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Series 2: Event recordings and related materials (continued)
Sound recording (full) (continued)
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/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Annotated song list, undated
Filename: RCR 970806.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: MV04 Celebration of the musical career of Mayne Smith at Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, California, June 20, 2008
Video recording (full)
Filename: rcr2008-06-20v.mov
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 1 video file : sound, color, digital (.mov)
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filename: rcr2008-06-20t01.wav - rcr2008-06-20t17.wav, ms2008-06-20t01.wav - ms2008-06-20t15.wav
Extent: 32 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.wav)
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr2008-06-20/, RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Mayne_Smith/ms2008-06-20/
Set 1 - Redwood Canyon Ramblers
Content Elapsed time
Introductions 00:03:46
"Jesse James" 00:03:49
"Back To The Old Highway" 00:03:18
"On My Way Back To The Old Home" 00:04:14
"It's Not Time To Go" 00:05:33
"Dateline Ramble" 00:04:45
"Sioux City Sue" 00:04:42
"I'm Still Hungry" [with Eric Thompson on guitar] 00:05:17
"House Carpenter" [with Eric Thompson on guitar] 00:05:17
Sound check 00:21:31
Talk/tuning 00:03:42
"Jesse James" 00:03:33
Talk/tuning 00:03:12
"House Carpenter" 00:02:12
Talk/tuning 00:01:14
"Dateline Ramble" 00:02:15
Talk/tuning 00:01:12
"I'm Still Hungry" 00:04:11
Set 2 - Mayne Smith
Content Elapsed time
"Let The Good Love Flow" 00:05:34
"They'll Know Who I Am" 00:04:28
"Saturday 6 A.M." 00:06:38
"Mojave Wind" 00:07:07
"Slave To A Six-String Guitar" 00:08:30
"My Dancing Days" 00:07:25
"Letting People Go" 00:08:48
"My Heart's Content" 00:03:20
Set 3 - Mayne Smith
Content Elapsed time
"Careless Love Again" 00:05:51
"I Like It" 00:04:20
"Saturday Matinee" 00:07:47
"Home Away From Home" 00:07:29
"Solitaire" 00:05:15
"To Each His Own" 00:07:33
"TransAtlantic Blues" 00:05:56
Content lists and production notes for MV04, June 24, 2008
Filename: rcr-2008-06-20.txt (set 1), ms2008-06-20.txt (sets 2 and 3)
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr2008-06-20/, RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Mayne_Smith/ms2008-06-20/
Extent: 2 manuscripts : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: MV05 Redwood Canyon Ramblers family jam in Mayne Smith's living room, Richmond, California, November 29, 2009
Video recording (full)
Filename: rcr2009-11-29v.mov
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Video_Files/
Extent: 1 video file : sound, color, digital (.mov)
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filename: rcr2009-11-29t01.aif - rcr2009-11-29t08.aif
Extent: 8 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.wav)
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr2009-11-09/
Content Elapsed time
"Little Willy" 00:04:44
"Snow Dove" 00:03:33
"Good Woman's Love" 00:03:33
"Bonaparte's Retreat" 00:01:44
"Busted" 00:03:31
Dolly Parton joke 00:01:35
"Twilight Time" [fragment played by Neil Rosenberg] 00:01:25
"Never On Sunday" [Neil and Terri Thomson] 00:01:36
Content list and production notes for MV05, undated
Filename: rcr2009-11-29.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr2009-11-09/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Mayne Smith's recollections about the jam and the circumstances, undated
Filename: 2009-11-29-Maynes notes.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr2009-11-09/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
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