 1894-1975.

Davis, John, 1903-1972.

Smith, Arthur, 1898-1971.

Spence, Joseph, 1910-1984.

Thompson, Stanley.

Peebles, Kinny.

Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984.

Young, Ed, -1974.

Ramsay, Emma.

Barker, Horton, 1889-

Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967.

Bird, Annie.

Stanley Brothers.

Blue Grass Boys.

Doc Watson Family (Musical group)

Sea Island Singers.

Greenbriar Boys.

New Lost City Ramblers.

Clarence Ashley Group.

Friends of Old-Time Music.

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Other Standard Identifier

093074016022

Publisher No.

SFW CD 40160 Smithsonian Folkways

Research Call Number

*LDCO 507 Notes on file.