Playlist 8-18-99

 

Cotton Eyed Joe  Camp Creek Boys, Old-Time String Band; County CO-CD-2719

Fort Smith  Paul Smith & Friends, Devil Eat The Groundhog; Rounder CD 0409

Moanin' Groanin' Blues  Southern Negro Quartette (1921-1924) - The Earliest Negro Vocal Groups, Vol. 3; Document DOCD-5355

Late Last Night When Willie Come Home  The Dickel Brothers Volume One; Empty MTR 376   These boys are ours! Git back! The young Turks of the growing oldtime country scene in Portland, Oregon. The local papers call them the hardest working band in Oregon. They'be been hosting the happy hour at Berbatti's Pan deep in darkest downtown Portland on Friday evenings.

Walking In The Parlor  D. Dix Hollis - Possum Up a Gum Stump; Home, Field & Commercial Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers; Alabama Traditions 103 CD

Smackin' the Sax  Phillips Louisville Jug Band - Ruckus Juice & Chittlins, The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2; Yazoo 2033

I'll Rise When the Rooster Crows  Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers - The Cornshucker's Frolic, Downhome Music and Entertainment from the American Countryside, Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's Vol. 1; Yazoo 2045

Excerpt from "Interview with Kenneth Libby"  1-2-3 Balance With Me, Edson Cole: Dancing Master; Dudley Laufman production   A fascinating interview on the flip side of this tape; stories about Edson Cole and others and insights into the nature of country dancing in New England early in this century.

BOSTON FANCY: Soldier's Joy/Pigtown Fling  1-2-3 Balance With Me, Edson Cole: Dancing Master; Dudley Laufman production   Farmer, fiddler, caller and dancing master, this guy straddled the 19th and 20th centuries. Just a wonderful tape, yet another eerie echo of the past.

Waynesboro  Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller and Jim Nelson - All I've Got's Done Gone, old-time music for the turn of the century; Vigortone 2000

Raliegh and Spencer  The legacy of Tommy Jarrell Volume 1; County CO-CD-2724

I Know My Name Is There  Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers, Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929; Document DOCD-8023