Oldtime Music Survey

Survey of old time music

Presented at CBA Winter Camp Feb 2011 & CBA Summer Camp June 2011

An abridged version was presented at BOTMC Spring Situation April 2011

Beginning of the revival (1950's & 60's) & the Anthology of American Folk Music

Frank Proffitt - Tom Dula

New Lost City Ramblers - Saddle Up the Grey

Carter Brothers & Son - Saddle Up the Grey

Bunt Stevens - Sail Away Ladies

Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson - Cuckoo

Gaither Carlton & Doc Watson - Browns Dream

Doc Watson - Beaumont Rag

or

Doc Watson - Black Mountain Rag

Eck Robertson - Sallie Gooden

Eck Robertson - Grigsby's Hornpipe

Bruce Molsky - Grigsby's Hornpipe

Arthur Smith & McGee Brothers - Black Mountain Rag

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Mt Airy, North Carolina:

Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters - John Brown's Dream

Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham - John Brown's Dream

Brad Leftwich & Dan Gellert - John Brown's Dream

Tommy Jarrell - John Brown's Dream (banjo low A)

Camp Creek Boys - Fortune

Benton Flippen - Benton's Dream

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West Virginia:

Alan Jabbour, Bertram Levy & James Reed - Frosty Morning

Henry Reed - Kitchen Girl

Burl Hammons - Jimmy Johnson

Edn Hammons - Jake's got a Bellyache

Rafe Stefanini - Jake's got a Bellyache

Louis Beaudoin - La Chicanneuse (Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman)

Melvin Wine - Walk Chalk Chicken

Rodney Miller - Farewell to Whiskey

French Carpenter - Shelving Rock

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1970's:

Highwoods - Dance All Night

Georgia:

Skillet Lickers - Four Cents Cotton

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Kentucky -

William Stepp - Bonaparte's Retreat

Luther Strong - Glory in the Meeting House

J P Fraley - Sail Away Ladies

Clyde Davenport - Lazy John

Johnnie Lee Wills - Lazy John

Buddy Thomas - Yellow Barber

Ed Haley 1883-1951 - Yellow Barber

Bruce Greene - Midnight

John Salyer - Mike in the Wilderness

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Recent revival musicians (1980's on)

Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - Dance All Night

Dan Gellert - Cotton Eyed Joe (low banjo)

Horseflies - Jenny on the Railroad

Dirk Powell - Brown Eyed Rabbit

Freight Hoppers - Four Cents Cotton

Rayna Gellert - Ways of the World

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African-American Influences and Musicians:

Emmett Lundy 1864-1953 - Piney Woods Gal

Tommy Jarrell - Piney Woods Gal

Gribble, Lusk & York - Altamont

Bruce Molsky & Bob Carlin - Altamont

Joe & Odell Thompson - Rya's house

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Cornbread & Butter Beans