Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, 1961–1965 (Sampler)

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Annotation

First disc of 3 disc set released as a sampler

Annotation last modified on 2024-09-06 12:05 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I’m Troubled
guitar:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter) (on 1962-10-12)
harmonica:
Arnold Watson (on 1962-10-12)
vocals:
Arnold Watson (on 1962-10-12) and Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter) (on 1962-10-12)
Doc and Arnold Watson3:10
2The Country Blues
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-13)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-12-13)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-13)
Dock Boggs4:24
3Going Down to the River
guitar:
Mississippi Fred McDowell (on 1965-04-09)
vocals:
Mississippi Fred McDowell (on 1965-04-09)
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:09
4East Virginia Blues
banjo:
Roscoe Holcomb (on 1961-02-11)
spoken vocals:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019) (on 1961-02-11)
vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (on 1961-02-11)
Roscoe Holcomb4:51
5The Storms Are on the Ocean
autoharp:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1965-02-12)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1965-02-12)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1965-02-12)
Maybelle Carter3:03
6The Dream of the Miner’s Child
banjo and tenor vocals:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player) (on 1962-11-30)
bass:
Carl Hawkins (on 1962-11-30)
fiddle:
Vernon Derrick (on 1962-11-30)
guitar and lead vocals:
Carter Stanley (on 1962-11-30)
mandolin:
Curley Lambert (on 1962-11-30)
The Stanley Brothers4:03
7Soldier’s Joy
recording engineer:
Peter K. Siegel (American folk producer, engineer & banjo player) (on 1963-09-06)
solo banjo:
Hobart Smith (on 1963-09-06)
recorded at:
NYU School of Education in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-09-06)
Hobart Smith1:45
8Coffee Blues
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1963-12-13)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1963-12-13)
Mississippi John Hurt4:47
9Live and Let Live
banjo and baritone vocals:
Del McCoury (on 1963-02-08)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1963-02-08)
fiddle:
Kenny Baker (US fiddler) (on 1963-02-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Jack Cooke (bluegrass musician, bass, guitar & voaclist) (on 1963-02-08)
mandolin and lead vocals and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1963-02-08)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:46
10Lonely Tombs
banjo and bass vocals:
Arnold Watson (on 1962-10-12)
fiddle:
Gaither Carlton (Fiddle & banjo player from Deep Gap, NC) (on 1962-10-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter) (on 1962-10-12)
The Watson Family2:25
11Rockin’ Boogie
12 string guitar, cymbal, harmonica and other instruments:
Jesse Fuller (on 1962-10-12)
vocals:
Jesse Fuller (on 1962-10-12)
Jesse Fuller3:46
12Brown’s Dream
fiddle:
Gaither Carlton (Fiddle & banjo player from Deep Gap, NC) (on 1962-10-18)
guitar:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter) (on 1962-10-18)
Gaither Carlton and Doc Watson1:43
13Down South Blues
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-13)
guitar:
Mike Seeger (on 1963-12-13)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1963-12-13)
Dock Boggs3:17
14Knoxville Blues
solo guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1965-02-12)
Sam McGee2:30
15Have a Feast Here Tonight
banjo and tenor vocals:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player) (on 1962-11-30)
bass:
Carl Hawkins (on 1962-11-30)
fiddle:
Vernon Derrick (on 1962-11-30)
guitar and lead vocals:
Carter Stanley (on 1962-11-30)
mandolin:
Curley Lambert (on 1962-11-30)
recording of:
Have a Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit in the Log)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Stanley Brothers3:12
16Riley
lead vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist) (on 1965-04-09)
vocals:
Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician) (on 1965-04-09), Emma Ramsey (US gospel singer) (on 1965-04-09), Mable Hillery (on 1965-04-09) and Bessie Jones (on 1965-04-09)
recorded at:
The New School in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1965-04-09)
John Davis and The Georgia Sea Island Singers2:09
17Buck and Wing
12 string guitar and other instruments:
Jesse Fuller (on 1962-10-12)
vocals:
Jesse Fuller (on 1962-10-12)
Jesse Fuller1:22