Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Coo Coo
banjo [clawhammer fretless banjo]:
John Snipes
John Snipes1:16
2Coo Coo
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts2:12
3Old Rattler (Fox Chase)
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes2:48
4Georgie Buck
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
recording of:
Georgie Buck
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3428)
Dink Roberts1:03
5Georgia Buck
banjo:
Odell Thompson
fiddle:
Joe Thompson (US fiddler)
vocals:
Odell Thompson
recording of:
Georgie Buck
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3428)
Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson1:38
6John Henry
banjo:
James Roberts
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
James Roberts0:51
7High Sheriff
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts0:41
8John Hardy
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
Dink Roberts1:07
9Garfield
banjo:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts1:23
10Old Corn Liquor
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts1:23
11Old Corn Liquor
banjo:
Odell Thompson
fiddle:
Joe Thompson (US fiddler)
vocals:
Odell Thompson
Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson1:11
12John Henry
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Odell Thompson
fiddle:
Joe Thompson (US fiddler)
vocals:
Odell Thompson
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson2:20
13Love Somebody
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Tommy Thompson (US banjo player, Red Clay Ramblers member)
fiddle:
Joe Thompson (US fiddler)
recording of:
Soldier's Joy
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Joe Thompson & Tommy Thompson2:15
14Long Tail Blue
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes1:22
15Ain't Gonna Rain No More
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
guitar:
Tommy Thompson (US banjo player, Red Clay Ramblers member)
John Snipes & Tommy Thompson1:17
16Going Where I've Never Been Before
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes3:50
17Black Annie
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
recording of:
Black Annie
Dink Roberts2:19
18Old Blue
banjo:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
recording of:
Old Blue
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4313)
Dink Roberts2:06
19Going Away From Home
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes3:55
20You Don't Know My Darling
banjo:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes1:19
21Jaybird March
banjo:
Etta Baker
guitar:
Cora Phillips
Etta Baker & Cora Phillips1:51
22Going Up North
recorded in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1997-03-07)
banjo:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer) (on 1997-03-07)
vocals:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer) (on 1997-03-07)
John Jackson1:51
23Sugar Hill
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Homer Walker (Appalachian banjo player)
vocals:
Homer Walker (Appalachian banjo player)
Homer Walker2:27
24Momma Don't Allow
banjo:
Irvin Cook
fiddle:
Leonard Bowles
vocals:
Irvin Cook
Irvin Cook & Leonard Bowles2:02
25Shortnin' Bread
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Leonard Bowles
instrumental recording of:
Short’nin’ Bread (traditional song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4209)
Leonard Bowles1:49
26Shortnin' Bread
banjo:
"Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston
vocals:
"Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston
recording of:
Short’nin’ Bread (traditional song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4209)
"Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston1:58
27Fox Chase
banjo:
John Tyree (African-American banjo)
John Tyree1:13
28Roustabout
recording engineer:
Cece Conway
five-string banjo:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts1:24
29Cookin' in the Kitchen
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
John Snipes
vocals:
John Snipes
John Snipes1:52
30Coo Coo Bird
recorded in:
Roanoke, Virginia, United States (in 1984)
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Rufus Kasey (in 1984)
vocals:
Rufus Kasey (in 1984)
Rufus Kasey4:45
31Fox Chase
banjo [clawhammer banjo]:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
vocals:
Dink Roberts (old-time banjo player)
Dink Roberts4:22
32Little Brown Jug
banjo:
Tommy Thompson (US banjo player, Red Clay Ramblers member)
body percussion [patting hambone]:
Odell Thompson
fiddle:
Joe Thompson (US fiddler)
Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson1:28

Credits

Release

photography, liner notes and producer:Cece Conway
Scott Odell
mastering:Dave Glasser (mastering engineer)
mastered at:AirShow (Old Springfield location) in Springfield, Virginia, United States
ASIN:US: B000001DJP [info]