Down Home Saturday Night

by DOWN HOME SATURDAY NIGHT / VARI

Overview

The nonprofit Smithsonian Folkways label is a true godsend. Not only does the imprint make available the valuable field recordings of the Smithsonian Institute but also the back catalogs of several other small independent labels specializing in world, folk and roots recordings like Moses Asch's famed Folkways Records, as well as the Cook, Paredon, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk and Monitor imprints, among others. In all, Smithsonian Folkways keeps continually in print some 3000 on-demand CD titles and also offers individual downloads of over 40,000 tracks at their website, all of which makes the label the largest source for traditional music on the planet. This fun 15-song set, compiled and annotated by archivist Jeff Place, is essentially a sampler of some of the kinds of music the label offers, ranging from bluegrass, blues, boogie woogie, country, Cajun, and zydeco, to Texas swing and conjunto, with all of the tracks geared toward the kind of joyous, raucous and celebratory music one might hear at house parties, local dance halls and country store jam sessions throughout America on a typical Saturday night. Among the highlights from this digital fais do-do are John Sebastian and Geoff Muldaur's delightful rendition of "Minglewood Blues," a song originally done as a 78 by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Mingo Saldivar's conjunto romp "El Sinaleone," and retired Maryland truck driver Warner Williams' hilarious "Hey Bartender, There's a Big Bug in My Beer," a version of Merrill Moore's "Big Bug Boogie." Joyous, upbeat and full of good spirit and elan, Down Home Saturday Night makes a rollicking introduction to the many treasures that Smithsonian Folkways has to offer, and like all of the label's official releases, it comes with lengthy and informative liner notes for each track. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	07/31/2007
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074018224
Rank:	92507

Tracks

1. Minglewood Blues  -  J Band  - Noah Lewis  - Geoff Muldaur  - John Sebastian  -  Sebastian
2. White House Blues  -  Stoney Mountain Boys  - Earl Taylor  -  Earl Taylor & The Stony Mountain Boys
3. Le Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme  -  Balfa Toujours
4. El Sinaloense  -  Saldivar
5. It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)  - T.D. Bell  -  Blues Specialists  - Erbie Bowser
6. Big Ball's in Cowtown  - Hoyle Nix  -  Texas Playboys
7. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie  -  Memphis Slim
8. Bill Morgan and His Gal  -  New Lost City Ramblers
9. You Keep on Doggin' Me  - J.C. Burris  -  McGhee  - Sonny Terry  -  Sticks MeGhee
10. Bosco Stomp  - Rodney Balfa  - Bessyl Duhon  - Nonc Allie Young
11. Walking Blues  - Big Bill Broonzy  - Armand Jump Jackson  -  Memphis Slim  - Arbee Stidham
12. Hey Bartender, There's a Big Bug in My Beer  - Eddie Pennington  - Warner Williams
13. Oh, Baby, You Don't Have to Go  -  Chambers Brothers
14. Chiquitos Pero Picos  - Ben Tavera King
15. Uncle Bud  -  Chavis

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sticks MeGhee   Primary Artist
John Sebastian & the J-Band   Primary Artist
Earl Taylor & The Stony Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Sonny Terry   Primary Artist,Harmonica
Bessyl Duhon   Primary Artist,Fiddle
The Chambers Brothers   Primary Artist
Balfa Toujours   Primary Artist
J Band   Primary Artist
Warner Williams   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
T.D. Bell   Primary Artist,Guitar (Electric),Vocals
The Texas Playboys   Primary Artist
Boozoo Chavis & the Majic Sounds   Primary Artist
Eddie Pennington   Primary Artist,Guitar
Erbie Bowser   Primary Artist,Piano
Nonc Allie Young   Primary Artist,Accordion
J.C. Burris   Primary Artist,Trombone
Earl Taylor   Primary Artist,Vocals,Mandolin
Ben Tavera King   Primary Artist,Accordion
Geoff Muldaur   Primary Artist,Vocals,Mandolin
Rodney Balfa   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The New Lost City Ramblers   Primary Artist
Memphis Slim   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Vocals
Mingo Saldivar Y Sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas   Primary Artist
The Stoney Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
John Sebastian   Primary Artist,Banjo
Arbee Stidham   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Armand Jump Jackson   Primary Artist,Drums
The Blues Specialists   Primary Artist
Sticks McGhee & the Ramblers   Primary Artist,Guitar
Johnny Gimble   Fiddle,Mandolin
Willie Chambers   Guitar
Joe Chambers   Guitar
Len Nichols   Bass
Nathaniel Fontenot   Guitar (Rhythm)
Jim Beal   Bass
Vernon "Boatwhistle" McIntyre   Bass
Luis Gonzalez/Yomo Toro   Bajo Sexto
Jim Gough   Bass (Electric)
Sam Porky Hutchins   Guitar,Vocals
Jesse "El Chivo" Garza   Vocals
Mel Davis   Harmonica
Ernie Hunter   Fiddle
Ruben Mendoza   Drums
Nelda Balfa Moody   Triangle
Donald "Duck" Manor   Drums
Reggie Crawford   Saxophone
Boozoo Chavis   Vocals,Accordion (Diatonic)
Leon Rausch   Vocals
Lester Chambers   Vocals
Paul Rishell   Guitar
Frank Salazar   Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Dirk Powell   Vocals,Accordion
Jerry Ontiberoz   Drums
Alex Medina   Drums
Walter Hensley   Banjo,Vocals
Bill Dessens   Guitar (Electric)
Carlton Thomas, Jr.   Guitar
Rellis Chavis   Drums
Charles Chavis   Frottoir
Christine Balfa   Guitar,Vocals
James Wormworth   Percussion
John Cohen   Guitar,Vocals
Mike Seeger   Fiddle
Kevin Wimmer   Fiddle
Annie Raines   Harmonica
Tom Paley   Banjo,Vocals
Brian Keane   Drums
George Chambers   Bass
Fritz Richmond   Jug
Herb Remington   Guitar (Steel)

Technical Credits

Jeff Place   Compilation Producer,Archivist,Annotation,Liner Notes
brian scott   Compilation Producer
Jake Krack   Compilation Producer
Mark Gustafson   Compilation Producer
Arbee Stidham   Composer
Jacob Love   Editing
Mary Monseur   Production Coordination
Carla Borden   Editing
Marion Post Wolcott   Photography
Joe Parisi   Design
Amy Schriefer   Program Assistant
Sonny Terry   Composer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering
Hoyle Nix   Composer
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
D.A. Sonneborn   Production Supervisor
Daniel Sheehy   Production Supervisor
Stephanie Smith   Archivist
Noah Lewis   Composer