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|
Sound Recordings
(continued) |
|
AFC 1975/001: SR023, Recorded: summer
1957
(continued) |
|
This is a sample, compilation of field recordings made by Bates
Littlehales in Tennessee and Alabama. He introduces the songs and the
performers. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"Wildwood Flower" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
| 1:22 |
"John Henry" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
| 2:28 |
"Willow Garden" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
| 3:35 |
Littlehales talks about the three previous songs,
where he collected them and the performer, Gerry
Nelson. |
|
|
| 4:38 |
"Old Rattler" |
Gerry Nelson |
[The melody seems to be the same as "Lay the Pistol
Down, Babe, Lay the Pistol Down"] |
| 6:19 |
"Jesse James" |
Bobby Barker |
|
| 7:19 |
Littlehales introduces Kenneth Bolton |
|
|
| 7:28 |
Kenneth Bolton explains why he sing hymns. |
|
|
| 8:08 |
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger" |
Kenneth Bolton |
|
| 10:23 |
[probably "The Blind Child's Prayer"] |
Polly Bolton |
[the first line is "They say dear father that
tonight"] |
| 12:10 |
"Dying Hobo" |
Frank Bolton |
[first line is "It was at a western water tank, on a
cold December day"] |
| 14:11 |
"Old Joe Clark" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
| 15:15 |
Flop Eared Mule' |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
| 16:34 |
"Sally Goodin" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
| 17:39 |
"The Arkansas Traveler" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
| 19:14 |
Littlehales introduces the next performer. |
|
|
| 19:33 |
"Little Mary" [also known as "The Ballad of Little
Mary Phagen"] |
Ruby [Haveren] |
|
| 21:14 |
"The Swapping Song" |
Ruby [Haveren] |
|
| 23:30 |
"30 Pieces of Silver" |
Kenneth Bolton and friends |
|
| 25:32 |
"In the Pines" |
[Karl] Samples |
|
| 26:47 |
"16 Tons" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
| 28:44 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0715 |
AFC 1975/001: SR024,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 9:40 |
|
There is no documentation for this tape. There is no introduction on the
tape itself. It may be another recording session with Paul Clayton and
Char (Charlotte) Daniels. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" |
Daniels |
| 2:15 |
"Stackolee" |
Clayton |
| 4:30 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" [takes 1 and 2] |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 5:38 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" [take 3] |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 7:26 |
"The Quaker's Daughter" [take 1] |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 9:12 |
"The Quaker's Daughter" [take 2] |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 9:40 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0716 |
AFC 1975/001: SR025,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 17:03 |
|
There is no documentation for this tape. There is no introduction on the
tape itself. It may be another recording session with Paul Clayton and
Char (Charlotte) Daniels. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"The Creation Song" |
Clayton and Daniels |
[first line is "First he made the sun"] |
| 1:16 |
"Get Down, Get Down Little Henry Lee" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
| 4:15 |
"Ain't Got No Place to Lay My Head" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
| 6:05 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
| 7:48 |
"The Quaker Lover" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
| 9:25 |
"Seven Drunken Nights" |
Clayton and Daniels |
[first line is "First night that I came home drunk as
I could be" |
| 12:14 |
"Old Blue" |
Daniels |
|
| 14:20 |
The Frozen Logger" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
| 17:03 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0717 |
AFC 1975/001: SR026 (1),
Recorded:
1960-01-08
|
|
Running time: 22:14 |
|
This is a recording for the first part of John Dildine's radio program of
January 8, His guests are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. All the music
is from their recordings. This broadcast is concluded on SR026 (2). |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start: |
"Midnight Special" |
| 2:45 |
Dildine speaks with Terry and McGhee about the blues
and how they got started in the music business. |
| 9:05 |
"Fox Hunt" |
| 11:37 |
Dildine asks them about a State Department Exchange
Tour they recently did in India. They talk about the
harmonica work on "Fox Hunt." They talk about their
music. |
| 17:07 |
"Take this hammer" |
| 20:05 |
Dildine, Terry and McGhee talk about work
songs. |
| 22:14 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0717 |
AFC 1975/001: SR026 (2),
Recorded:
1960-01-08
|
|
Running time: 22:14 |
|
This is a recording for the second part of John Dildine's radio program
of January 8, 1960. His guests are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. All
the music is from their recordings.This broadcast is begun on SR026 (1). |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start: |
Dildine, Terry and McGhee talk about the recording
industry. They talk about the song "John Henry." |
| 3:20 |
"John Henry" |
| 7:22 |
Dildine, Terry, and McGhee talk about the song "John
Henry." They talk about guitar tunings. They talk about
the song "Betty and Dupree." |
| 12:39 |
"Betty and Dupree" |
| 18:53 |
Dildine, Terry, and McGhee talk about how Terry
learned to play the harmonica. They talk about the next
song. |
| 20:25 |
"Lose Your Money" |
| 22:14 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0718 |
AFC 1975/001: SR027, Recorded:
1960-05-01
|
|
Running time: 31:57 |
|
It seems that John Dildine reused a tape to record his radio program of
May 1, 1960. However, the tape was not completely erased before starting
the recording, so the first (almost) nine minutes are not folk music at
all. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Prior to a congressional [Senate] hearing, an
unidentified person from the Westinghouse Broadcasting
Company attempts to do live interviews with Bobby
Kennedy, Dave Beck, Nathan Shefferman and Barry
Goldwater. |
|
|
| 5:00 |
The committee hearing is called to order and Mr.
Schefferman testifies about 16 checks. |
|
|
| 8:00 |
An advertisement for the "Program Guide" for radio
station WASH-FM in Washington, D.C. |
|
|
| 8:57 |
Start of the Dildine radio broadcast of May 1, 1960.
The theme music is Etta Baker's recording of "Railroad
Bill." |
|
|
| 10:14 |
Dildine introduces the program. |
|
|
| 11:35 |
Dildine talks about the theme song. He introduces
Charlotte [Char] Daniels. They talk. |
|
|
| 14:10 |
"Durango Jail" |
Daniels |
|
| 17:00 |
Dildine and Daniels talk. |
|
|
| 19:23 |
"Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" |
Daniels |
|
| 23:42 |
Dildine and Daniels talk. |
|
|
| 25:25 |
"Across the Blue Mountains" |
Daniels |
The first line is: "One morning, one morning, one
morning in May" |
| 27:55 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about folk music and the
"folk process." |
|
|
| 31:57 |
End |
|
[This broadcast is continued on SR028] |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0719 |
AFC 1975/001: SR028, Recorded:
1960-05-01
|
|
Running time: 27:40 |
|
This is the continuation of SR027, John
Dildine's radio broadcast of May 1, 1960 with guest Charlotte Char
Daniels. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine and Daniels talk about "bad man
ballads." |
|
| 1:33 |
"Duncan and Brady" |
Daniels |
| 3:55 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about acoustic guitars and
electric guitars. Daniels introduces the next
song. |
|
| 7:20 |
"Blues Chase Up a Rabbit" |
Daniels |
| 10:45 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about the Archive of Folk
Song at the Library of Congress. Dildine talks about the
upcoming Washington Folk Festival and National Folk
Festival. |
|
| 15:45 |
"I've Got a Home in That Rock" |
Daniels |
| 19:43 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about spirituals. The talk
about "hoots." |
|
| 22:30 |
"Frankie and Johnnie" |
Daniels |
| 26:09 |
Dildine closes the radio program. |
|
| 27:40 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0719 |
AFC 1975/001: SR029, Recorded:
1960-05-22
|
|
Running time: 58:54 |
|
The only documentation for this recording was two notes on the tape box
itself: "Indian Program" and "May 22, 1960." This recording seems to be
part of a radio broadcast for the World Affairs Seminar. John Dildine
and another unidentified broadcast host apparently combined their
air-time to have a program of Asian music. This recording is the Indian
portion of that broadcast. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start |
An unidentified man introduces a program of music
from India. He introduces Mr. [Ravin Tanden], the Second
Secretary from the Embassy of India, "who will tell us
about Indian music and will explain it to us." |
| 1:05 |
A recorded, instrumental piece of music is played.
[flute, drums, and drone] |
| 4:30 |
Dildine calls the previous piece "a morning raga."
Mr. [Tanden] says that it is a classical piece. He
explains it. Dildine and [Tanden] discuss the raga
musical form and other aspects of Indian music.
Unidentified man joins the conversation. They introduce
and explain the next piece, which is also a morning
raga. A stringed instrument, a sarod, is the lead
instrument on this recorded piece. |
| 14:30 |
The second morning raga is played. Mr. [Tanden]
occasionally talks over the music to explain
something. |
| 38:10 |
Unidentified man discusses the World Affairs Seminar
and how this program fits in. There is discussion of the
raga which was just played: the audience for this music;
how an Indian musician learns his/her profession; the
history of Indian music. They discuss "the social
context" of Indian music. They discuss how western music
is coming into India. The next piece is
introduced. |
| 51:02 |
This is a recording of a vocal selection, with
instrumental backup, from South India. |
| 54:24 |
The next selection is introduced. It features a
woodwind instrument. |
| 55:00 |
A recording is played. |
| 58:20 |
Unidentified man concludes the Indian portion of the
program. |
| 58:54 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0720 |
AFC 1975/001: SR030 (1),
Recorded:
1960-06-05
|
|
Running time: 40:33 |
|
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast . It was recorded
at a house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The performers are Bob Beers,
Evelyn Beers, Judy Weston and Dave Sear. They are in D.C. for the
National Folk Festival. The Beers and Sear performed at the festival.
The recording volume is uneven. The first 24+ minutes of this broadcast
are repeated on SR031. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine introduces the performance and the
performers. In the background a woman [Judy Weston] is
singing and playing banjo. Dildine and Bob Beers discuss
the psaltry and the hammered dulcimer. They discuss the
first song, which Bob Beers wrote and will perform on
his dulcimer. |
|
| 4:36 |
"The Rain Forest" |
Bob Beers |
| 8:40 |
Dildine does a station break. He introduces Judy
Weston. They talk about learning songs from phonograph
records. |
|
| 15:55 |
"Willie Moore" |
Judy Weston |
| 14:10 |
Dildine asks Weston from which recording she learned
the song. They discuss the sources of her songs. Sear
joins the conversation. Sear discusses the next
song. |
|
| 18:18 |
"John Henry" |
Dave Sear |
| 23:05 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how Sear put together his
arrangement. Dildine does a station break. Dildine talks
with Evelyn Beers. |
|
| 29:05 |
"The Water is Wide" |
Evelyn [vocal] and Bob Beers |
| 31:30 |
"Bonnie George Campbell" |
Evelyn [vocal] and Bob Beers |
| 33:38 |
Dildine and Bob Beers talk about fiddling. |
|
| 35:18 |
"So Early, Early in the Spring" |
Judy Weston |
| 38:50 |
"Aiken Drum" or "Achen Drum" |
Dave Sear [and others on the chorus] |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0721 |
AFC 1975/001: SR030 (2),
Recorded:
1960-06-05
|
|
Running time: 2:25 |
|
These few segments may have been recorded at the same time as SR031. There is no documentation
available. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
[unidentified song] |
Judy Weston |
| 1:21 |
[tuning instruments] |
|
| 1:50 |
[unidentified song] |
Bob Beers |
| 2:25 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0722 |
AFC 1975/001: SR031, Recorded:
1960-06-05
|
|
Running time: 24:14 |
|
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. It was recorded
at a house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The performers are Bob Beers,
Evelyn Beers, Judy Weston and Dave Sear. They are in D.C. for the
National Folk Festival. The Beers and Sear performed at the festival.
The recording volume good. A portion of this broadcast is on SR030. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine introduces the performance and the
performers. Dildine and Bob Beers discuss the psaltery
and the hammered dulcimer. They discuss the first song,
which Bob Beers wrote and will perform on his
dulcimer. |
|
| 4:15 |
"The Rain Forest" |
Bob Beers |
| 8:07 |
Dildine does a station break. He introduces Judy
Weston. They talk about learning songs from phonograph
records. |
|
| 12:10 |
"Willie Moore" |
Judy Weston |
| 13:50 |
Dildine asks Weston from which recording she learned
the song. They discuss the sources of her songs. Sear
joins the conversation. Sear discusses the next
song. |
|
| 17:18 |
"John Henry" |
Dave Sear |
| 21:25 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how Sear put together his
arrangement. |
|
| 23:40 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
| 24:14 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0723 |
AFC 1975/001: SR032, Recorded:
1960-06-10
|
|
Running time: 22:10 |
|
This is the first portion of John Dildine's radio broadcast. His guest is
Dave Sear (and his banjo). The broadcast is continued on SR033. The song list for this collection
indicates that Virginia (Ginny) Dildine accompanies Sear on all the
songs. I found no documentation of this on the actual tape boxes and my
ear did not hear it. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"Railroad Bill" [recorded] leads into a John Dildine
radio broadcast. His guest is Dave Sear. |
|
| 2:20 |
"Old Dan Tucker" |
Sear |
| 3:43 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how Sear came to be a singer
of folk sings. |
|
| 6:25 |
"Go Tell Aunt Rhodie" |
Sear |
| 8:40 |
Dildine and Sear discuss playing and singing fold
songs. |
|
| 10:45 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
| 12:20 |
Dildine and Sear discuss simplicity and art. |
|
| 12:42 |
"Freight Train Blues" |
Sear |
| 15:26 |
Dildine and Sear discuss the "Freight Train Blues."
The talk about who writes the songs and the music.
Dildine asks "what kind of music [Sear] likes to play
best." They discuss British ballads. They discuss folk
music as a form of communication. |
|
| 21:50 |
Sear begins to introduce the next song. |
|
| 22:10 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0724 |
AFC 1975/001: SR033, Recorded:
1960-06-10
|
|
Running time: 31:31 |
|
This is the second portion of John Dildine's radio broadcast. His guest
is Dave Sear (and his banjo). The broadcast is begun on SR032. The song list for this collection
indicates that Virginia (Ginny) Dildine accompanies Sear on all the
songs. I found no documentation of this on the actual tape boxes and my
ear did not hear it. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine and Sear talk about folk music as a form of
communication. |
|
| 0:50 |
"East Virginia Blues" |
Sear |
| 4:20 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
| 5:08 |
Dildine is given a note, which he reads, giving the
attribution of "Freight Train Blues." |
|
| 6:00 |
Sear discusses what songs he chooses to play for what
audience. |
|
| 7:30 |
"Hiram Hubbard" |
Sear |
| 10:35 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how a performer selects
his/her songs. Dildine says that he's had another phone
call. This one is about a folk singer Named Dave Shear.
Sear introduces his next song. |
|
| 13:34 |
"Cotton Fields" |
Sear |
| 16:21 |
Dildine and Sear talk about Lead Belly songs. They
discuss "honesty" in folk music. |
|
| 18:08 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
| 19:13 |
Dildine asks Sear to sing a "commercial" song. They
discuss "what a folk song is and what a folk singer
is." |
|
| 22:30 |
"Mighty Joe Magarac" |
Sear |
| 25:00 |
Dildine and Sear discuss the previous song and get
ready for the next song. |
|
| 27:05 |
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" |
Sear |
| 29:15 |
Dildine closes the broadcast. Repeat of "Railroad
Bill" |
|
| 31:31 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0725 |
AFC 1975/001: SR034, Recorded:
1960-07-17
|
|
Running time: 29:45 |
|
This is a broadcast of John Dildine's radio show. Donal Leace is his
guest. Leace is from West Virginia and is currently a student at Howard
University. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine introduces the broadcast and Donal Leace.
Leace introduces the first song. |
|
| 1:21 |
"Hound Dog Bay at the Moon" |
Leace |
| 4:06 |
Dildine and Leace discuss the previous song. They
discuss work songs and suffering. They discuss using
songs to bring history alive. Dildine asks Leace to sing
a children's song. Leace introduces the next
song. |
|
| 8:00 |
"All the Pretty Little Horses" |
Leace |
| 9:58 |
Leace and Dildine discuss the previous song. They
discuss sad songs and happy songs. They discuss folk
music, classical music and jazz. |
|
| 14:25 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
| 15:42 |
Dildine and Leace discuss the Cauldron, a folk music
venue on Wednesday nights. Dildine differentiates
between D.C. hootenannies and N.Y. hootenannies. Leace
says that Philadelphia has no folk music radio shows.
Leace introduces the next song. |
|
| 20:25 |
"John Hardy" |
Leace |
| 22:42 |
Dildine and Leace talk about "John Hardy" and "John
Henry." They discuss the universality of legends and
folk songs. Leace introduces the next song. |
|
| 25:47 |
"I Want Jesus to Walk with Me" |
Leace |
| 26:45 |
Dildine closes the broadcast. ["Railroad Bill" is
playing in the background.] |
|
| 28:45 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0726 |
AFC 1975/001: SR035, Recorded:
1960-12-25
|
|
Running time: 24:31 |
|
This is the first part of a recording John Dildine made with Jean and
George Foss to be broadcast at a later date. The second part of this
recording is on SR036. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Dildine introduces Jean and George Foss. George says
that they are mostly interested in old Scottish and
English ballads. Jean says that they both attended
Julliard, graduating in 1954 and 1955. George and Jean
talk about their non-folk-singing work. |
|
|
| 2:25 |
[The original tape box calls this song "House
Carpenter." Google search suggests other possible
titles: "The Daemon Lover" and "The Lover's
Ghost."] |
Jean Foss, vocal; George Foss, 4-string
dulcimer |
The first line of this song is: "Well met, well met
my own true love." |
| 5:47 |
Jean and George talk about where and from whom the
collected this song. They mention collecting with Paul
Clayton. George talks about the lap dulcimer he played
on the previous song. They discuss the next
song. |
|
|
| 9:38 |
"Lady Gay" |
George Foss vocal [and dulcimer] |
|
| 12:20 |
George discusses where they learned the previous
song. Dildine takes a station break. [There is dead air
for about 40 seconds.] Dildine discusses what is to
follow. |
|
|
| 14:50 |
"Fair and Tender Ladies" |
Jean Foss, vocal |
|
| 18:40 |
Dildine, Jean and George discuss the previous song.
They discuss the next song. |
|
|
| 21:10 |
"Across the Blue Mountains" |
George Foss |
The first line is: "One morning, one morning, one
morning in May" |
| 23:23 |
George discusses the previous song and the woman from
whom he learned it. Dildine does a station
break. |
|
|
| 24:31 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0727 |
AFC 1975/001: SR036, Recorded:
1960-12-25
|
|
Running time: 24:41 |
|
This is the second part of a recording John Dildine made with Jean and
George Foss to be broadcast at a later date. The first part of this
recording is on SR035. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Dildine says that after the next song Jean and George
Foss will sing Christmas songs. Jean says that the next
song is a children's song and a song of
contradictions. |
|
|
| 1:02 |
"Nottamun Town" |
Jean Foss |
|
| 3:45 |
Dildine, Jean and George discuss a Coventry carol.
The tune is from Kentucky, the sharp collection. |
|
|
| 4:50 |
[The title is probably "The Cherry Tree
Carol"] |
George Foss, unaccompanied |
The first line is: "When Joseph Was an Olden
Man" |
| 8:35 |
Dildine and George discuss the previous song. Dildine
and Jean discuss the next song. She explains the
Coventry plays. |
|
|
| 10:50 |
"Lilylulay" |
Jean Foss |
The first line is "Lay the Tiny Little Child." Google
search yields the title "Coventry Carol – Version
1." |
| 12:50 |
Dildine takes a station break. [dead air time of
about 01:10] George introduces the next two
songs. |
|
|
| 15:57 |
"Mary Had a Baby" |
Jean and George Foss vocal, banjo
accompaniment |
|
| 16:05 |
The tape box records the title as "Glory, Virgin
Mary." Google search yields other possible titles:
"Pretty Little Baby (Virgin Mary)" and "What you gonna
call your pretty little baby" |
Jean and George Foss |
The first line is: "Hey Mary what you gonna call your
pretty little baby" |
| 17:12 |
Jean and George discuss the next song and from whom
they collected it. |
|
|
| 17:45 |
"Mary" |
Jean Foss |
|
| 20:10 |
Dildine says there may be time for one last
song. |
|
|
| 20:25 |
"I Wonder and I Wander" |
George Foss vocal and lap dulcimer |
|
| 23:05 |
Dildine closes the program. |
|
|
| 24:41 |
End |
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|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0728 |
AFC 1975/001: SR037 (1),
Recorded: late summer
1960
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|
Running time: 31:21 |
|
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio program with Carolyn Hester
and Richard (Dick) Fariña. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Dildine introduces Carolyn Hester and Richard (Dick)
Fariña. They were married 11 weeks prior to the date of
this recording. Hester talks about why she has kept her
maiden name. |
|
| 2:03 |
"Santiano" |
Fariña and Hester |
| 5:18 |
Fariña and Hester discuss a verse in the previous
song which they changed. |
|
| 6:40 |
"Bridget and Hogan" |
Fariña and Hester, a cappella |
| 8:43 |
Dildine and Fariña discuss the previous song and folk
singing in Ireland. |
|
| 10:15 |
Dildine takes a station break. Hester and Fariña
decide which song to sing next. |
|
| 11:25 |
"Mary Had a Baby" |
Hester and Fariña |
| 13:36 |
Hester says she learned the previous song from Howard
Mitchell and then found it in Ruth Crawford Seeger's
book "Songs for Children." They discuss possible origins
of the song. Dildine asks Hester how she selects
traditional songs versus commercial songs. Fariña adds
to the discussion. Hester and Fariña discuss the next
song. |
|
| 20:50 |
"Rum by Gum" |
Hester and Fariña |
| 22:48 |
Dildine, Hester and Fariña discuss the previous song
and what may be its source. Dildine takes a station
break. Dildine plays a song by Odetta from her album
"Odetta at the Gate of Horn." |
Dildine |
| 29:15 |
Dildine, Hester and Fariña discuss the Gate of Horn
night club in Chicago. They discuss Hester's upcoming
performance schedule. |
|
| 31:21 |
End |
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|
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0728 |
AFC 1975/001: SR037 (2),
Recorded: unknown
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|
Running time: 30:16 |
|
This is a recording of "Pan American Melodies from the House of the
Americas." This probably is a tape that Dildine used only on the reverse
side and did not use or erase this side. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start |
noise then blank |
| 0:30 |
The announcer [Bill Cerri] opens a broadcast of Pan
American Melodies from the House of the Americas, the
Pan American Union. |
| 1:32 |
Musical performance from Argentina |
| 3:50 |
The announcer identifies the prior performance and
introduces the next performance. |
| 4:00 |
Musical performance from Mexico |
| 12:39 |
The announcer discusses the Organization of the
American States (OAS). |
| 14:23 |
Musical performance from Venezuela |
| 17:48 |
The announcer identifies the previous selection and
the next selection |
| 18:05 |
Musical performance from [?] |
| 22:20 |
Musical performance from [?] |
| 23:33 |
Musical performance from Mexico |
| 26:43 |
Musical performance from [?] |
| 28:00 |
The announcer closes the broadcast |
| 28:12 |
Musical performance [closing theme] |
| 30:16 |
End of recording |
| 30:16 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0729 |
AFC 1975/001: SR038 (1),
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 56:03 |
|
This is not a recording of a Dildine program. Rather, it is the recording
for a radio broadcast called "The R&B Special" on station WDON,
Montgomery County, MD. The DJ's name is Mike Pufford. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
The DJ, Mike [Pufford], says the prior song was
"Tiger Lily" by the Five Keys. |
|
| 0:32 |
"Johnny's House Party" |
Jimmie Beasley |
| 3:28 |
Commercial break for Schlitz beer. |
|
| 4:06 |
"The Bad Motorcycle" |
Story Sisters |
| 5:58 |
Commercial break for Shop Silver Spring Day
Sale |
|
| 6:49 |
"Roll Over Beethoven" |
Chuck Berry |
| 9:07 |
DJ talking about the program. |
|
| 9:55 |
"Dream On" |
The Five Keys |
| 12:22 |
Station break for WDON |
|
| 12:50 |
"Fall guy" |
Titus Turner |
| 14:48 |
Commercial break for the Suburban Beauty
School. |
|
| 16:38 |
"Wham Bam" |
Googy [Rene] |
| 18:53 |
"Hello Little Girl" |
Lloyd Price |
| 20:48 |
The DJ talks about the 2 previous songs and the next
song. |
|
| 21:13 |
"Ain't That Love" |
Ray Charles |
| 24:00 |
Thank you to the companies who donated the records
for the program. |
|
| 24:24 |
"Leave My Kids Alone" |
Little Willie John |
| 26:50 |
Station break for WDON |
|
| 27:50 |
"Been So Long" |
The Pastels |
| 30:21 |
The DJ talks about the previous song and the next
song. |
|
| 30:46 |
"King of Fools" |
Sam Hawkins |
| 32:51 |
Commercial break for Shop Silver Spring Day
Sale |
|
| 33:55 |
"Beside My Love" |
The Doves |
| 36:05 |
The DJ talks about the previous song and the next
song. |
|
| 36:27 |
"Try the Impossible" |
Lee Andrews and the Harps |
| 39:28 |
Station break for WDON |
|
| 40:41 |
"Stormy Weather" |
The Leaders |
| 43:33 |
DJ talks about the music he plays. Station break for
WDON |
|
| 44:18 |
"Who's That Knockin'" |
The Genies |
| 46:26 |
Commercial break for Shop Silver Spring Day
Sale |
|
| 47:43 |
"I Do the Shimmy Shimmy" |
Bobby Freeman |
| 50:35 |
"So Long" |
Fats Domino |
| 52:38 |
Thank you to the companies who donated the records
for the program. |
|
| 53:03 |
["All Night Long"] |
|
| 53:35 |
DJ closes the broadcast with the record playing in
the background. |
|
| 56:03 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0729 |
AFC 1975/001: SR038 (2),
Recorded: ca. 1960
[Eisenhower was still President]
|
|
Running time: 53:20 |
|
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. For the first 16
minutes, or so, he plays a phonograph record by Lead Belly (Huddie
Ledbetter). The rest of the broadcast features Dave Sear, live in the
studio. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"Railroad Bill"- Dildine introduces the program and
plays a phonograph record by Lead Belly. |
|
|
| 1:30 |
"Boll Weevil" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 4:55 |
"Boogie Woogie" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 7:58 |
"Good Morning Blues" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 10:50 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
|
| 12:40 |
"Every Time I Feel the Spirit" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 13:56 |
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 14:45 |
"They Hung Him on a Cross" |
Lead Belly |
|
| 16:42 |
Dildine talks about the Leadbelly record. He
introduces Dave Sear. Sear performs mostly Lead Belly
songs. |
|
|
| 17:25 |
"Poor Howard" |
Sear with banjo |
|
| 19:52 |
"Dhrinnin Dru Drinnin" |
Sear with guitar |
[The first line is: "'Tis a mournful sad ditty I'll
tell you right now"] |
| 22:10 |
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" |
Sear with guitar |
|
| 25:45 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
|
| 26:23 |
The Song of the Ox Driver" |
Sear with banjo |
|
| 31:38 |
"Dunderbeck's Machine" |
Sear with banjo |
|
| 33:30 |
"Ha Ha this A-Way" |
Sear with banjo |
|
| 36:45 |
"Almost Day" |
Sear with banjo |
[This song is also known as "Christmas is Coming" and
"Chickens Crowing for Midnight"] |
| 37:35 |
"I'm Almost Done" |
Sear with banjo |
[this song is also know as "On Monday I was
Arrested"] |
| 40:37 |
Dildine does a station break. |
|
|
| 41:53 |
"Roll on, Columbia, Roll On" |
Sear with banjo |
[This is a Woody Guthrie song.] |
| 46:38 |
"John Henry" |
Sear with banjo |
|
| 51:04 |
Dildine closes the broadcast. |
|
|
| 53:20 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54525 |
AFC 1975/001: SR039, Recorded:
1961-02-08
|
|
Running time: 14:31 |
|
Donal Leace recorded. Leace sings and plays guitar on all songs. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start |
John Dildine introduces this radio broadcast. He says
that he will play a tape of Donal Lease. |
| 0:38 |
"If I'd Known" |
| 3:56 |
"Joshua" |
| 6:36 |
"Old Blue" |
| 11:09 |
"On My Way" |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0730 |
AFC 1975/001: SR040, Recorded:
1961-02-08
|
|
Running time: 14:23 |
|
This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
John Dildine introduces the program and Donal
Leace. |
|
| 0:35 |
"If I'd Known" |
Leace |
| 3:53 |
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" |
Leace |
| 6:30 |
"Old Blue" |
Leace |
| 11:00 |
"On My Way" |
Leace |
| 15:23 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0731 |
AFC 1975/001: SR041, Recorded:
1961-03-18
|
|
Running time: 32:01 |
|
This is the first of three parts of a concert by Tom Paley, John Cohen
and Mike Seeger. The other two parts are SR042 and SR043. The concert
took place in Washington, D.C. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"Up Jumped the Devil" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger (instrumental) |
| 1:30 |
Introduction of Paley and Cohen by Seeger. Seeger
introduces himself. Talking. |
|
| 3:40 |
"Battleship of Maine" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 6:55 |
Talking about the songs and where they learned
them. |
|
| 8:35 |
"Down in the Willow Garden" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 11:13 |
Talking about the early days of the music they play.
Talk about the instruments they play. |
|
| 13:30 |
"Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 16:10 |
Talking about the next song. |
|
| 17:15 |
"Will the Weaver" [Seeger prefers to call this song
"Everyday Dirt] |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 19:45 |
Introduction of the next song. |
|
| 21:23 |
"Cuckoo" |
John Cohen |
| 24:00 |
Introduction of the next song. |
|
| 25:45 |
"Sail Away Ladies" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 27:48 |
Introduction of the next three songs. [Only one song
is recorded on this tape. The rest are on
SR042.] |
|
| 29:05 |
"FDR is Back Again" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 32:01 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0732 |
AFC 1975/001: SR042, Recorded:
1961-03-08
|
|
Running time: 31:21 |
|
This is the second of three parts of a concert by Tom Paley, John Cohen
and Mike Seeger. The other two parts are SR041 and SR043. The concert
took place in Washington, D.C. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Introduction of the next song. Discussion of banjo
tuning. |
|
| 2:23 |
"Now He's Gone, I'm Glad He's Gone" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 5:30 |
Introduction of the next song. Discussion of the
venue for this night's concert. |
|
| 7:45 |
"The Democratic Donkey" |
Cohen, Paley (lead vocal) and Seeger |
| 11:25 |
"Lost All My Money But a Two Dollar Bill" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 14:15 |
Introduction of the next song. "Selling their
records," which are available $3.25 for 10 inch and
$4.00 for 12 inch. |
|
| 17:20 |
"Hold the Woodpile Down" |
Cohen (lead vocal), Paley and Seeger |
| 20:40 |
Return from intermission. |
|
| 21:05 |
"Black Mountain Rag" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger (instrumental) |
| 22:48 |
Introduction of the next song. |
|
| 23:30 |
"I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 26:35 |
Introduction of the next song. Talking about Howard
Johnson restaurants. |
|
| 28:05 |
"The All Go Hungry Hash House" |
Cohen (lead vocal), Paley and Seeger |
| 31:21 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0733 |
AFC 1975/001: SR043, Recorded:
1961-03-08
|
|
Running time: 29:21 |
|
This is the third of three parts of a concert by Tom Paley, John Cohen
and Mike Seeger. The other two parts are SR041 and SR042. The concert
took place in Washington, D.C. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Introduction of the next song. Discussion of the
autoharp. |
|
| 0:57 |
"When First Unto this Country" |
Mike Seeger, vocal and autoharp |
| 3:42 |
Introduction of the next song. One of the band
members dedicated the song to "all the single men in the
audience." |
|
| 5:16 |
"The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a
Married Man" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 8:25 |
Introduction of the next song. They call it "Leaving
Home" but it is usually called "Frankie and
Johnny." |
|
| 9:55 |
"Leaving Home" |
Cohen, Paley and Seeger |
| 13:11 |
John Dildine is introduced as recording this concert
and the person who first broadcast the trio [which
became The New Lost City Ramblers]. The next song is
dedicated to Dildine. |
|
| 15:20 |
"Old Molly Hare" |
Cohen, Paley and Mike Seeger [lead vocal and
fiddle] |
| 17:38 |
Introduction of the next song. At one point it is
called "The Railroad Blues" and a bit later it is called
"The Freight Train Blues." |
|
| 18:30 |
"The Railroad Blues" |
Tom Paley, vocal and guitar |
| 21:30 |
Introduction of the next song. |
|
| 22:06 |
"Hot corn" |
John Cohen, lead vocal and mandolin, Paley and
Seeger |
| 24:51 |
Introduction of the next song. |
|
| 25:45 |
"Take a Drink on Me" |
Cohen, Paley, lead vocal, and Seeger |
| 29:21 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0734 |
AFC 1975/001: SR044 - PART 1
OF 2, Recorded:
1961-04-28
|
|
Running time: 48:02 |
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