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Sound Recordings
(continued) |
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0694 |
AFC 1975/001: SR003, Recorded: Winter
1957-1958
|
|
Running time: 15:05 |
|
Recording quality is very good. Handwritten notes in the collection
folder states: "Christy's Studio winter 1957-58." |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"Henry Lee" |
Chris and Pixie Christy |
|
| 3:00 |
"Ain't Got No Place to Lay My Head" |
Chris and Pixie |
|
| 4:55 |
"When are you comin' to see me" [first line] |
Chris and Pixie |
[The song's title may be "My Sye." It is a courting
song. The melody seems to be the same as "Buffalo
Boys"] |
| 6:35 |
"Sierra Peaks" or "Tying a Knot in the Devil's
Tail" |
Pixie |
|
| 8:25 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" |
Chris and Pixie |
[The tune is the same as "Sweet Betsy from
Pike"] |
| 10:06 |
"Once there was a Quaker lover" [first line] |
Chris and Pixie |
[The title may be "Quaker Lover"] |
| 11:42 |
"First he made the sun" [first line] |
Chris and Pixie |
[ the title may be "The Creation"] |
| 12:55 |
"Stagolee" or "Slackolee" |
Chris |
[Laws I 15] |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0695 |
AFC 1975/001: SR004, side A,
Recorded:
1957
|
|
Running time: 32:22 |
|
This is a live, studio recording for a radio broadcast by John Dildine
with guest performers Paul Clayton and Roger Abrahams. The program is
called "Folk Music." It was broadcast on WASH FM. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Theme song: "Railroad Bill" |
by Etta Baker [recording] |
| 2:51 |
Talking |
John Dildine, Paul Clayton, Roger Abrahams |
| 10:25 |
"Delia" or "Delia's Gone" |
Clayton |
| 12:53 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 14:54 |
"The Cruel War is Raging" |
Roger Abrahams |
| 17:39 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 18:30 |
"One Morning in May" |
Clayton |
| 20:30 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 31:40 |
Introduction to a recording of "Marching Jaybird" by
[Lacy Phillips] |
Clayton |
| 32:15 |
End of side A |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0695 |
AFC 1975/001: SR004, side B,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 29:40 |
|
Continuation of John Dildine's radio broadcast. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
End of "Marching Jaybird" [only a few seconds were
recorded] |
|
| 0:15 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 1:06 |
"Greenwood Sidey" |
Abrahams |
| 3:45 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 4:14 |
"Black Dog Blues" |
Clayton |
| 5:40 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 6:05 |
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" |
Abrahams |
| 8:09 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 8:40 |
"Duncan and Brady" |
Clayton |
| 11:36 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 13:10 |
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" |
Abrahams (guitar and vocal), Paul Clayton
(vocal) |
| 14:20 |
Talking |
John Dildine, Paul Clayton, Roger Abrahams |
| 16:50 |
"2 Dollar Bill" |
Abrahams (guitar and vocal), Clayton (vocal) |
| 18:15 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 20:30 |
"Payday and Coal Creek" |
Clayton |
| 22:43 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 23:12 |
"If He's Gone, Let Him Go" |
Abrahams |
| 25:17 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 26:00 |
"Rolling Home" |
Clayton (guitar and vocal); others (harmony on the
chorus) |
| 28:24 |
Talking |
Dildine, Clayton, Abrahams |
| 28:43 |
Reprise - "Rolling Home" |
Paul Clayton (guitar and vocal); others (harmony on
the chorus); Dildine - talking |
| 29:40 |
End of side B |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0696 |
AFC 1975/001: SR005, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 28:30 |
|
Good recording quality |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
An unidentified male introduces the performers: Roger
Abrahams, Paul Clayton and Gina Glaser |
|
|
| 0:58 |
It Takes a Worried man to Sing a Worried
Song" |
Glaser, Clayton and Abrahams |
|
| 3:12 |
Clayton introduces the next song |
|
|
| 4:02 |
"Springfield Mountain" |
Clayton |
|
| 6:00 |
"The Cuckoo" |
Glaser |
|
| 9:12 |
"Slippin' Around" |
Abrahams |
Also known as "Make Me a Pallet on Your
Floor" |
| 12:08 |
(tuning guitars) |
|
|
| 12:50 |
"If He's Gone, Let him Go" |
Abrahams and Glaser |
|
| 15:48 |
"Blood Red Roses" |
Clayton and Abrahams (a cappella) |
|
| 18:12 |
"Polly Vaughn" |
Clayton |
|
| 21:35 |
"Greenland Whalers" |
Clayton |
|
| 23:50 |
"Red Rosy Bush" |
Glaser |
|
| 26:08 |
"Siúli A Rún" (Gaelic) |
Glaser |
First line: "I wish I was up yonder hill, 'tis there
I'd sit and cry my fill" |
| 28:30 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0697 |
AFC 1975/001: SR006, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 27:21 |
|
This is probably a continuation of SR005.
Good recording quality |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Introduction to the next song |
Paul Clayton |
|
| 1:00 |
"Jesse James" |
Clayton |
|
| 4:07 |
Introduction to the next song and discussion of the
Appalachian dulcimer (also known as the lap
dulcimer) |
Clayton |
|
| 5:15 |
"The Ballad of Masse Grove" |
Clayton |
Also known as "The Ballad of Matty Groves" |
| 9:47 |
"The Devil and the Famer" |
Clayton |
|
| 13:30 |
Folk tale, "Coon Skin Hunting" told by
Clayton |
|
|
| 15:45 |
"Old Blue" |
Clayton |
|
| 17:25 |
"Done Laid Around" |
Clayton, Roger Abrahams and Gina Glaser |
First line: "Done laid around and stayed around this
old town too long". Also known as "Gotta Travel
On". |
| 20:08 |
"Payday at Coal Creek" |
Clayton |
|
| 22:50 |
"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" |
Glaser |
|
| 24:52 |
"When I lay down and I do die" |
Abrahams |
|
| 27:21 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0698 |
AFC 1975/001: SR007, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 28:12 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. Probably concluded on SR008. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"Queen of Hearts" |
Roger Abrahams |
|
| 2:30 |
"Cannon Ball Blues" |
Abrahams |
|
| 4:30 |
"Paper of Pins" |
Paul Clayton and Gina Glaser |
|
| 7:15 |
"Cruel War is Raging" |
Clayton [Glaser and maybe Abrahams on the
chorus] |
|
| 10:15 |
"Little Brown Dog" |
Abrahams |
|
| 12:15 |
"Handsome Molly" |
Abrahams |
|
| 14:15 |
"Locks and Bolts" |
Abrahams |
First line: I dreamed of my true love last
night" |
| 16:55 |
"The Cruel Mother" |
Abrahams |
Also known as "Greenwood Sidey" or "The Lady of
York"; first line: "There was a lady lived in York, all
alone and lonely". |
| 20:40 |
"The Water is Wide" |
Glaser |
|
| 23:10 |
"Foggy Dew" |
Glaser |
She said this is a song from Ireland; first line: "A
down the hill I went one morn" |
| 25:30 |
"Dink's Song" also known as "Fare Thee Well" |
Glaser |
First line: "If had wings like Noah's dove" |
| 28:12 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0699 |
AFC 1975/001: SR008, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 9:30 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. Probably the continuation of SR007. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"I'll Fly Away" |
Roger Abrahams, Gina Glaser, Paul Clayton |
|
| 3:00 |
"Delia" |
Abrahams, Glaser |
|
| 5:35 |
"Been on the Job Too Long" |
Clayton |
[also known as "Duncan and Brady"] |
| 9:30 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0700 |
AFC 1975/001: SR009, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 15:23 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. SR009 through SR011 seem to have
been recorded at the same performance. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
"The Water is Wide" |
Carawan |
|
| 4:00 |
Carawan talks about the summer he travelled in the
South with Frank Hamilton and Jack Elliot performing and
learning songs. |
|
|
| 5:35 |
[this is a version of the song "Simon Slick" or
"Kickin' Mule"] |
Carawan |
first line: "My Uncle had an old mule, his name was
Simon Slick" |
| 7:20 |
The first line is something like "Dedda Gelt Oy Yoi
Yoi" |
Carawan |
This song is in Yiddish. |
| 10:20 |
[The title is probably "Wanderin"] |
Carawan |
first line: "My Daddy is an engineer, my brother
drives a hack" |
| 12:33 |
"On My Way" |
Carawan |
|
| 14:08 |
"It's Me, Oh Lord It's Me" |
Carawan |
|
| 15:23 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0701 |
AFC 1975/001: SR010, Recorded:
1958-04-08
|
|
Running time: 15:45 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. Seems to be a continuation of SR009. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Instruments on a Chinese bamboo flute |
Carawan |
| 1:04 |
"Chickens They Are Crowin'" |
Carawan |
| 2:20 |
Medley: "Hattie Belle She's My Own True Love" and
"Look Down, Look Down That Lonesome Road" |
Carawan |
| 5:20 |
"Cripple Creek" |
Carawan |
| 8:10 |
Delia |
Carawan |
| 11:25 |
At the World Youth Festival Carawan learned a Russian
song about a girl named Katushka[?]. Sung in
Russian |
Carawan |
| 13:45 |
"Talkin' Atom" |
Carawan |
| 15:45 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0702 |
AFC 1975/001: SR011, Recorded:
1958-04-08
|
|
Running time: 15:45 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. The seems to be a continuation of
SR009 and SR010. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"Black Eyed Susie" |
Carawan |
| 2:10 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Carawan |
| 5:05 |
"Hava Nagila" [sung in Hebrew] |
Carawan |
| 7:30 |
Discussion of two Chinese instruments. One a pipe
called a [Shang or Zhang] and a bamboo flute. |
Carawan |
| 10:10 |
This Land is Your Land" |
Carawan |
| 12:25 |
So Long It's Been Good to Know You" |
Carawan |
| 14:50 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0703 |
AFC 1975/001: SR012, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 30:51 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. This seems to be a continuation of
SR009. Start through 14:45 is a repeat
of SR011. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"Black Eyed Susie" |
Carawan |
| 2:05 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Carawan |
| 5:07 |
"Hava Nagila" [sung in Hebrew] |
Carawan |
| 7:29 |
Discussion of two Chinese instruments. One a pipe
called a [Shang or Zhang] and a bamboo flute. |
Carawan |
| 9:25 |
This Land is Your Land" |
Carawan |
| 12:20 |
So Long It's Been Good to Know You" |
Carawan |
| 14:45 |
"Dance Boatman, Dance" |
Carawan |
| 16:25 |
"3 Little Pigs" |
Carawan |
| 17:54 |
"Sinner Man" |
Carawan |
| 20:02 |
"Old Blue" |
Carawan |
| 23:13 |
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
Carawan |
| 26:58 |
"Ontario" |
Carawan |
| 30:51 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0704 |
AFC 1975/001: SR013, Recorded:
1958-05-25
|
|
Running time: 32:01 |
|
This is a recording for the second half hour of a John Dildine radio
program. It features live performances by Tom Paley, John Cohen and Mike
Seeger. It is the first time that these three musicians played together
(see Allen, Ray – "The New Lost City Ramblers & The Folk Music
Revival," University of Illinois Press, 2010, pages 38 to 40 and Malone,
Bill C. – "Music from the True Vine – Mike Seeger's Live and Musical
Journey," University of North Carolina Press, 2011, page 79). They went
on to become The New Lost City Ramblers. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Conversation by John Dildine: a recent concert by
Pete Seeger; Announcement of upcoming concerts by Josh
White, and by Tom Paley, and Bob Clayton. Introduction
of Paley, Cohen and Seeger. |
|
|
| 3:07 |
"Soldiers Joy" |
Paley (vocal and guitar), Cohen (banjo) and Seeger
(fiddle) |
|
| 5:15 |
"Weaver room Blues" |
Cohen and Paley |
|
| 8:30 |
Discussion of bluegrass and "greengrass" |
Seeger |
|
| 9:45 |
"Molly and Tenbrook" |
Seeger (vocal and banjo) |
|
| 12:18 |
Discussion of the song and banjo techniques |
Seeger |
|
| 14:03 |
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" |
Cohen |
|
| 15:50 |
Discussion of John Cohen and his brother Mike Cohen
who is a member of the Shanty Boys. |
Dildine and Cohen |
|
| 16:20 |
"Colored Aristocracy," instrumental |
Paley |
Paley says he got this song from a Library of
Congress recording. [per page 39 of Ray Allen's book,
this song is titled "Colored Aristocracy." The original
tape box calls this song "Aristocrat ‘til I
die"] |
| 18:00 |
Discussion of the song as a dance number. Comments
about bluegrass. |
|
|
| 18:47 |
Tuning instruments |
|
|
| 19:48 |
"Boll Weevil" |
Paley (vocal) |
|
| 23:28 |
"Little Moses" |
Seeger (autoharp and vocal) |
|
| 27:50 |
Conversation: Dildine and Seeger about a TV program
Seeger recently did. |
|
|
| 28:40 |
Dildine talks about this night's radio broadcast and
upcoming concerts. |
|
|
| 30:08 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Paley (vocal and guitar) |
|
| 32:01 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0705 |
AFC 1975/001: SR014, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 12:50 |
|
In this recording John Dildine interviews Tom Paley. The recording
quality is very good. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
| Start |
Paley describes how he got his first guitar in 1945
when he was in high school in NY. |
| 2:10 |
Paley talks about the kind of music he
performs. |
| 4:05 |
Paley discusses where he went to high school, college
and graduate school. |
| 4:40 |
Paley discusses how and where he learns
songs. |
| 7:20 |
Paley discusses how he learned to play the guitar and
the banjo. |
| 8:50 |
Paley discusses being influenced by "ethnic" or
"authentic" performance styles. |
| 11:30 |
Paley discusses his recordings. |
| 12:50 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0706 |
AFC 1975/001: SR015, Recorded:
1958-11-21
|
|
Running time: 27:50 |
|
Good recording quality |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
"P Street Blues" |
Rick [Eric] Von Schmidt |
| 3:30 |
"Cindy" |
Hutch Morris and others on the chorus |
| 6:40 |
"Cambric Shirt" |
Jean Foss (vocal) and George Foss |
| 9:05 |
"DeKalb Blues" |
Von Schmidt |
| 13:45 |
"Henry Lee" |
Chris and Pixie Christie |
| 16:50 |
"Nottamin Town" |
Jean Foss (vocal) and George Foss |
| 19:45 |
"James A. Garfield" |
Von Schmidt |
| 26:09 |
reprise "James A. Garfield" |
Von Schmidt |
| 27:50 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0707 |
AFC 1975/001: SR016, Recorded:
1958-12-02
|
|
Running time: 29:01 |
|
Good recording quality. This was recorded in the Dildine's living room.
It is continued on SR017. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
John Dildine introduces and interviews Rudy Thurau
and Ron Engh |
|
|
| 7:40 |
Introduction to "Annalisa" |
Engh |
|
| 8:30 |
"Annalisa" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in German] |
| 10:25 |
Discussion of rock and roll, and folk music |
Dildine, Engh and Thurau |
|
| 12:01 |
Introduction to a Dutch song |
Thurau |
|
| 12:55 |
[Dutch song, title not given] |
Thurau and Engh |
[sung in Dutch] |
| 14:22 |
Discussion of folk singing, conversation and cultural
differences in Europe, the United States and
Africa |
Engh, Thurau and Dildine |
|
| 24:15 |
Introduction to an [Algerian] song |
Engh |
|
| 24:50 |
[Algerian song, title not given] |
Engh and Thurau |
[language not identified] |
| 26:58 |
Discussion of the style in which the guitar was
played; talk of busking in Africa |
Engh, Thurau and Dildine |
|
| 29:01 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0708 |
AFC 1975/001: SR017, Recorded:
1958-12-02
|
|
Running time: 27:55 |
|
Good recording quality. This was recorded in the Dildine's living room.
It is the continuation of SR016. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Discussion of the way Ron Engh and Rudy Thurau look;
they have beards. Engh and Thurau talk about singing in
Paris. |
|
|
| 2:40 |
"The Shepardess and the Cat" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in French] |
| 3:45 |
Discussion of the pervious song. Dildine asks them to
sing an American song. |
|
|
| 4:55 |
"The Fox" |
Engh (vocal and guitar), Thurau (harmonica) |
[sung in English] |
| 7:02 |
Discussion of their travels. Engh and Thurau built a
raft and sailed down the Niger River. Engh broke his arm
and had to return to the United States. The December 20,
1958 issue of the Saturday Evening Post will have an
article about Engh and Thurau. They discuss the
lecture/concert tour they are about to begin. |
|
|
| 15:57 |
"No, John, No" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in English; a variation of "No, Sir,
No"] |
| 18:35 |
Discussion of previous song. Discussion of the
languages they speak and don't speak. Discussion of
their upcoming trip to South America, Australia, Japan
and Asia. Dildine asks if they have made a
record. |
|
|
| 25:00 |
"Bon Jour" |
Engh and Thurau |
|
| 27:55 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0709 |
AFC 1975/001: SR018, Recorded:
1958-12
|
|
Running time: 30:38 |
|
Recording quality is ok; the volume level is uneven. It was recorded
before a live audience. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Introduction to the first song |
Sandy Paton |
| 1:45 |
"Coronation Coronach" [also known as "Scottish
Breakaway"] |
Sandy Paton |
| 2:30 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
| 4:10 |
"Cold Blows the Wind" [also known as "The Unquiet
Grave"] |
Sandy Paton |
| 6:25 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
| 8:00 |
A version of "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" |
Sandy Paton |
| 9:40 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
| 10:05 |
"Dear Companion" |
Sandy Paton |
| 13:40 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
| 14:35 |
"An Old Man Rocking the Cradle" |
Sandy Paton |
| 17:38 |
"Dewy Dens of Yarrow |
Sandy Paton |
| 22:25 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
| 22:50 |
"The Wild Mountain Thyme" |
Sandy Paton |
| 26:55 |
John Dildine thanks Sandy Paton, introduces Charlotte
(Char) Daniels and announces a concert by Rudy Thurau
and Ron Engh |
|
| 30:38 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 017 |
AFC 1975/001: SR019, Recorded:
1958-12
|
|
Running time: 26:35 |
|
Recording quality is ok; the volume level is uneven. It was recorded
before a live audience. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Introduction to the first song |
Sandy Paton |
| 2:04 |
"Lang a Growin'" |
Paton |
| 4:45 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
| 5:35 |
"Long Time a Growin'" |
Paton |
| 9:35 |
"Keep That Wheel a Turnin'" |
Paton |
| 12:07 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
| 12:40 |
"Charlie Mops" |
Paton |
| 15:30 |
"Sunday is My Day of Rest" |
Paton |
| 17:05 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
| 18:25 |
"Foggy, Foggy Dew" |
Paton |
| 22:13 |
"Maids when you're Young" |
Paton |
| 24:03 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
| 24:20 |
Several kid's songs: "Charlie Chaplin," "Shirley
Temple," "Granny", "Duke Street Jail" and
"Black-White-Cat" |
Paton |
| 26:55 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0711 |
AFC 1975/001: SR020, Recorded:
1958-10-08
|
|
Running time: 26:37 |
|
This seems to be a recording for two short radio programs with Paul
Clayton and Char (Charlotte) Daniels. An unidentified guitar
instrumental it may be "Bully of the Town" is played at the start and
end of each program |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start |
Introduction to the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 1:16 |
"Great Getting' Up Morning" |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 2:24 |
"Pilgrim Stanger" [also known as "I am a
Pilgrim"] |
Daniels |
| 4:48 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 6:15 |
The story of Old Blue |
Clayton |
| 8:25 |
"Old Blue" [the song] |
Clayton |
| 10:37 |
"Whiskey is the Life of Man" |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 12:25 |
End of the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 13:25 |
Introduction to the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 14:10 |
"Drill Ye Tarriers" |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 16:14 |
"Go Away From My Window" |
Clayton |
| 18:58 |
"I Gave My Love A Cherry" |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 21:00 |
"Villikins and Dinah" |
Daniels |
| 23:13 |
"Sourwood Mountain" [A note in the collection folder
calls this song "Chickens Crowin' on Sourwood
NH."] |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 25:18 |
Conclusion of the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
| 26:37 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0712 |
AFC 1975/001: SR021, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 26:10 |
|
This seems to be a recording for two short radio programs with Paul
Clayton and Char (Charlotte) Daniels. An unidentified guitar
instrumental it may be "Bully of the Town" is played at the start and
end of each program |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
| Start |
Introduction to the first program. Clayton says that
the program will be Cowboy songs. |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 1:17 |
"I Ride Old Paint" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 3:29 |
"Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" |
Clayton |
|
| 5:25 |
"The Colorado Trail" |
Daniels |
|
| 6:36 |
"Cowboy's Lament" [also known as "The Streets of
Laredo"] |
Clayton |
|
| 9:16 |
["Tender Fool"] |
Clayton |
[the first line song is: "One day I thought I'd have
some fun, see how punchin' cows was done"] |
| 10:50 |
"The Old Chisholm Trail" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 12:15 |
Conclusion of the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 13:10 |
Introduction to the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 14:09 |
"That Great Getting' Up Mornin'" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 15:47 |
"Pilgrim Stanger" [also known as "I am a
Pilgrim"] |
Daniels |
|
| 17:47 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 19:13 |
The story of Old Blue |
Clayton |
|
| 21:23 |
"Old Blue" [the song] |
Clayton |
|
| 23:33 |
"Whiskey Johnnie" [also known as "Whiskey is the Life
of Man"] |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 25:13 |
Conclusion of the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
| 26:10 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0713 |
AFC 1975/001: SR022,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 19:52 |
|
This seems to be a recording session with Paul Clayton and Char
(Charlotte) Daniels. There are false starts, laughing and some complete
songs. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
| Start: |
[recording error] |
|
| 0:35 |
"Abilene" |
Daniels |
| 2:09 |
"Old Cotton Fields at [sic] Home" |
Daniels |
| 3:35 |
"Abilene" |
Daniels |
| 5:29 |
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" |
Daniels |
| 6:56 |
"Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry" |
Daniels |
| 10:05 |
"When I First Came to This Land" |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 12:52 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 15:40 |
"Pay Me My Money Down" |
Clayton and Daniels |
| 17:15 |
"Old Cotton Fields at [sic] Home" |
Daniels |
| 19:52 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0714 |
AFC 1975/001: SR023, Recorded: summer
1957
|
|
Running time: 28:44 |
|
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 |
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