Black Appalachia : string bands, songsters and hoedowns.
Other author/creator | Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. |
Other author/creator | Archive of American Folk Song. |
Format | Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording |
Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, ℗1999. |
Description | 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Subject(s) |
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Portion of title | String bands, songsters and hoedowns |
Series | Alan Lomax collection Deep river of song. ^A471617 |
Contents | Cripple Creek (Jimmie Strothers, banjo) -- Christmas Eve (Murphy Gribble, banjo; John Lusk, fiddle; Albert York, guitar) -- Washboard rhythm (Theopolis Stokes, washboard) -- Soldier's joy ; Old Joe (Nashville Washboard Band) -- Arkansas traveler (Sid Hemphill, fiddle, vocals; Lucius Smith, banjo; Will Head, bass drum; Alec Askew, guitar) -- Black bayou ; Banty rooster (Blind Pete, fiddle, vocals; George Ryan, guitar) -- Poontang little, poontang small (Strothers, guitar) -- Give the fiddler a dram ; Eighth of January (Gribble; Lusk; York) -- Introduction of band -- Eighth of January ; Skillet good and greasy (Hemphill; Smith; Head; Askew) -- Devil's dream (Hemphill, 10-note quills, with snare and bass drums) -- John Henry (Hemphill; Smith; Head; Askew) -- Steel-laying holler (John "Black Sampson" Gibson) -- Pauline (Allen Prothero) -- Track-lining song (Gibson) -- New careless love (Sonny Terry, vocals, harmonica) -- Red Cross store (Brownie McGhee, vocals, guitar; Terry, harmonica) -- How long blues (McGhee; Lead Belly, vocals, guitar; Terry, vocals, harmonica). |
General note | Includes some previously unreleased material. |
General note | Compact disc. |
General note | Program notes by Stephen Wade and song texts ([32] p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
Performer | Various performers. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Field recordings made for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, by Alan Lomax and others, 1933-1946. |
UPC | 011661182325 |
Publisher number | 11661-1823-2 Rounder |
Publisher number | 1823 Rounder |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-4528 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |