| Description |
1 audio disc (71 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Folk music from North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, including "old-time fiddle and banjo pieces, early bluegrass, [and] traditional ballads, with a special emphasis on Appalachian vocal traditions"--Container verso. |
| Credits |
Compiled by Jeff Place. |
| Note |
Selections originally released 1958-1997. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Jeff Place, including bibliography, (25 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Omie Wise / Doug Wallin (3:03) -- Sugar baby / Dock Boggs (2:50) -- I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow / Indian Bottom Association (5:24) -- Sixteen tons / George Davis (Merle Travis) (3:05) -- John Henry / Lesley Riddle (2:25) -- Lost Indian / Marion Sumner (0:51) -- Southbound / Doc and Merle Watson (2:39) -- High on a mountain / Ola Belle Reed (Alex Campbell) (3:02) -- Coal Creek march / Pete Steele (1:23) -- Coal miner blues / Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (2:42) -- Railroad blues / Sam McGee (2:45) -- Cuckoo bird / Clarence Ashley (2:33) -- Conversation with Death ; Oh, Death / Berzilla Wallin (5:03) -- Lone prairie / Wade Ward (0:52) -- Rain and snow / Dillard Chandler (2:23) -- Mole in the ground / Bascom Lamar Lunsford (3:19) -- Moonshiner / Roscoe Holcomb (1:59) -- Wildwood flower / Kilby Snow (1:23) -- Barbry Ellen / Jean Ritchie (5:01) -- Daniel prayed / Watson, Price, and Howard (G.T. Speer) (2:54) -- Wreck of the Number Nine / Pop Stoneman (2:48) -- Red Jacket Mine explosion / Phipps Family (4:00) -- Kingdom come / Norman Edmonds (2:02) -- Amazing grace / Horton Barker (4:16). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Folk music -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Folk songs, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Hymns, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Gospel music.
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Fiddle tunes -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Banjo music -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Bluegrass music.
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| Added Author |
Wallin, Doug, 1919-2000. Performer.
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Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971. Performer.
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Davis, George, 1904-1992. Performer.
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Riddle, Lesley. Performer.
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Sumner, Marion, 1920-1997. Performer.
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Watson, Doc. Performer.
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Watson, Merle. Performer.
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Reed, Ola Belle, 1916-2002. Performer.
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Steele, Pete, 1891-1985. Performer.
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Dickens, Hazel, 1925-2011. Performer.
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Gerrard, Alice, 1934- Performer.
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McGee, Sam, 1894-1975. Performer.
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Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967. Performer.
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Wallin, Berzilla. Performer.
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Ward, Wade. Performer.
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Chandler, Dillard. Performer.
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Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973. Performer.
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Holcomb, Roscoe. Performer.
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Snow, Kilby, 1905-1980. Performer.
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Ritchie, Jean. Performer.
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Price, Fred, 1915-1987. Performer.
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Howard, Clint, 1930- Performer.
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Stoneman, Ernest V. Performer.
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Edmonds, Norman. Performer.
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Barker, Horton, 1889-1973. Performer.
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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
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Indian Bottom Association. Performer.
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Phipps Family (Musical group) Performer.
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| Added Title |
Omie Wise.
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Sugar baby.
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I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow.
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Sixteen tons.
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John Henry.
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Lost Indian.
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Southbound.
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High on a mountain.
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Coal Creek march.
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Coal miner blues.
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Railroad blues.
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Cuckoo bird.
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Conversation with Death.
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Oh, Death.
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Lone prairie.
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Rain and snow.
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Mole in the ground.
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Moonshiner.
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Wildwood flower.
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Barbry Ellen.
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Daniel prayed.
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Wreck of the Number Nine.
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Red Jacket Mine explosion.
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Kingdom come.
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Amazing grace.
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| Standard No. |
093074009420 |
| Music No. |
SFW CD 40094 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
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