Folk Music at Newport, Part 1

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Annotation

Recorded at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival except track 22, from the 1959 festival.

Compilation produced and annotation by Mary Katherine Aldin.

Annotation last modified on 2026-07-20 23:36 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Seperation Blues
Patrick Sky4:38
2Someday Soon
Ian & Sylvia2:17
3Play One More
Ian & Sylvia2:48
4Blue Moon of Kentucky
banjo:
Don Lineberger (US banjo player) (on 1965-07-24)
double bass:
James Monroe (US bluegrass singer, son of Bill Monroe) (on 1965-07-24)
fiddle:
Byron Berline (on 1965-07-24), Gene Lowinger (US fiddler and photographer) (on 1965-07-24) and Tex Logan (on 1965-07-24)
guitar:
Peter Rowan (US bluegrass musician & composer) (on 1965-07-24)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1965-07-24)
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival 1965 (1965-07-22 – 1965-07-25)
live recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1965-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:25
5Shady Grove
guitar:
Peter Rowan (US bluegrass musician & composer) (on 1965-07-24)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1965-07-24)
lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1965-07-24) and Peter Rowan (US bluegrass musician & composer) (on 1965-07-24)
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival 1965 (1965-07-22 – 1965-07-25)
live recording of:
Shady Grove (on 1965-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4456)
Bill Monroe feat. Peter Rowan & Tex Logan1:54
6The Woman I Am Loving, She’s Taken My Appetite
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:15
7Danse de Blackberry Briar
Cyprien Landreneau Cajun Band1:59
8I Will Do My Last Singing in This Land Somewhere
recording of:
I Will Do My Last Singing
lyricist and composer:
Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis4:49
9Gold Watch and Chain
The New Lost City Ramblers2:52
10Wildwood Flower
Maybelle Carter2:42
11Forked Deer / Eighth of January
recording of:
Eighth of January
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Eck Robertson feat. The New Lost City Ramblers3:30
12A Swallow Song
Kathy & Carol2:36
13Milk ’Em in the Evening Blues
Sam & Kirk McGee2:54
14Oh Mary Don’t You Weep
Pete Seeger3:14
15Colours
live recording of:
Colours
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan Music Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
recording of:
Colours
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan Music Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Joan Baez feat. Donovan3:27
16Free Little Bird
Cousin Emmy feat. The New Lost City Ramblers1:00
17The Sinking of the Titanic
Mance Lipscomb2:31
18I’ll Meet You in the Morning
The Charles River Valley Boys2:17
19Sadie Green (The Vamp of New Orleans)
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band3:09
20Little Sadie
recording of:
Little Sadie
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 780)
Bill Keith feat. Jim Rooney1:27
21Celebration for a Grey Day
Mimi & Richard Fariña4:30
22M.T.A.
recording of:
M.T.A.
writer:
Bess Hawes (in 1949) and Jacqueline Steiner (in 1949)
is based on:
The Ship That Never Returned
The Kingston Trio3:38
23Candy Man
Mississippi John Hurt3:46
24I Got It
The Chambers Brothers2:46