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Series 2: Event recordings and related materials (continued)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR54 "Studio Today: Let's Talk Hot" (live), on Radio Kansai (edited version), May 6, 1991
Archivist's note: This was sent to AFC as an edited version of SR14, meant to focus on the English-language portions of the program.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: 01 Show Intro -_ Jesse James.aif, 02 discussion_band intros _Japanese_English_.aif, 03 Golden Slippers.aif, 04 I Saw The Light.aif, 05 discussion with band members _Japanese_English_.aif, 06 On My Way Back To The Old Home.aif, 07 discussion _Japanese_.aif, 08 Foggy Mountain Breakdown.aif, 09 Angel Band.aif, 10 Show Outro_The Gold Rush.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_CD_Pre-Tagged_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/1991_05_06-Excerpts_Of_Radio_Show_Hyogo_Japan/
Extent: 10 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
Show intro/"Jesse James" 00:02:44
Discussion/band introductions [Japanese/English] 00:07:19
"Golden Slippers" 00:02:18
"I Saw The Light" 00:03:07
Discussion with band members [Japanese/English] 00:06:12
"On My Way To The Old Home" 00:02:51
Discussion [Japanese] 00:03:09
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" 00:02:24
"Angel Band" 00:03:56
Show outro/"The Gold Rush" 00:02:46
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: MV02 Concert-lecture at Hamamatsu - Toru Mitsumi, host and lecturer; Redwood Canyon Ramblers, May 9, 1991
Video recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: MV02
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Video recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1991-05-09v1.mov, rcr1991-05-09v2.mov
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 2 video files : sound, color, digital (.mov)
The digital files were created from a VHS copy, thought to have been made by the Hamamatsu Civic Cultural Center staff.
Content
"Home Sweet Home"
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow"
Toru: general introduction and explanation of the background of the Ramblers' music, starting with the British isles
"House Carpenter"
Toru: African roots
"Take This Hammer"
Toru: minstrel shows
"Golden Slippers" [instrumental]
Toru
"Froggie Went a-Courting"
Toru: the American West
"Goodbye Old Pal" [lead vocal by Ed]
Toru
"Before I Met You"
Toru
"Redwing" [instrumental]
Toru
Intermission [recorded off/on]
Toru introduces Ed
"I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home" [lead vocal by Ed]
Toru asks Ed about design Of mandolin and fiddle
"Soldier's Joy" [banjo and fiddle only]
Toru asks Ed about his musical biography
Toru asks Neil about the origin of the banjo
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Toru asks Neil about his musical biography
"Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" [vocal by Neil; Mayne on dobro]
Toru asks Mayne about design of the dobro
"I Saw the Light "
Momiyama switches to fiddle and the RCR are joined by unidentified musicians on bass, guitar, and dobro
"You Are My Sunshine" [Toru sings lead on two verses]
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
"Jesse James"
All leave the stage to applause. The RCR return, with bassist number two and Momiyama on fiddle
"Little Maggie"
End
Content list and production notes for MV02, undated
Filename: rcr1991-05-09.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR56 Japan tour: Kenzawa University lecture (English edit) - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, May 13, 1991
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1991-05-13t01.aif - rcr1991-05-13t10.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-13/
Extent: 10 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Archivist's note: a pre-tagged CD file was not received for track 10.
Tape 4B
Content Elapsed time
Toru introduction to audience 00:04:13
Neil greeting and talk about slavery 00:06:38
Distinctions between European and African music 00:05:39
Post Civil War music reintegration 00:05:50
Copying black style becomes popular in white music 00:05:19
Discussing personal experience growing up white next to Oakland 00:08:07
Question about marketing black music to whites 00:02:32
Neil discusses economic power of teens/Mayne discusses cars and radio to teen exposure 00:04:43
Question and discussion of post WWII and black migration for work 00:01:59
Question and discussion of music as a complex event with different experiences between artists and audience 00:01:19
Song list and production notes for SR56, November 6, 2011
Filename: rcr1991-05-13.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Typed song list, with counter numbers from the tape deck, July 2, 1991, May 20, 2011
Filename: 1991 Japan Trip Cassette Notes.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : color, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR15 Redwood Canyon Ramblers at Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, May 15, 1991
Sound recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: SR15
Rack number: RYP 7392
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side 1: 00:57:10, Side 2: 00:47:44) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, Type IV, stereo.
Recorded live at Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison St., Berkeley, California. Personnel: Scott Hambly, Neil Rosenberg, Mayne Smith, Ed Neff, Larry Cohea.
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 289.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1991-05-15t01.aif - rcr1991-05-15t28.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-15/
Extent: 28 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Set 1
Content Elapsed time
Introduction by Sandy Rothman/playback of Campbell Coe from 1960 00:04:27
"Auld Lang Syne" 00:03:25
"Out In The Cold World"/"Wandering Boy" 00:02:44
Introductions: Mayne Smith, guitar; Scott Hambly, mandolin; Ed Neff, fiddle and mandolin; Steve Patier, bass; another member of the band is the sound engineer 00:01:57
"House Carpenter" 00:06:17
"Good Woman's Love" 00:03:26
"Bury Me Beneath The Willow" 00:03:58
"Golden Slippers" 00:04:06
"Amelia Earhart" 00:04:50
"Goodbye Old Pal" 00:02:40
"Back In The Saddle Again" 00:02:52
Introduction/tuning to "Dateline Ramble" 00:01:58
"Dateline Ramble" [sung in English and Japanese] 00:03:16
"Angel Band" [strange repeat/edit moment in beginning] 00:05:19
"Boston Burglar" [cassette side change] 00:04:06
Set 2
Content Elapsed time
"Riding The Midnight Train" [the recording begins with the song in progress] 00:02:54
"Columbus Stockade Blues" 00:03:21
"Pike County Breakdown" 00:03:08
"Froggy Went A'Courtin'" 00:04:11
"After Dark" 00:03:37
"Little Willie" 00:04:14
"Time Clock Of Life" 00:03:24
"Down In The Willow Garden" 00:03:19
"Take This Hammer" 00:04:19
"Red River Valley" 00:02:32
Various people are named and thanked 00:03:14
"Jesse James" 00:04:57
"I Saw The Light" [encore] 00:03:11
Song list and production notes for SR15, January 11, 2011
Filename: rcr1991-05-15.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-15/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Cassette j-card with handwritten song list, circa 1991
Filename: rcr1991-05-15 _Reel 289_.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1991-05-15/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR16 Redwood Canyon Ramblers at Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, June 17, 1993
Sound recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: SR16
Rack number: RYP 7393
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side 1: 00:46:47, Side 2: 00:15:26) : analog, 1 7/8, Type II, stereo.
Recorded at Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, 1111 Addison St., Berkeley, California. Personnel: Scott Hambly, Neil Rosenberg, Mayne Smith, Julie Smolin, Larry Cohea, Leroy McNee).
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 290.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1993-06-17t01.aif - rcr1993-06-17t16.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1993-06-17/
Extent: 16 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Jesse James" 00:03:28
"Back In The Saddle Again" 00:02:35
Mayne Smith introduces band members Scott Hambly and Neil Rosenberg (banjo) and describes the evolution of the Redwood Canyon Ramblers, and well-known musicians present. 00:03:17
"Little Willie" 00:05:55
"Good Woman's Love" 00:02:58
"Your Love Is Like A Flower" 00:04:10
"Love Of The Mountains" 00:04:16
"Soldier's Joy"/"Amelia Earhart" [false start] 00:03:13
"Amelia Earhart" 00:03:48
"Foggy Mountain Rock" 00:01:53
"Willow Garden" 00:04:01
"House Carpenter" [cassette side change] 00:06:26
"Pike County Breakdown" 00:03:26
"Footprints In The Snow" 00:04:17
"Angel Band" 00:04:42
"Bury Me Beneath The Willow" 00:02:56
Song list and production notes for SR16, January 11, 2011
Filename: rcr1993-06-17.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1993-06-17/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Handwritten song list on the cassette J-card, circa 1993
Filename: rcr1993-06-17 _Reel 290_.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1993-06-17/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Redwood Canyon Ramblers in concert, June 17, 1993
Filename: 1993-06-17.jpg
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Photos/
Extent: 1 photograph : color, digital (.jpg)
Left to right: Julie Smolin, Neil V. Rosenberg, Leroy McNees, Larry Cohea, Scott Hambly, Mayne Smith
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: MV01 Reunion jam, Mayne Smith's residence, Richmond, California - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, August 4, 1997
Video recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: MV01
Rack number: VAS 4719
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Only the first part of the recording has both audio and video; the last two sections are audio only. The original recording was made on Hi8, and the VHS copy is a slightly edited version of that recording.
Video recording (full)
Filename: rcr1997-08-04v.mov
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 1 video file : sound, color, digital (.mov)
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filename: rcr1997-08-04t01.aif - rcr1997-08-04t25.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1997-08-04/
Extent: 25 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Part 1
Digitized from Hi8.
Content Elapsed time
"Fireball Mail" [begins in progress] 00:04:32
"Reuben" 00:06:51
"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"/Sandy's frozen capo/Lundberg strings joke 00:06:24
"Jesse James" 00:03:29
Discussion of "Jesse James" verses/discussion of prisoner's right/last day on earth/National guitars 00:04:21
"After Dark"/refinishing Mayne's guitar 00:04:35
"Good Woman's Love" 00:02:56
Discussion of Gene Tortora/taking a break 00:04:29
Part 2
Digitized from Hi8. Performed indoors as audio only.
Content Elapsed time
"Riding That Midnight Train" [begins in progress]/beer break 00:02:49
Discussion of Neil's old family home/Jimmie Rogers tribute album produced by Bob Dylan 00:05:01
"Red Apple Juice"/Neil playing duct tape as rhythm instrument 00:06:22
"Bury Me Beneath The Willow"/discussion of Barry Olivier 00:05:36
"House Carpenter" 00:05:23
Discussion of October 1990 demo session and arrangement/history of "House Carpenter" 00:04:52
"Hand Me Down My Walking Cane"/beer break 00:06:10
Book about southern bluegrass movement/discussion of Clarence White/Mayne discusses 1966 UCLA 1/2 hour film about Kentucky Colonels/discussion of archiving formats/Mayne's session with Taj Mahal, Richard Greene with Paul Rothchild 00:08:52
Advancement of media technology 00:11:25
"Down In The Willow Garden"/discussion of women and murder ballads/"Doc and Dawg" CD 00:06:56
"Banjolina"/discussion of Bobby Thompson, Don Reno 00:04:05
Discussion of David Nadel/politics of the Freight and Salvage 00:07:14
"Molly And Tenbrooks" 00:03:16
Part 3
Digitized from Mayne Smith's VHS copy.
Content Elapsed time
Discussion of Earl and Louise Scruggs 00:10:01
"Wreck Of The Old '97"/discuss playing "Mojave Wind" 00:05:20
"Mojave Wind" 00:04:46
Discussion of camping trip that inspired the song 00:04:20
Content list and production notes for MV01
Filename: rcr1997-08-04.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1997-08-04/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Annotated content list
Filename: RCR 970804.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1997-08-04/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: MV03 Second reunion jam, Mayne Smith's residence, Richmond, California - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, August 6, 1997
Video recording (full)
Filename: rcr1997-08-06v.mov
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 1 video file : sound, color, digital (.mov)
The original recording was made on Hi8. The sound recordings are cut-level digital copies of the audio from the video.
Sound recording (cut-level) (audio only)
Filename: rcr1997-08-06t01.aif - rcr1997-08-06t20.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/
Extent: 20 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"How Mountain Girls Can Love" [begins in progress] 00:00:57
"Angel Band" [begins in progress] 00:01:10
Neil discusses an old family guitar/improved quality of Gibson instruments 00:04:32
"Down In The Willow Garden" 00:04:03
"East Virginia"/discussion of Walter Hensley 00:05:28
"Mansion On The Hill" 00:03:21
Mayne discusses how early days with RCR influenced his whole style/writing a book/Katie Hambly's history within the folk scene 00:05:22
Discussion of Chuck Berry/tuning and false starts of next tune 00:04:26
"I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)"/discussion about banjo tone 00:04:48
Mayne's 1952 Martin D-18 modifications/Hideo's shop 00:09:01
Sandy Rothman and early RCR history/Sandy arrives 00:10:35
"Boston Burglar" 00:05:31
Discussion of Robert Cantwell 00:04:31
"I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl)" 00:03:29
"Golden Slippers"/"ralphing" example 00:05:11
"Angel Band" 00:08:54
"Roving Gambler" [Mayne on dobro]/discussion of different versions 00:08:19
"Letters Have No Arms" [Mayne on dobro] 00:06:10
"Satisfied Mind"/Mayne demonstrates the version he recorded 00:06:19
Porter Wagoner discussion/Osborne Brothers/baldness in performing/"Reuben's Train" tease/returning Sandy's banjo 00:10:34
Content list and production notes for MV03, undated
Filename: rcr1997-08-06.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/
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