Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
Mike Seeger's fame is often overshadowed by his older half-brother Pete Seeger's notoriety, but his contributions to the American folk canon--both as a member of the New Lost City Ramblers and as a song collector--are pretty impressive in their own right.Close to Homeis Seeger's hand-picked selection of recordings he made on visits to the south in the 1950's and 60's. It's a refreshing, very well annotated sampler, chock full of previously unreleased old-timey tracks by important artists like Sara & Maybelle Carter, Elizabeth Cotten, Dock Boggs, Wade Ward and Texas fiddler Eck Robertson. Some of the lesser known musicians, though, steal the show--just check out Kilby Snow's stunning autoharp solo, "He Will Set Your Fields on Fire."--Michael Ruby