Classic old-time fiddle
Subtitle: from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
By: [compiled and annotated by Jake Krack and Jeff Place]
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] :
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: String band music; Fiddle tunes; Bluegrass music; Old-time music; Folk music
Notes: Originally released by Folkways Records and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1951-1997.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Jeff Place and Jake Krack, with bibliography and discography (28 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Producers: Daniel Sheehy, D.A. Sonneborn, Mary Monseur.

Various performers.

Vocal selections sung in English.
Table of contents: title: Pretty little girl with the blue dress on -- (Doug Wallin, fiddle, vocal) -- (0:59); title: Sugar Hill -- (Tommy Jarrell, fiddle ; Frank Bode, guitar, vocal) -- (3:42); title: Sally in the garden -- (J.D. Cornett, vocal) -- (0:32); title: Sally in the garden -- (Marion Sumner, fiddle) -- (0:48); title: Muddy roads -- (Gaither Carlton, fiddle ; Doc Watson, guitar ; with the Watson Family) -- (1:22); title: Won't come until morning -- (Greg Hooven, fiddle ; with the Greg Hooven String Band) -- (1:50); title: Wednesday night waltz -- (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Wayne Hauser, banjo) -- (3:03); title: Dance all night -- (Arthur Smith, fiddle ; The McGee Brothers) -- (2:31); title: Give the fiddler a dram -- (Bill Hicks, fiddle) -- (1:52); title: Little brown jug -- (Joe Thompson, fiddle ; Odell Thompson, banjo) -- (1:28); title: Black eyed Susie -- (Tracy Schwarz, fiddle ; Mike Seeger, fiddle, vocal ; The New Lost City Ramblers) -- (1:53); title: Snowbird -- (Ross Brown, fiddle ; Howard Cunningham, guitar) -- (0:48); title: Ain't gonna rain no more  -- (Hoyt Ming, fiddle ; The Pep Steppers) -- (1:32); title: Cacklin' hen -- (Roy Pope, fiddle ; The Carolina Homeboys) -- (1:31); title: Old Joe -- (Johnny Warren, fiddle ; The Nashville Grass) -- (1:48); title: Old man below -- (Gaither Carlton, fiddle, vocal) -- (1:32); title: Unnamed tune -- (John W. Summers, fiddle) -- (2:02); title: Beaumont rag -- (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) -- (3:03); title: Richmond Blues -- (Fred Price, fiddle ; Clint Howard, guitar, vocal) -- (1:32); title: Mississippi sawyer  -- (Wade Ward, fiddle) -- (1:26); title: Bill Cheatham -- (Buddy Pendleton, fiddle ; Ted Lundy, banjo ; The Stony Mountain Boys) -- (1:36); title: Red bird -- (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Wayne Hauser, banjo) -- (2:07); title: Johnson boys -- (Caleb Finch, fiddle ; The Iron Mountain String Band) -- (2:19); title: Sally Goodin' -- (Eck Robertson, fiddle) -- (3:36); title: Unnamed Tune -- (Tony Alderman, fiddle) -- (0:52); title: Fine times at our house -- (John W. Summers, fiddle) -- (3:10); title: Yew piney mountain -- (Melvin Wine, fiddle ; Pat Shields, guitar) -- (1:53); title: Darling Cora -- (Greg Hooven, fiddle ; The Greg Hooven String Band) -- (2:28); title: Blackberry blossom  -- (Charlie Higgins, fiddle ; The Buck Mountain Band) -- (1:51); title: Kentucky waltz -- (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, harmony fiddle ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) -- (3:41); title: Lee Highway blues -- (Fred Price, fiddle ; Clint Howard, guitar ; Doc Watson, guitar) -- (1:41); title: Piney woods gal -- (Tommy Jarrell, fiddle ; Frank Bode, guitar ; Paul Brown, banjo) -- (1:20); title: Jenny on the railroad -- (Tracy Schwarz, fiddle ; Mike Seeger, fiddle ; New Lost City Ramblers) -- (2:03); title: Billy in the lowground -- (Buddy Griffin, fiddle ; Red Allen and the Kentuckians) -- (2:48); title: Fisher's hornpipe -- (David Johnson, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass ; Billie Ray Johnson, guitar) -- (3:26); title: Trombone rag -- (Clark Kessinger, fiddle ; Gene Meade, guitar ; Dene Parker, banjo) -- (2:34); title: Bonaparte's retreat -- (Mike Seeger, fiddle) -- (1:27); title: Carroll County blues-- (Gordon Tanner, fiddle ; The Skillet Lickers)-- (2:14).