Jim Garland Field Recordings: Shorty Ward [sound recording]
name: label: recorder
content: Garland, Jim 1905-1978
label: artist
content: Ward, Shorty
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy Tape Info: FW-ASCH-7RR-2720 through -2725 contain recordings made by Kentucky singer Jim Garland of local singers and church services. FW-ASCH-7RR-2720 presents Riley "Shorty" Ward, his son, Johnny and his daughter-in-law Jean, recorded by in Middlesboro and Bloombury, in Bell Co., Kentucky. Instrumentation includes guitar, steel guitar and occasional harmonica. The family "wants to be known as the Cumberland Mountain Singing Family." The lyrics and song titles have been written out by Jim and are in the new acid-free tape box. The tape box states that this tape is the second made of Shorty and his family. The recording date is not mentioned; however, it could not have before 1963 - the release date for a hit song they sing - We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds. The songs are a mix of country songs from mid-twentieth century and more traditional songs. I See other sheet for track list and durations.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: United States, Kentucky.
label: Table of contents
content: We must have been out of our mind--Nine pond hammer--Wabash Cannonball--Careless love--Nobody's Business what we do--Corrina--Old mountain dew--Down in the valley (Birmingham Jail)--Married man's advice--Airmail to heaven--Wreck of the Old 97--I washed my hands in muddy water--Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet-Silver haired daddy of mine--Great speckled bird--A mommy for a day--I love you still--Take my hand, precious Lord--I want my Lord to be statisfied with me--Don't worry about me--Roving gambler--Knoxville girl--Oklahoma hills--You can't believe everything you hear--Muleskinner blues--Harmonica blues--Jambalaya--Frankie and Johnny (frag)
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Kentucky
label: Place
content: Middlesboro (Ky.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Country music
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2720
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in