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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0747 AFC 1975/001: SR068, Recorded: ca. 1962
Running time: 28:38
This is a recording of a John Dildine radio broadcast. The Christenson portion is an extract of SR062. He also interviews Tossi Aaron and Seamus Ennis.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces Robin and Ellen Christenson.
0:28 "Little birdie" Robin and Ellen
4:35 Dildine talks with Robin and Ellen about their recordings and how they developed their interest in folk music. They talk about "kitchen songs" and other kinds of folk songs.
8:13 "Woody" [May also be called "I'm a Poor Country Boy"] Robin (vocal)
16:06 Dildine introduces Tossi Aaron.
16:25 "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" Aaron (a cappella)
13:06 Dildine interviews Aaron. They discuss the previous song. They talk about a range of topics related to Aarons' songs and how they evolve over time, and how she came to be a performer.
20:30 Dildine interviews Seamus Ennis
21:33 Unidentified song Ennis (a cappella)
22:10 Ennis talks about a bird that he calls a corn crake.
22:45 Ennis continues the previous song.
24:05 Dildine and Ennis talk about the corn crake. They talk about carrying on the traditions in the city and in the country. Ennis discusses his involvement with a children's television program.
27:29 unidentified song Ennis [penny whistle]
28:08 Ennis recites a short [poem].
28:31 Dildine says goodnight.
28:38 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0748 AFC 1975/001: SR069, Recorded: 1963-02-03
Running time: 24:01
This is Part 1 of a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. Part 2 is on SR070. The part of the program is recordings of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "Opening theme "Railroad Bill." Dildine opens the broadcast. He says that the show will consist mainly of new recordings by Pete Seeger and of The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem.
3:25 "O-Donahugh" Clancy Brothers and Makem
5:12 "I'll Tell My Ma" [also known as "the Boys won't Leave the Girls Alone"] Clancy Brothers and Makem
6:55 "Wild Mountain Thyme" [also known as "Will you Go, Lassie Go"] Clancy Brothers and Makem
10:07 Dildine gives the titles of the three previous songs. He then does a station break.
12:29 "The Day We Went to Rathsay-O" Clancy Brothers and Makem
14:56 "Mairi's Wedding" Clancy Brothers and Makem
17:03 "Singing Bird" Clancy Brothers and Makem
20:10 Dildine introduces the next song.
20:56 "Holy Ground" Clancy Brothers and Makem
23:28 Dildine does a station break.
24:01 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0749 AFC 1975/001: SR070, Recorded: 1963-02-03
Running time: 32:45
This is Part 2 of a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. Part 1 is on SR069. This part of the program is recordings of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and of Pete Seeger from his new album "The Bitter and the Sweet."
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces the next song.
0:42 "South Australia" Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
2:42 Dildine introduces the next song.
3:26 "MacPherson's Lament" Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
7:04 Dildine introduces the next song.
7:45 "Wild Colonial Boy" Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
10:54 Pete Seeger introduces the next song. He credits his brother, Mike Seeger, for telling him the "secret" to playing it.
11:25 "Old Joe Clark" Pete Seeger
14:32 Dildine talks about the previous song. He does a break for a commercial. He introduces the next song.
16:15 "Windy Old Weather" Pete Seeger
20:22 Dildine talks about the use of singing in protest movements. He introduces the next song.
21:35 "We Shall over Come" Pete Seeger
26:21 "Turn, Turn, Turn" Pete Seeger
29:30 Dildine talks about the previous song. He closes the broadcast.
30:02 "Railroad Bill" The closing theme.
32:45 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0750 AFC 1975/001: SR071, Recorded: ca. 1963
Running time: 28:57
This tape is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. Most of the tape is an interview with Judy Collins. She has just released an album called "Judy Collins #3." No songs are played on this tape. This interview is concluded on SR145-1 Note: There is a folder in the collection for this SR. The note in the folder indicates a second tape of the Judy Collins session which includes the songs "The Dove," "Deportee" and "Farewell."
Time Content
Start Dildine introduces a live guest, Judy Collins. Dildine and Collins talk about her singing and professional aspirations.
4:21 Collins and Dildine introduce the next song, "Anathea."
6:21 The song is not on the tape. Dildine asks Collins "why she sings, what she's trying to say, where she got involved with the music, and why she sings the way she does." Collins responds.
11:01 Dildine introduces the next song, "Bullgine Run." It is not on the tape.
11:29 Collins and Dildine talk about the previous song.
11:47 Dildine asks Collins how she approaches traditional material of this sort. Collins responds.
13:45 Dildine talks about Mike Seeger and how some people sing folk music as if they were popular songs (e.g., juke box songs). He and Collins discuss this.
17:28 Collins says that she is not a traditional folk singer. She talks about contemporary songs. Collins and Dildine talk about singers being "socially aware" of what's going on around them.
18:53 Dildine does a station break. Dildine and Collins talk about the next song, "Hey Nelly Nelly."
20:30 The song is not on the tape. Collins talks about the "point" of the album Judy Collins #3.
23:30 Dildine and Collins talk about "old bad songs" and "new bad songs." Collins talks about her "pet theory" about folk music.
24:48 Collin talks about her life as a performer and how it affects her music.
26:47 Dildine and Collins introduce the next song, ‘The Dove." It is not on the tape. [End of the Collins interview.]
27:22 Dildine talks about an album called "Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp." He closes the broadcast.
11:29 Collins and Dildine talk about the previous song.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0751 AFC 1975/001: SR072, Recorded: 1963-08-25
Running time: 30:02
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. He has a live guest, Tossi Aaron.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine and Aaron talk about a number of things including: folk songs, riddles and jokes (she tells several); children's songs and games; hootenannies; and the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. Aaron introduces the next song.
9:00 "Fernacio" Aaron
11:50 Dildine and Aaron talk about a song called "Butcher Boy" and unaccompanied singing. Aaron introduces the next song.
13:30 "Walie Walie" Aaron
16:20 Dildine and Aaron talk about "the spell cast" by the previous song and the mood set by quiet songs. They talk about how to reach people through singing. They talk about her records and making recordings. Aaron introduces the next song.
25:58 "Every Night when the Sun Goes Down" Aaron
29:31 Dildine thanks Aaron and closes the broadcast.
30:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0752 AFC 1975/001: SR073, Recorded: 1963-12-15
Running time: 34:02
This is a recording of a Dildine radio broadcast. He has a live guest, Mike Seeger. They are going to attempt to define bluegrass music and will discuss its evolution using a tape of a number of recordings that Seeger has prepared. This is the first of two parts of this program. The second is SR074.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces Mike Seeger. They have a tape, which Seeger made several years ago, with examples of bluegrass music's evolution. Seeger fits bluegrass into the genre of country music. He discusses Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. Seeger talks about old time music. He introduces the first (recorded) song.
4:49 "Barbara Allen" J.N. Marler, a capella, from a 1938 Library of Congress field recording
5:53 Seeger discusses the previous song. Seeger relates ballad singing to Bill Monroe and bluegrass music.
7:22 Sally Goodin" recorded 1922 A.C. ["Eck"] Robertson, fiddle
10:22 Seeger discusses the previous song and the fiddler. He discusses how the banjo came into country music. He introduces the next song.
12:12 "Darlin' Cora" [also known as "Darling Corey"] B.F. Shelton, banjo and vocal
16:00 Seeger discusses the banjo and the fiddle coming together to be the beginnings of string band music. He introduces the next song.
16:43 "Whoop the Devil Round," Library of Congress recording in the 1930's the musicians are not identified
18:15 Seeger discusses the previous song. He talks about when the guitar came into mountain and country music, as did the autoharp and mandolin. He introduces the next song.
19:50 "Old Joe Clark" recorded in the mid 1929s Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
23:01 Seeger discusses the previous song. He introduces the next song.
23:35 "Riding on the Train 45" Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris and Steve Ledford (fiddle)
24:45 Seeger discusses the previous song. Dildine does a station break. Seeger discusses the growth of country music and country recordings. He introduces the next song.
26:38 "Who's That Knocking" The Carter Family
29:38 Dildine points out that the previous song is the first example (of the songs played) where the guitar takes a break (i.e., a solo). Seeger says that it was played by Maybelle Carter. They discuss the previous song. Seeger talks about the Monroe brothers. He introduces the next song.
31:35 "Darling Corey" The Monroe Brothers
34:01 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0753 AFC 1975/001: SR074, Recorded: 1963-12-15
Running time: 34:02
This is a recording of a Dildine radio broadcast. He has a live guest, Mike Seeger. They are going to attempt to define bluegrass music and will discuss its evolution using a tape of a number of recordings that Seeger has prepared. This is the second of two parts of this program. The first is SR073.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine and Seeger discuss the previous song. Dildine points out that this is the first song on which the mandolin is played. Seeger says that the performer was Bill Monroe. They discuss the two recordings of "Darling Corey." They discuss the impact of the radio on the music. Seeger introduces the next song.
2:20 "Have a Feast Tonight" Monroe Brothers
4:30 Seeger discusses the previous song. He says that all of the previous songs can be called "old time music" but not [yet] bluegrass music. Dildine and Seeger talk about the mandolin and Bill Monroe. They talk about the evolution of the music in the 1930s. Seeger says that bluegrass music takes in its current form in 1945 when Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe.
11:49 "Molly and Tenbrooks" Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs
14:28 Seeger discusses the previous song then introduces the next song.
15:03 "Toy Heart" Monroe, Flatt, Scruggs and Chubby Wise
17:43 Seeger and Dildine discuss the previous song. Seeger discusses the musical form(s) of bluegrass music. He introduces the next song.
19:05 "Drunkard's Hell" The Stanley Brothers
21:35 Seeger discusses the previous song. He discusses improvisation and then introduces the next song.
22:05 "Rawhide" Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, instrumental
24:33 Seeger introduces the next song. It is extracts from three versions of the same song, from oldest to newest.
25:30 "Down in the Willow Garden" Texas Gladden (vocal) and Hobart smith (fiddle); Wade Mainer; Osborne Brothers
27:58 Dildine and Seeger close the broadcast.
29:12 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0754 AFC 1975/001: SR075, Recorded: 1964-02-18
Running time: 28:57
This seems to be a recording of portion of a performance by Mississippi John Hurt and Reverend Robert Wilkins at the Ontario Place in Washington, D.C. The recording quality is poor and the song lyrics are difficult to understand. See SR076 for an interview of Reverend Wilkins by John Dildine.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start [unidentified song] Hurt
4:28 "No Body's Business" Hurt
7:37 [movement on stage, guitar tuning, etc.]
9:55 [Do Lord, Remember Me] Wilkins
13:45 ["Rock of Ages, Hear from Me"] [The guitar accompaniment is the same as "This Land is your Land."] Wilkins
18:44 [audience noise, guitar tuning]
20:10 ["Highway to Heaven"] Wilkins
22:40 [unidentified] Wilkins
25:00 [guitar tuning and unintelligible talking]
26:23 "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" Wilkins
28:57 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0755 AFC 1975/001: SR076 (1), Recorded: 1964-02-18
Running time: 25:52
The first portion of this tape is an interview of Reverend Robert Wilkins by John Dildine. It was made at the Ontario Place in Washington D.C. on February 18, 1964. See SR075 for part of the performance by Reverend Wilkins. The second portion of this tape is a recording of part of a U.S. Senate hearing and is not related to the Dildine collection.
Time Content
Start Dildine introduces this recording.
1:12 Dildine interviews the Reverend Robert Wilkins. Among the subject discussed are: Wilkins recordings; Wilkins no longer singing blues and singing only sacred music; Wilkins background and history; how he learned to play guitar; his military service in WWI; his faith; his church; and bringing his music to the public.
16:45 End of interview.
18:44 [audience noise, guitar tuning]
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0755 AFC 1975/001: SR076 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 8:30
This is a recording of a Dildine radio broadcast. He plays some Irish recordings.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0756 AFC 1975/001: SR077, Recorded: 1964-02-23
Running time: 39:57
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast with The New Lost City Ramblers as live guests. The band is composed of Mike Seeger, John Cohen and Tracy Schwartz.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine says he is going to play a recording of The NLCR .
0:10 unidentified instrumental The NLCR
1:20 Dildine talks with Mike Seeger about what the band is currently playing. Seeger and Cohen say that they are broadening their repertoire. They have been collecting and performing around the country.
5:40 Tracy Schwartz talks about Dick [DeVoll] and the next song.
6:41 "Tom Sherman's Bar Room" [also known as "The streets of Lerado"] Tracy Schwartz, a capella
9:46 Dildine says that this program is being recorded in the living room of Joe [Bossem] and family. Seeger introduces the next song.
10:45 "Pretty Little Miss" The NLCR
14:02 Dildine and John Cohen discuss the previous song. They discuss the next song.
16:38 "Hawkins Rag" The NLCR (spoons, mandolin and guitar)
18:05 They discuss the previous song. Dildine and Cohen talk about a song called "The Cuckoo." They talk about change and evolution of traditional songs.
23:17 "The Cuckoo" John Cohen (banjo, Hobart Smith style)
23:56 "The cuckoo" John Cohen (banjo, Clarence Ashley style)
25:59 Dildine and Cohen talk about a film Cohen made of Appalachian mountain singers. It is called "High Lonesome Sound." Seeger introduces the next song. It is a Carter Family song.
29:28 "Gold Watch and Chain" The NLCR
32:35 Dildine and Seeger discuss what The NLCR are doing with bluegrass music.
37:33 "Jaw Bone" or "Old Joe Bone" The NLCR
39:31 Dildine closes the broadcast.
39:57 End
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54537 AFC 1975/001: SR078, Recorded: ca. 1964
Running time: 1:00:54
This is a recording for a John Dildine (prerecorded) radio broadcast devoted to the old and new recordings of Reverend John Wilkins. All music is by Reverend Wilkins on vocal and guitar, except where noted.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "Railroad Bill, opening theme. Dildine introduces the program and Reverend Robert Wilkins.
1:12 Reverend Wilkins talks (prerecorded).
1:40 unidentified blues Wilkins
5:01 Dildine talks about the previous recording and the following recording.
5:30 "Do Lord" Wilkins
9:48 Dildine discusses the previous recording. He introduces an interview he made with Reverend Wilkins on February 18, 1964.
10:24 Dildine interviews Reverend Wilkins. They talk about recordings he made in the 1930s. Wilkins no longer plays the blues because he has become a Reverend. They talk about his musical history.
17:27 (Interview continued) They talk about Wilkins moving from blues to "church music." They talk about Wilkins performing outside the context of his church.
27:04 Dildine does a station break and introduces Dick Spottswood.
27:45 Dildine and Spottswood talk about: how Spottswood found Reverend Wilkins; recent recordings of Reverend Wilkins and of Mississippi John Hurt; the renewal of interest in blues and old blues musicians; young people playing blues and old time music.
38:13 "Thank You Jesus" Wilkins, instrumental
43:13 Dildine does a commercial. He and Spottswood talk about: Reverend Wilkins' new recording being available soon; Reverend Wilkins and John Hurt will be at the Newport Folk Festival this year.
49:08 "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" Wilkins
52:23 "Jesus Will Fix It All right" Wilkins
56:55 Dildine and Spottswood talk about Reverend Wilkins' recordings. Dildine closes the broadcast. "Railroad Bill," closing theme.
1:54 End
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54538 AFC 1975/001: SR079, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 1:00:04
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast of a live interview with Séamus Ennis. It was prerecorded.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "Ned of the Hill" Ennis, pennywhistle
2:01 Dildine and Emmis talk about how Ennis learned music and became a musician. His father and grandfather were musicians. Ennis describes the pipes he plays. He can't play the bagpipes today because they have suffered from the weather change from Ireland to D.C. Dildine asks him to pay a tune he learned from his grandfather.
9:25 "The Trip We Took over the Mountain" Ennis, pennywhistle
11:07 Dildine and Ennis discuss the prior song. Dildine says that Pete Seeger has recorded aversion of the song. They discuss traditional singing in Ireland being a cappella. They talk about the songs Ennis has collected.
14:40 Ennis tells the story of the next song. He sings it first in Gaelic and then in English, is own translation.
16:30 unnamed song in Gaelic Ennis, a cappella
19:00 unnamed song in English Ennis, a capella
20:22 Dildine and Ennis discuss the previous song. The talk about the music Ennis has collected.
21:45 "Ned of the Hill" Ennis in English, then in Gaelic, then back to English (all a cappella) and then on the pennywhistle.
29:30 Dildine does a station break and commercial. They talk about Ennis collecting for the BBC archives.
34:55 ["The Corn Crake"] Ennis, a cappella
37:30 Dildine and Ennis talk about when and how Ennis caught a corn crake. They talk about folk songs and folk tales of Scotland and Ireland. Ennis says that the same motifs are found throughout Europe. Ennis tells the tale of a stone mason building a castle.
47:32 Dildine asks about a song called "Bonnie Bunch of Roses."
48:42 "Bonnie Bunch of Roses" Ennis, a cappella
52:54 SE tells where and how he learned the previous song. Dildine and Ennis talk about the continuing of traditional music in Ireland. They talk about Ennis's involvement in Irish television. He does a weekly, 30 minute children's program.
57:49 Dildine concludes the program.
58:40 unidentified Ennis, pennywhistle
1:04 End
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54539 AFC 1975/001: SR080, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 1:02:34
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. It is an interview with Bill Vanaver. It was recorded a few days before the broadcast.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "Railroad Bill," opening theme. Dildine introduce Bill Vanaver and they talk.Vanaver is a college student in anthropology and folklore. The came to folk music at a summer camp he attended.
4:04 "Little Sadie" Vanaver, vocal and banjo
6:10 Dildine and Vanaver discuss the previous song. They discuss how Vanaver learns songs. They discuss Vanaver's approach to music. Dildine asks what he is trying to do with his music.
10:35 "Italian Red Wine" Vanaver, vocal and guitar (a Woody Guthrie song)
14:37 They discuss the previous song.
16:14 "Empty pockets Blues" (a Pete Seeger song) Vanaver, guitar and vocal
19:30 Vanaver says he took some guitar lesson in Philadelphia in 1956. He was influenced by Pete Seeger. He says he came to the instrument before singing. They discuss associating songs with specific people or specific events. They discuss Vanaver as a performer.
28:13 Dildine does a station break and a commercial.
29:40 Dildine talks about Vanaver. They talk about Elizabeth Cotten.
31:10 Freight Train" (an Elizabeth Cotten song) Vanaver, vocal and guitar
34:35 Dildine and Vanaver discuss the previous song. They discuss the popularization of folk music. Vanaver says the he's listened to many traditional performers. They talk about Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger as influences on his music. Dildine asks Vanaver what he'd like to do for a career. They discuss the next song. Dildine talks about the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
44:50 "From Earth to Heaven" (an Uncle Dave Macon song) Vanaver, vocal and guitar
47:08 They discuss the previous song.
48:30 "Paddy on the Turnpike" Vanaver, banjo
49:44 They discuss songs on "the banjo project." They talk about bagpipes and lap dulcimers. They talk about singing a cappella and singing with instruments.
49:55 "Blossom" (a Vanaver composition) Vanaver, guitar
56:32 Dildine asks Vanaver to do another song.
57:03 medley of banjo tunes Vanaver, banjo
59:40 Dildine closes the program. "Railroad Bill," closing theme.
1:02:34 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0757 AFC 1975/001: SR081 (1), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 48:22
This recording seems to have been made at a party or a "hoot" in a private residence. None of the attendees or performers are identified. This is part 1 of 2. The second part is on SR081 (2).
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "The Girl I Left behind Me" male singer with guitar
3:01 Conversation
10:05 "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" group
11:58 Conversation
12:38 "Midnight Special" group
14:45 Conversation
15:32 "Fireman Save My Child" group
15:59 Conversation
16:16 "Pick a Bale of Cotton" group
17:54 Conversation
18:48 "Down in the Valley" group
21:45 Conversation
23:30 "The Riddle" ("I gave my love a cherry") group
25:43 Conversation
26:30 "No John No" group
28:19 Conversation
28:50 "Brandy Leave Me Alone" group (sung as a round)
30:34 Conversation
31:58 "Streets of Lerado" group (sung normally then as a round)
34:04 Conversation
34:58 "Zoom Golly Golly" group (sung as a round)
35:43 Conversation
36:28 "Hey Lolly Lolly" group
42:01 Conversation
42:34 "Careless Love" group
43:43 Conversation
44:17 "The Titanic" ("It was sad when the great ship went down") group
46:31 "Jesse James" group
48:22 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0757 AFC 1975/001: SR081 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 46:03
This recording seems to have been made at a party or a "hoot" in a private residence. Most of the attendees and performers are not identified. This is part 2 of 2. The first part is on SR081 (1).
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "Jesse James" group
0:55 Conversation
3:03 "Down in the Willow Garden" group
5:20 "John Hardy" group
6:58 Conversation
7:40 "I'm On My Way" group
11:29 Conversation
12:12 "Bring Me a Little Water Sylvie" group
13:08 conversation
14:08 "Old 97" group
15:40 Conversation
17:05 "Henry Lee" Chris and Pixie Christie
19:50 Conversation
20:46 My Horses Ain't Hungry" Chris and Pixie Christie
22:40 Conversation
23:01 [unable to identify the first line is "When are We Gonna Get Married"] Chris and Pixie Christie
24:20 Conversation
25:12 "Raccoon and Possum" unidentified man with banjo
26:33 Conversation
26:50 "Poor Little Turtle Dove" unidentified man
28:32 [unable to identify this song] unidentified man singing
29:52 Conversation
30:15 "Around the Corner Beneath the Berry Tree" unidentified woman and group
32:52 Conversation
33:33 "That Good Old Mountain Dew" group
37:40 Conversation
38:45 "Frankie and Johnny" group
42:40 Conversation
43:06 "He Sat Down Beside Her and Smoked His Cigar" women lead the group
46:03 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0758 AFC 1975/001: SR082, Recorded: 1965-08-02
Running time: 30:52
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. His guests are Sandy Paton and Norman Kennedy. This is the second part of the broadcast. The first part is on SR083.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces the broadcast. He says that the previous song (not recorded on SR082) was "Foggy Dew" from the singing of Harry Cox. Paton agrees. Dildine says that Norman Kennedy is from Scotland. Dildine says that this program was recorded in the Green Mountains of Vermont for later broadcast. Dildine does a station break.
3:20 Dildine talks with Norman Kennedy. Paton talks about a spinning wheel in his home that Kennedy used. Kennedy says that he is also a weaver. Dildine asks how Kennedy learned to speak Gaelic. Kennedy responds. They talk about "mouth music."
7:24 Several examples of mouth music Kennedy
9:21 Kennedy says the previous songs were in Gaelic. He discusses them. Dildine asks about "didling." Paton, Kennedy and Dildine discuss this.
11:33 Several examples of "didling" Kennedy
13:06 Kennedy discusses the previous songs and the tradition of "didling." Dildine and Kennedy talk about Kennedy's music. Dildine, Paton and Kennedy talk about unaccompanied singing.
18:28 Dildine asks Kennedy about how bagpipe tunes are transmitted from piper to piper. Kennedy responds.
20:15 [unidentified song and singing style] Kennedy
20:50 Kennedy says that the previous songs were pipe tunes. Dildine asks about singing styles influenced by the bagpipe and singing styles influenced by guitar and banjo. Kennedy responds. Paton adds to the conversation. They discuss what Kennedy should sing next.
26:02 ["My Son David'] Kennedy
30:03 Dildine concludes the broadcast.
30:52 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0759 AFC 1975/001: SR083, Recorded: 1965-08-02
Running time: 31:12
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. His guests are Sandy Paton and Norman Kennedy. It was recorded in the Green Mountains of Vermont for later broadcast. This is the first part of the broadcast. The second part is on SR082.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces the broadcast. He says that Sandy Paton is involved with Folk Legacy Records and that Norman Kennedy has just done some recording for Folk Legacy.
0:40 Dildine asks Paton when he first met Kennedy. He responds. Dildine asks Kennedy how it feels to be in the United States. He responds. Dildine asks if he can hear something from Paton and from Kennedy.
2:39 "Busk, Busk Bonnie Lassie" Kennedy
4:34 Dildine asks where Kennedy learned the previous song. Kennedy and Dildine discuss this. Kennedy talks about where he learns his songs. He talks about how people respond to his songs. Kennedy talks about learning stories and lore from the old people.
8:40 The three of the talk about a plant called yarrow and how it is used in old traditional songs. Kennedy talks about how the area around his home in Aberdeen, Scotland is like the hills of Vermont.
10:20 Dildine asks Paton to do a song. They talk about singers singing to share their music. Paton talks about Folk Legacy Records. They talk about musicians competing rather than sharing their music. Paton discusses the song he is going to sing.
16:20 [unidentified song; the first line is "I made my way up to the door, a pretty fair maid came o'er the floor"] Paton
17:45 Kennedy talks about night visit songs.
19:52 "The Time has Come, I Can No Longer Tarry" Kennedy
23:16 The three of them discuss night visiting songs. Dildine asks about a song called "Foggy Dew." They discuss this song.
26:53 "the Foggy Dew" Dildine
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0760 AFC 1975/001: SR084, Recorded: 1966-02-26
Running time: 20:42
This is a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. His guests are Chuck and Nan Perdue. The broadcast continues on SR085.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces the program. He says that it was recorded in his living room. He introduces Chuck Perdue and says the he is the current President of the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW).
1:08 Chuck says that he is from Georgia. Nan says that she grew up in Los Angeles and spent her first twelve summers in Texas. They say that they are going to sing a song about radio.
2:06 "Keep Your Radio On" Chuck and Nan Perdue
4:02 They discuss the previous song. They discuss what Chuck listened to on the radio during his growing up years, the 1930s. They talk about how Chuck got started singing. Dildine asks how Chuck's mother learned her songs. Chuck replies. Dildine asks the Perdues to sing a song Chuck's mother sang.
7:38 "Three Little Babes" Nan Perdue
10:30 They discuss the previous song which Nan learned from Chuck's mother. They talk about the music in Nan's family. It was mostly church music. Chuck says that he got the next song from his mother.
19:46 "Beautiful Isle in the Sea" Chuck and Nan Perdue
22:10 They discuss the previous song. They talk about collecting songs from Chuck's family and other people. They talk about the education Chuck's parents had and their own college education. They talk about how Chuck and Nan met and their early musical experiences. They talk about "hillbilly" and the negative connotation it had for Nan.
27:15 Nan reads from a letter from an Aunt. The Aunt is happy and humble that Nan is singing.
28:45 Dildine asks Chuck why he sings. Chuck responds.
29:42 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0761 AFC 1975/001: SR085, Recorded: 1966-02-26
Running time: 30:15
This is the second part of a recording for a Dildine radio broadcast. His guests are Chuck and Nan Perdue. The first part of the broadcast is on SR084.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine is speaking with Chuck and Nan Perdue.
1:28 "Hop along Peter" Chuck and Nan Perdue
2:49 Dildine and the Perdues discuss the sources from which the Perdues learn their songs.
4:47 "Coal in the Stone" Chuck and Nan Perdue
9:50 Dildine and the Perdues discuss the previous song and the song writer. They discuss how Chuck Perdue selects and learns songs. They discuss "what is a folk song?" and "what is ethnic?." The next song is introduced.
17:14 "Sangaree" [or perhaps "Oh Babe Sangaree"] Chuck and Nan Perdue
19:12 Dildine and the Perdues discuss the previous song. They introduce the next song.
20:32 "Only a Miner" Chuck and Nan Perdue
22:55 Dildine and the Perdues discuss favorite songs. Chuck Perdue says he does not have a single "favorite song," rather he has "perhaps a hundred favorite songs." They discuss what the Perdues sing at home, in private. They introduce the next song.
26:10 "Song of the Deportees" [a Woody Guthrie song] Chuck and Nan Perdue
29:28 Dildine closes the broadcast.
30:15 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0762 AFC 1975/001: SR086, Recorded: 1966-02-26
Running time: 17:11
There is no spoken word in this recording, only 5 songs. Written on the original tape box is "WAMU-FM Folk Music Program October 20, 1966." Also written are: (recorded, October 21, 1966)" and "Michael Cooney." There is nothing in the content of the recording to clarify this. Also, there is no written record of the performers on this tape or the songs they sing.
Time Content
Start A man singing a song, a cappella, about a farmer's daughter and a sailor, the title could be "A Sailor Courted a Farmer's Daughter."
1:55 A man singing and playing guitar. The song may be "He Was a Traveling Man."
5:45 A man singing a cappella.
9:15 Man singing and playing banjo.
13:43 Man singing a cappella. The song may be "John Mitchell is My Name."
19:12 Dildine and the Perdues discuss the previous song. They introduce the next song.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0763 AFC 1975/001: SR087 (1), Recorded: 1968-08-15 – 1968-08-18
Running time: 1:04:07
This is side 1 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1968 Fox hollow Festival. The tape contains only performances. There is no introduction of the performers or songs. The notes which follow are based on a typed list in a folder in the Collection.
Time Content Performer(s) Notes
Start "Nonesuch" Faery Ring
1:25 "Russian Dance" Russell Thomas, flute his son is dancing
3:45 "The Green hills of Tyrol" George Armstrong, pipes
6:06 "Good Fish Chowder" Joe Hickerson "while the Dildine puppets dance"
9:55 "Whistle Daughter Whistle" Toelkins [sounds like a man and a girl singing - father and daughter?]
11:20 "I'm Gonna Tell" Toelkins [This song was "made up" by Rosalie Sorrels and verses were added by the Toelkins.]
15:15 "Beauty Song" [Lakota Song] Henry Crowdog, Leonard Crowdog and John Strike
18:50 "I'm Being Eaten by a Boa Constrictor" Bill Spence
19:58 Bagpipes, banjo and voices Joe Bossum, Roger and Mrs. Sprung
26:53 "Sing in the Spring" [a Bruce "Utah" Phillips song] Rosalie Sorrells
30:45 "I Never Found My Baby" Rosalie Sorrells
33:55 "My Dearest Dear" Rosalie Sorrells
38:00 "L'el Bon Vent" [?] [The Good Wind] Bonnie Dodson [in French]
40:15 "Tumbalalaika" The Aarons [Yiddish folk song]
44:05 "West Virginia Mine Disaster" Jean Ritchie [Ms. Ritchie wrote his song to give a woman's point of view of the Hominy Falls, West Virginia mine disaster which occurred on May 6, 1968.]
48:30 "Silicoe" [?] The Penny Whistlers
52:44 "Dil Mano del Vivero" [?] The Penny Whistlers with Bill Vanaver and Seth Feldman
55:25 "In the quiet of the Land of Erin" Bonnie Dobson
58:35 "Meadowlands" Michael Cooney [instrumental on 12 string guitar]
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0763 AFC 1975/001: SR087 (2), Recorded: 1968-08-15 – 1968-08-18
Running time: 1:02:34
This is side 2 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1968 Fox hollow Festival. The tape contains only performances. There is no introduction of the performers or songs. The notes which follow are based on a typed list in a folder in the Collection.
Time Content Performer(s) Notes
Start "You Just as Well to Get Ready, You Got to Die" Chuck and Nan Perdue [Perdue said this is a Blind Willie McTell song.]
3:34 "Fiddle Thing" [Old King Cole type Rabbi] The Aarons, et al [Sung in Yiddish]
7:58 an unnamed reel Kevin Henry, penny whistle
9:30 2 unnamed polkas Kevin Henry, wooden flute
11:08 "Cod Liver Oil" Kevin Henry, a cappella
12:45 "House Carpenter" Jean Ritchie, vocal and lap dulcimer
17:00 "What a Goodly Thing" Jean Ritchie, a cappella
19:57 "Rock Road to Dublin" Owen McBride, a cappella
22:23 "Dimha Juda" [?] Penny Whistlers
25:50 unnamed Joe Bossum, bagpipes
28:55 "Three Ravens" George Britton
33:05 "Asar Mesuga" [?] Bill Schwarz and Zev Feldman ["Do you remember our childhood?" from North Africa]
38:15 "Fox Hollow Song" Wilkes and P and SG [?]
41:15 "Sammy's Bar" Joe Hickerson and Ginny Dildine [written by Cyril Tawney; takes place in Malta; also known as "The Ballad of Sammy's Bar" and "Last Boat A-Leaving"]
46:41 "Pea Soup Reel" Larry Older, fiddle
47:53 "A Great Big Sea Hove in Long Beach" Brian Morrison [This song is from Newfoundland]
50:50 "My Black Rose" Kevin Henry, flute
52:30 "Dinna Juda" [?] The Pennywhistlers with Bill Vanaver and Zev Feldman
55:38 "Bonnie James Campbell" George and Gerry Armstrong [this song is from the family of Frank Proffitt]
57:45 "Greenland Whale" The Toelkins
1:02:03 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0764 AFC 1975/001: SR088 (1), Recorded: 1968-08-15 – 1969-08-18, 1969-08-07 – 1969-08-10
Running time: 1:02:04
This is side 1 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1968 and 1969 Fox Hollow Festivals. The 1969 Festival begins at time 36:38. The tape contains only performances. There is no introduction of the performers or songs. The notes which follow are based on a typed list in a folder in the Collection.
Time Content Performer(s) Notes
Start West Indian Dancers from Toronto
5:30 "Ya Vog Gala" (Turkish) Bill Vanever and Zev Feldman
9:30 "Whooping Bride's Song" Pennywhistlers
11:42 "Nish Cabana" Pennywhistlers, Bill Vanever and Zev Feldman
15:02 "Dumbarton Drums" Beers Family
18:55 "Fox hollow Song" P&SG [The performers are otherwise not identified. One of the performers says he was inspired and wrote the song at the festival. I found the lyrics to this song via Google. It is attributed to Richard Wilkie. Steve Gillette appeared at this Festival. Perhaps he is the SG shown in the collection notes.]
22:35 "Waiting Tonight" The Toelkins
26:46 "Golden Ring Around My Susan Girl" The Golden Ring
29:05 "Molly Hare" The Canterbury Orchestra
31:17 "Swallow's Tail Reel" Kevin Henry, flute plus fiddle and piano
32:34 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" Chuck and Nan Perdue
35:25 pipes in the distance George Armstrong, bagpipes
36:38 Close of the 1968 Festival
36:45 Start of the 1969 Festival
36:45 "You Can't make a Turtle Come Out" Susan and Becky Boyer and Carol Baker
38:35 "Alice" Susan and Becky Boyer and Carol Baker, a cappella
39:18 "The Boys of Blue Hill" Don Lindsay and Bill Drennen, bagpipe duet
40:47 "Which Way to East Vasselboro" Marshall Dodge, spoken word
42:48 "Study in Counterpoint" Howard Mitchell, dulcimer
45:20 "The Thinnest Man" Joe Hickerson
46:51 "Woad" Joe Hickerson
49:18 "Gold Watch and Chain" Sweet Corn
50:52 "Wade in the Water" Joe Hickerson and the Wet Ones
56:12 "Lord Randall" [three melodies] Tom Kines
1:02:04 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0764 AFC 1975/001: SR088 (2), Recorded: 1968-08-15 – 1969-08-18, 1969-08-07 – 1969-08-10
Running time: 1:05:12
This is side 2 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1968 and 1969 Fox Hollow Festivals. No documentation is available for this side of the tape. This side is probably of the 1969 Festival. It contains only performances. There is no introduction of the performers or the songs.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start "I'm Gonna Tell" [Joe Hickerson and children?]
2:02 "Darcy Farrow" Steve Gillette (written by Gillette and Tom Campbell)
6:03 "Black Waters" [Jean Ritchie?]
10:32 "MacCrimmon's Lament" [Jean Ritchie? with Kevin Henry? playing bagpipes]
18:27 "The Musicians" [in Yiddish] Bob Beers, Mimi Samuelson, Betty Needleman and others [the Aarons?]
23:03 Song and performers are not identified [sounds like a harp; played by a man]
26:22 Spoken word Man with a Scottish or Irish accent
26:59 "One Dew" woman singing and guitar
26:59 "Morning Dew" (first line is: "Take me for a walk in the morning dew") Bonnie Dobson
31:13 first line is: "You can plant a watermelon up above my grave and let the juice sing through" [Michael Cooney?]
31:45 song not identified performer not identified [sounds like a wooden flute]
34:55 "McPherson's Lament," "Putty Up the Nail Holes," "The 8th of January" (three fiddle tunes) [Sam Hinton] on the banjo
39:52 Lead Belly's version of a song he called "Red Cross Door" unidentified man singing with 12 string guitar
44:05 A Joseph Able Trivett song, recorded by Sandy Patton "Go Away from Me Young Man" [several versions of this song have been recorded as "The Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird"] Introduction by a man, sung a cappella by a woman
48:15 unidentified song [it seems to be a version of a traditional song called "Coulter's Candy"] sung by several unidentified women
50:10 unidentified song sung by several unidentified women
52:50 unidentified song [Canterbury Orchestra?]
54:32 "Swipesy Cakewalk," a Scott Joplin tune unidentified man playing 12 string guitar
57:35 "The Honest John Quadrille" [Canterbury Orchestra?]
1:01:55 "Old Joe Clark" and other tunes [Canterbury Orchestra?]
1:05:13 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0765 AFC 1975/001: SR089 (1), Recorded: 1969-08-07 – 1969-08-10
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