Album Description

Old-time fiddler Jake Krack and Folkways archivist Jeff Place compiled and annotated this collection of vintage Southern Appalachian string band music from the Smithsonian archives. Clark Kessinger, Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, Marion Sumner, Gaither Carlton, Eck Robertson, Melvin Wine, and many more old-time fiddle masters play their signature sounds from the heart of Appalachia. 32-page booklet, 76 minutes.

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Discs and Tracks

Disc 1
  1 - Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On - Doug Wallin
  2 - Sugar Hill - Tommy Jarrell w/ Frank Bode
  3 - Sally in the Garden - J.D. Cornett
  4 - Sally in the Garden - Marion Sumner
  5 - Muddy Roads - Gaither Carlton w/ the Watson Family
  6 - Won't Come Until Morning - Greg Hooven
  7 - Wednesday Night Waltz - Clark Kessinger
  8 - Dance All Night - Arthur Smith w/ the McGee Brothers
  9 - Give the Fiddler a Dram - Bill Hicks
  10 - Little Brown Jug - Joe Thompson
  11 - Black Eyed Susie - Tracy Schwarz & Mike Seeger
  12 - Snowbird - Ross Brown
  13 - Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Hoyt Ming & the Pep Steppers
  14 - Cacklin' Hen - Roy Pope & the Carolina Homeboys
  15 - Old Joe - Johnny Warren w/ the Nashville Grass
  16 - Old Man Below - Gaither Carlton
  17 - Unnamed Tune - John W. Summers
  18 - Beaumont Rag - David & Billie Ray Johnson
  19 - Richmond Blues - Fred Price w/ Clint Howard
  20 - Mississippi Sawyer - Wade Ward
  21 - Bill Cheatham - Buddy Pendleton w/ the Stony Mountain Boys
  22 - Red Bird - Clark Kessinger
  23 - Johnson Boys - Caleb Finch w/ the Iron Mountain String Band
  24 - Sally Goodin' - Eck Robertson
  25 - Unnamed Tune - Tony Alderman
  26 - Fine Times at Our House - John W. Summers
  27 - Yew Piney Mountain - Melvin Wine
  28 - Darling Cora - Greg Hooven
  29 - Blackberry Blossom - Charlie Higgins w/ the Buck Mountain Band
  30 - Kentucky Waltz - David & Billie Ray Johnson
  31 - Lee Highway Blues - Fred Price w/ Clint Howard & Doc Watson
  32 - Piney Woods Gal - Tommy Jarrell w/ Frank Bode
  33 - Jenny on the Railroad - Tracy Schwarz & Mike Seeger
  34 - Billy in the Lowground - Buddy Griffin w/ Red Allen & the Kentuckians
  35 - Fisher's Hornpipe - David & Billie Ray Johnson
  36 - Trombone Rag - Clark Kessinger
  37 - Bonaparte's Retreat - Mike Seeger
  38 - Carroll County Blues - Gordon Tanner & the Skillet Lickers

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