Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways

Overview

Compiled by Greg Adams and Jeff Place, and drawn from the over 300 albums in the Smithsonian Folkways catalog, this 30-track set brings together a wonderful sequence of banjo tunes in all styles, from modal to bluegrass, done by the likes of Frank Proffitt ("Johnson Boys"), Dock Boggs ("Bright Sunny South"), Snuffy Jenkins ("Sally Ann"), Ola Belle Reed ("Foggy Mountain Top"), Doc Watson ("Rambling Hobo"), Roscoe Holcomb ("Black Eye Susie"), Elizabeth Cotten ("Georgia Buck"), and many others, making it a bright, rippling introduction to American folk banjo. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	08/06/2013
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074020920
Rank:	44974

Tracks

1. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl/Cripple Creek/Ida Red/Old Joe Clark  - Moses Asch  - Pete Seeger
2. Banging Breakdown  - Fleming Brown  - Hobart Smith
3. Johnson Boys  - Sandy Paton  - Frank Proffitt
4. Peachbottom Creek  - Eric Davidson  - Wade Ward
5. Coo Coo  - Cecelia Conway  - Dink Roberts
6. Josh Thomas¿¿¿s Roustabout  - Mike Seeger
7. Jaw Bone  - Willie Chapman  - John Cohen
8. Bright Sunny South  - Dock Boggs  - Mike Seeger
9. Coal Creek March  - Ed Kahn  - Art Rosenbaum  - Pete Steele
10. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues  - Clifford Endres  - Robert Hicks  - Josh Thomas
11. Walk Light Ladies  - Rufus Crisp  - Stuf Jamieson  - Margot Mayo
12. Buck Creek Girls  - John Cohen  - "Banjo" Bill Cornett
13. Gut Bucket Blues  - Louis Armstrong  - Wendell Brunious  - Stan Joseph  - Richard Moten  - Steve Pistorius  - Donald Suhor  - John Tyler  - Don Vappie
14. Skylark/Roaring Mary  - James Keane  - Johnny McGreevy  - Mick Moloney  - Robbie O'Connell  - Jerry O'Sullivan
15. St. Anne¿¿¿s Reel/La Renfleuse Gorbeil  - Bob Jones  - Ken Perlman
16. Smokey Mokes  - Abe Holzmann  - Willie Locker  - Ollie Phillips  - Roger Sprung  - Bob Thomas  - Doc Watson
17. Golden Bell Polka  - Al Camp  - J.H. Jennings  - Marjorie Michels
18. Banjoland  - Bill Evans  - Joe Morley  - Tom Tedesco  - Tony Trischka
19. Sally Ann  - Snuffy Jenkins  - Mike Seeger
20. Lonesome Road Blues  - Eugene Cox  - Mike Seeger  - Roni Stoneman
21. Fox Chase  - John Cohen  - Lee Sexton
22. Hop Along Lou  - Kip Lornell  - John Tyree
23. Cotton Eyed Joe  - Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston  - Kip Lornell
24. Foggy Mountain Top  - A.P. Carter  - Bud Reed  - Ola Belle Reed  - Kevin Roth
25. Rambling Hobo  - Doc Watson
26. Old Rattler  - Cecelia Conway  - John Snipes
27. Georgia Buck  - Elizabeth Cotten  - Mike Seeger
28. I Wish to the Lord I¿¿¿d Never Been Born  - Leonard Bowles  - Irvin Cook  - Kip Lornell
29. Black Eye Susie  - John Cohen  - Roscoe Holcomb
30. Bluegrass Breakdown  - Bill Keith  - Everett Lilly  - Tex Logan  - Bill Monroe  -  Monroe  - Ralph Rinzler  - Peter Rowan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Tyree   Primary Artist,Banjo
Josh Thomas   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Pete Seeger   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Roger Sprung   Primary Artist,Banjo
Al Camp   Primary Artist,Banjo
"Banjo" Bill Cornett   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Don Vappie   Primary Artist,Banjo
Snuffy Jenkins   Primary Artist,Banjo
Bill Evans   Primary Artist,Banjo
Bill Keith   Primary Artist,Banjo
Irvin Cook   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Doc Watson   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar
Frank Proffitt   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Tony Trischka   Primary Artist,Banjo
Dink Roberts   Primary Artist,Vocals,Banjo
Pete Steele   Primary Artist,Banjo
Roscoe Holcomb   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Ola Belle Reed   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Mick Moloney   Primary Artist,Banjo
Mike Seeger   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Hobart Smith   Primary Artist,Banjo
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys   Primary Artist
Ken Perlman   Primary Artist,Banjo
Dock Boggs   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Elizabeth Cotten   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Wade Ward   Primary Artist,Banjo
Lee Sexton   Primary Artist,Banjo
John Snipes   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Rufus Crisp   Primary Artist,Banjo
Willie Chapman   Primary Artist,Banjo
Roni Stoneman   Primary Artist,Banjo
Robbie O'Connell   Guitar
Leonard Bowles   Fiddle
Jerry O'Sullivan   Uillean Pipes
Bob Jones   Guitar
Everett Lilly   Bass
Wendell Brunious   Trumpet
Bud Reed   Guitar
Donald Suhor   Clarinet
Tex Logan   Fiddle
Kevin Roth   Dulcimer
Bill Monroe   Mandolin
James Keane   Accordion
Johnny McGreevy   Fiddle
Eugene Cox   Guitar
Peter Rowan   Guitar
Steve Pistorius   Piano
Richard Moten   Bass
Ollie Phillips   Bass
Marjorie Michels   Piano
Bob Thomas   Drums
Willie Locker   Mandolin
Stan Joseph   Drums

Technical Credits

Louis Armstrong   Composer
Sandy Paton   Engineer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering
Robert Hicks   Composer
Art Rosenbaum   Engineer
Tom Tedesco   Engineer
Mary Monseur   Production Manager
Carla Borden   Editing
Fleming Brown   Engineer
Greg Adams   Essay,Annotation
Kevin Roth   Engineer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Kip Lornell   Engineer
Eric Davidson   Engineer
John Cohen   Engineer
John Tyler   Engineer
Ralph Rinzler   Engineer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Mike Seeger   Engineer
Moses Asch   Engineer
Ken Perlman   Arranger
D.A. Sonneborn   Executive Producer
Jeff Place   Archivist,Annotation,Introduction
Daniel E. Sheehy   Executive Producer
Margot Nassau   Licensing
Joe Parisi   Design,Art Direction
David Horgan   Marketing
Abe Holzmann   Composer
Betty Derbyshire   Financial Director
Laura Dion   Marketing
Joe Morley   Composer
Stephanie Smith   Archivist
Ed Kahn   Engineer
Cecelia Conway   Engineer
J.H. Jennings   Composer
Clifford Endres   Engineer
Stuf Jamieson   Engineer
Margot Mayo   Engineer