John and Ginny Dildine collection (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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AFC 1975/001: SR076 (2), Recorded: unknown (continued)

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

Running time: 1:03:34

This is side 1 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1969 Fox Hollow Festival. It contains only performances; there is no introduction of the performers or the songs. The notes which follow are based on a typed list in a folder in the Collection.

Time	Content	Performer(s)
Start	"Eileen Aroon"	Jean Redpath
4:53	"Oh Brethren, Ain't She Happy"	Lynn Burnstine, and Jane Munson, with dulcimer
6:38	"Come Life, Shaker Life"	Lynn Burnstine, and Jane Munson, with dulcimer
8:04	"Cotton Needs a Pickin So Bad"	Dan Smith, with Bessie Jones, Mike Rivers (guitar) and Andy Wallace (banjo)
11:43	"Pleasant and Delightful"	Louis Killen
15:23	"It's Hard to Love another Woman's Man"	Barbara Carns, with Dennis Coggs, Don Odette and Bill Schwarz
18:52	Don Burnstine introduces the Fox Hollow Electric Rock (and Roll) Band	Michael Cooney, Bill Spence, Billy Schwarz and [Eldrin Fenig?]
21:17	"I'm a Rover"	Owen McBride
27:10	"Old dun Cow"	Owen McBride
31:32	"Boil that Cabbage Down"	Grant Rader, with piano, guitar and bass
33:02	"The Old Granite State"	Tony and Irene Saletan
36:02	"Bright Morning Stars"	Tony and Irene Saletan, a cappella
38:53	"Oh Mary, Don't You Weep"	Jim McGowen
43:53	"I Wish They'd Do It Now"	Michael Cooney
48:17	Bulgarian gate knocking song	The Pennywhistlers
50:33	"How Can I Keep From Singing"	The Pennywhistlers
56:18	"What You Gonna Do When Death Come Creepin in the Room?"	Tom Winslow
59:30	"Rake and Rambling Boy"	Tony and Irene Saletan
1:03:34	End

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0765

AFC 1975/001: SR089 (2), Recorded: 1969-08-07 – 1969-08-10

Running time: 57:03

This is side 2 of 2 of a tape recorded at the 1969 Fox Hollow Festival. It contains only performances; there is no introduction of the performers or the songs. The notes which follow are based on a typed list in a folder in the Collection.

Time	Content	Performer(s)
Start	"Glory Hallelujah, Praise His Name"	Tony and Irene Saletan
5:24	"Shto E Milo"	The Pennywhistlers and Louis Killen
8:50	"Rocky Road to Dublin"	Kevin Henry, bag pipes
10:35	"Shady Grove"	Mike Seeger, banjo
13:00	"Greenland Bound" [a whaling song]	Louis Killen, concertina
16:25	"The Wind That Shook the Barley"	Jean Redpath, a cappella
20:29	"If I Were Free to Speak My Mind"	Ed Trickett with Penny and Henry Tufts
24:42	"Buck Dancer's Choice"	Howie Mitchell, Appalachian dulcimer
26:48	["Kuafu"] [mid Vietnamese widows lament]	Steve Addiss, played on a 16 string Vietnamese instrument call a [tran]
29:45	"I Know You Belong to Everybody But You Can't Deny That I'm You"	Steve and Mary Addiss
34:41	"You Can't Get There From Here," etc.	Marshall Dodge, spoken word
50:01	["Go to Sleep"] or perhaps ["My Precious One']	Guy MacKenzie
53:55	"God's Not Dead"	Bessie Jones
57:02	End

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0761

AFC 1975/001: SR090, Recorded: 1969-08

Running time: 31:11

The notes on the tape box in the collection file say this was recorded Sunday afternoon at the 1969 Fox Hollow Festival. The first four songs are by the Armstrong Family, George, Gerry and their two daughters Rebecca and Jennifer. The second part of the tape is by Louis Killen. It is continued on SR091.

Time	Content	Performer(s)
Start	"Hard Time Cotton Mill Girls"	The Armstrong Family
2:05	"A Man of Words"	The Armstrong Family
5:27	"The Mist Covered Mountain"	The Armstrong Family, instrumental: George, bag pipe chanter; Gerry, guitar; Children, fiddles
7:37	"At the Foot of Yonder Mountain"	The Armstrong Family
10:39	Louis Killen is introduced
10:55	"The Flying Cloud"	Louis Killen, a cappella
18:44	"Greenland Bound"	Louis Killen, vocal and concertina
21:56	Louis Killen tells a story of "the fox changing"
30:15	unidentified song about Mr. Fox	Louis Killen, a cappella
32:11	End

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0761

AFC 1975/001: SR091, Recorded: 1969-08

Running time: 32:46

This is a continuation of SR090.

Time	Content	Performer(s)
Start	Lou Killen discusses the next song.
0:55	"The Little Red Fox" and other tunes	instrumental, Killen, concertina
5:26	"The Kielder Hunt"	Killen, a cappella
12:00	Lost item announcement
12:14	Discussion of "Lady Chatterly's Lover"	unidentified woman with British or Scottish accent; may be Jean Redpath
14:10	"Our Old Cat Died Last Night"	[Redpath]
17:53	"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"	[Redpath]
22:25	Medley of children's game songs	[Redpath]
23:45	"Ye Cannae Shove Ye Granny Aff the Bus"	[Redpath]
24:54	"The Store"	[Redpath]
26:42	An unidentified Robert Burns love song	[Redpath]
29:20	"Wild Mountain Thyme"	[Redpath]
32:46	End

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0813

AFC 1975/001: SR092, Recorded: 1969-05-03

[no tape log is available for this item]

Jerry Sharp, Topic Records

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0814

AFC 1975/001: SR093, Recorded: 1969-05-03

[no tape log is available for this item]

[Jerry] Sharp interview, #2.

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0768

AFC 1975/001: SR094, Recorded: unknown

Running time: 12:51

This SR contains three copies of the same field recording. According to Todd Harvey of the American Folklife Center, this is "Bright Morning Stars Are Rising," by G.D. Vowell, collected in 1937 by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax.

Time	Content	Performer(s)
Start	"Bright Morning Stars are Arising"	G.D. Vowell
2:20	"Bright Morning Stars are Arising"	G.D. Vowell and others
4:30	First repeat of above.
8:40	Second repeat of above.
12:51	End

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0769

AFC 1975/001: SR095, Recorded: unknown

Running time: 31:32

See SR094. This SR contains several copies of the same field recording. According to Todd Harvey of the American Folklife Center, this is "Bright Morning Stars Are Rising," by G.D. Vowell, collected in 1937 by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax.

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0770

AFC 1975/001: SR096, Recorded: unknown

Running time: 36:04

MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0771

AFC 1975/001: SR097, Recorded: unknown

Running time: 26:38

John and Ginny Dildine collection

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