Smithsonian Folkways takes you to the heart of Appalachia for 38 vintage string-band sides-76 minutes on one CD! Includes Red Bird Clark Kessinger; Bonaparte’s Retreat Mike Seeger; Sally in the Garden J.D. Cornett; Give the Fiddler a Dram Bill Hicks; Old Man Below Gaither Carlton; Mississippi Sawyer Wade Ward, and more.
Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress on – Doug Wallin
Sugar Hill – Tommy Jarrell W/ Frank Bode
Sally in the Garden – J.D. Cornett
Sally in the Garden – Marion Sumner
Muddy Roads – Gaither Carlton W/ the Watson Family
Won’t Come Until Morning – Greg Hooven
Wednesday Night Waltz – Clark Kessinger
Dance All Night – Arthur Smith W/ the McGee Brothers
Give the Fiddler a Dram – Bill Hicks
Little Brown Jug – Joe Thompson
Black Eyed Susie – Tracy Schwarz & Mike Seeger
Snowbird – Ross Brown
Ain’t Gonna Rain No More – Hoyt Ming & the Pep Steppers
Cacklin’ Hen – Roy Pope & the Carolina Homeboys
Old Joe – Johnny Warren W/ the Nashville Grass
Old Man Below – Gaither Carlton
Unnamed Tune – John w. Summers
Beaumont Rag – David & Billie Ray Johnson
Richmond Blues – Fred Price W/ Clint Howard
Mississippi Sawyer – Wade Ward
Bill Cheatham – Buddy Pendleton W/ the Stony Mountain Boys
Red Bird – Clark Kessinger
Johnson Boys – Caleb Finch W/ the Iron Mountain String Band
Sally Goodin’ – Eck Robertson
Unnamed Tune – Tony Alderman
Fine Times at Our House – John w. Summers
Yew Piney Mountain – Melvin Wine
Darling Cora – Greg Hooven
Blackberry Blossom – Charlie Higgins W/ the Buck Mountain Band
Kentucky Waltz – David & Billie Ray Johnson
Lee Highway Blues – Fred Price W/ Clint Howard & Doc Watson
Piney Woods Gal – Tommy Jarrell W/ Frank Bode
Jenny on the Railroad – Tracy Schwarz & Mike Seeger
Billy in the Lowground – Buddy Griffin W/ Red Allen & the Kentuckians
Fisher’s Hornpipe – David & Billie Ray Johnson
Trombone Rag – Clark Kessinger
Bonaparte’s Retreat – Mike Seeger
Carroll County Blues – Gordon Tanner & the Skillet Lickers