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Sound Recordings
(continued) |
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0759 |
AFC 1975/001: SR083, Recorded:
1965-08-02
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|
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
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|
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
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|
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
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|
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
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|
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 |
|
|
|
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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 |
|
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 0771 |
AFC 1975/001: SR097,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 26:38 |
|
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 0772 |
AFC 1975/001: SR098,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 26:38 |
|
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 0815 |
AFC 1975/001: SR099,
Recorded: undated
|
|
[no tape log is available for this
item] |
|
[Tape Box is labeled "LWO 16797 / R52 B1"] |
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0816 |
AFC 1975/001: SR0100,
Recorded: undated
|
|
[no tape log is available for this
item] |
|
[Tape Box is labeled "LWO 16797 / R52 B2"] |
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0773 |
AFC 1975/001: SR101 (1),
Recorded: probably
1969 or 1970
|
|
Running time: 01:01:11 |
|
This seems be a recording of a concert by John and Ginny Dildine and
guests. One of the guests is Joe Hickerson. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Working on the New Railroad" |
Joe Hickerson and others, guitar |
7:33 |
John Dildine speaking. An unidentified woman
introduces a song written by Rosalie Sorrells. The
Tolkien, family from Oregon, has added two
verses. |
|
8:49 |
"I'm Gonna Tell" |
unidentified woman and others, banjo |
11:21 |
John Dildine speaking. An unidentified man introduces
a railroad song. |
|
12:12 |
"The Dummy Line" |
unidentified man, guitar |
16:37 |
Unidentified woman introduces the next song which she
learned in summer camp. |
|
17:15 |
"My Father Killed a Kangaroo" |
unidentified woman and others, a cappella, also done
as a round |
25:01 |
Getting ready for the next song |
|
25:41 |
The Cow Puncher" [The singer says this song was
written by Jenny Haley] |
[Joe Hickerson?], guitar |
29:35 |
Getting ready for the next song. An unidentified
woman introduces the next song. |
|
30:21 |
"Those Good Peanuts" |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
33:55 |
Introduction to the next song |
|
35:04 |
"Garbage" |
[Joe Hickerson] and other, guitar |
38:50 |
An unidentified woman introduces the next
song. |
|
39:20 |
"Don't Throw Your Junk in My Back Yard" |
unidentified woman and other, a cappella, sung as a
round |
44:00 |
John Dildine introduces the next song. It is a McPeak
family song which he learned from Francis
McPeak. |
|
45:06 |
"Monaghan Fair" |
John Dildine, a capella |
47:43 |
Introduction to the next song. |
|
48:27 |
"Three Jolly Rogues of Lynn" |
Joe Hickerson, guitar |
50:10 |
Getting ready for the next song |
|
51:45 |
"À La Volette" [The first line is "Once there was a
swallow and her birdies three"] |
two unidentified woman, guitar |
54:54 |
Introduction to the next song |
[Ginny Dildine?] |
56:36 |
"Old Babbum and the Boar" |
[Ginny Dildine?], guitar |
1:01:11 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0773 |
AFC 1975/001: SR101 (2),
Recorded: probably
1969 or 1970
|
|
Running time: 34:32 |
|
This seems be a recording of a concert by John and Ginny Dildine and
guests. One of the guests is Joe Hickerson. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Fiddler's Green" |
Joe Hickerson and others, guitar |
4:15 |
John Dildine talks about working with
marionettes. |
|
6:10 |
"Who Killed Cock Robin" |
Ginny Dildine, guitar |
12:07 |
Preparation for the next song |
|
12:58 |
"Charlie" |
Joe Hickerson and others, guitar |
17:38 |
John Dildine makes and announcement. He introduces
next week's program. He asks for volunteers to "dance a
puppet." |
|
22:25 |
["It's Nearly Sundown"] |
Joe Hickerson, guitar |
27:22 |
Preparation for and introduction of the next
song. |
|
28:45 |
"Going Down the Valley" |
unidentified man and others, guitar |
34:01 |
End of song |
|
34:32 |
End of recording |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0817 |
AFC 1975/001: SR0102,
Recorded: undated
|
|
[no tape log is available for this
item] |
|
[Tape box is labeled "Bulgarian Folk Instruments. Narrator tells about
various instruments."] |
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0774 |
AFC 1975/001: SR103,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 24:42 |
|
This is a recording of a John Dildine radio broadcast with Ellen and
Robin Christenson. It was recorded in the home of Peter and Judy Weston.
See also SR062 and SR068
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Little Birdie" |
Ellen and Robin Christenson, banjo and guitar |
4:19 |
Dildine speaks with Ellen and Robin
Christenson. |
|
9:09 |
"I'm a Poor Country Boy" |
Robin Christenson, banjo |
12:00 |
Dildine speaks with Ellen and Robin
Christenson. |
|
15:27 |
Ellen and Robin Christenson, banjo and guitar |
|
16:58 |
Dildine does a station break. He speaks with Ellen
Christenson. |
|
18:20 |
"One Morning in May" |
Ellen Christenson, guitar |
21:16 |
Dildine asks for another song. |
|
22:14 |
["Sangarie?"] |
Ellen and Robin Christenson, banjo and
guitar. |
24:41 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0775 |
AFC 1975/001: SR104,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 13:02 |
|
This recording contains a number of "takes" of different songs by an
unidentified man and woman. They may be Chris and Pixie Christy. There
is guitar accompaniment. See SR003. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"First He Made the Sun" (take 1) |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
1:44 |
"Katie Dear" (take 1) |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
3:50 |
"Katie Dear" (more) |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
4:35 |
[nothing useful] |
|
5:17 |
"Ain't Got No Place to Lay My Head" (take 1) |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
7:10 |
"Ain't Got No Place to Lay My Head" (take 2) |
unidentified man and woman, guitar |
9:06 |
[nothing useful] |
|
9:40 |
"When Are You Comin' to See Me" (take 1) |
unidentified man and woman, |
11:15 |
"When Are You Comin' to See Me" (take 2) |
unidentified man and woman, |
13:02 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0776 |
AFC 1975/001: SR105,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 14:15 |
|
This is a recording of seven songs of sailors and the sea. The performer
is not identified |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Pretty Susan" ("The Pride of Kildare") |
unidentified man, guitar |
2:16 |
"Bound for the Rio Grande" |
unidentified man, guitar |
4:32 |
"What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor" |
unidentified man, guitar |
6:01 |
"The Lass of Mohea" |
unidentified man, guitar |
8:20 |
["Tin Swanky Pot?"] |
unidentified man, guitar |
10:21 |
"Hanging Johnny" |
unidentified man, guitar |
12:02 |
The first line is: "I thought I heard the old man say
"good bye fare you well, good bye fare you
well"" |
unidentified man, guitar |
14:15 |
End |
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