NAT Survey Set 1

A Survey of Traditional Music from the NAT Collection (FRC-NATSet1) – 5 CD Set

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Over a span of nearly four decades, a small group of friends, the North American Traditions Group, traveled over large swaths of the Appalachians, the Canadian Maritimes, the Ozarks, and the American West, recording many hundreds of hours of traditional music. Styles heard in the NAT collection range from unaccompanied ballads to vocal quartets; virtuoso fiddle solos to string bands; blues to gospel to topical songs. This is the first box set of three and includes the first five CDs of this monumental collection: From British Tradition, A Musical Melting Pot, Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, The Anglo-African Exchange, and Grown on American Soil.  Specially priced at $70 plus shipping in the continental US.

Box set #2 is available here.NAT Set 1 CoversFRC 801: From British Tradition – Volume 1 concentrates upon the older songs and ballads that originated within the British Isles but have often assumed markedly different musical personalities as they have adapted to the American experience. Some of the musicians sampled here are comparatively well known, whereas others have never appeared on disc before.

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FRC802: A Musical Melting Pot – This volume focuses upon the rich blending of cultures that lies in the background of our traditional forms of instrumental music. Several versions of a common tune are placed alongside one another, as a means of illustrating how diverse a melody can become as it settles into different communities across our broad continent.

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FRC803: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow – Many forms of traditional song embody profound feelings of melancholy that directly reflect the hardships of rural life. Some of these pieces were originally banal compositions from professional songwriters whose emotional contours became utterly transformed by the sensibilities of the great traditional artists heard here.

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FRC804: The Anglo-African Exchange – During the 19th century the modern American musical vernacular became forged through a complex and poorly understood set of interactions between Anglo and African-American subcultures. The NAT group was especially interested in collecting information with respect to these undocumented exchanges, and some of our discoveries are illustrated in this volume.

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FRC805: Grown on American Soil – A wide range of what are now called “folk songs” and “folk tunes” directly reflect our national experience, often with little surviving indication of original authorship. Many of these chronicle historical events or local modes of culture in appealing and unexpected ways.

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Track Lists for All Discs

FRC801: From British Tradition

*Previously unissued

  1. The Brisk Young Farmer – Almeda Riddle (3:56)
  2. Buttonwillow Tree – Glenn Ohrlin (2:21)
  3. Lord Daniel – Nimrod Workman (3:04)
  4. The Little Mohee* – E.C. Ball (5:01)
  5. Betsy Over the Main* – Hessie Cruise Scott (3:15)
  6. Lord Lovel* – Gracie Baker (2:14)
  7. Hard Times – Mary Lozier (0:54)
  8. The Miller’s Will – Ola Belle Reed (3:27)
  9. One Morning in May* – Sarah Gunning (2:16)
  10. The Nightingale – Hobert Bowling (1:03)
  11. Last May Morn – Wash Nelson (2:40)
  12. Captain Devin – Sarah Gunning (2:00)
  13. House Carpenter* – Fields Ward (3:12)
  14. Crawling and Creeping – Asa Martin (2:19)
  15. Crawling and Creeping – Jim Garland (1:33)
  16. True Love* – Roscoe Holcomb (6:18)
  17. The Drunkard’s Dream* – Wash Nelson (1:26)
  18. Young Edward – Dora Mae Wagers (1:41)
  19. Young Edward* – Nimrod Workman (0:53)
  20. My Bonnie Black Bess – Glenn Ohrlin (3:47)
  21. There’s a Wild Hog on This Mountain* – Jim Garland (1:47)
  22. The Three Little Babes* – Hessie Cruise Scott (2:42)
  23. Barbara Allen – Philip Kazee (7:27)
  24. Kate’s Horn – Ray Hilt (0:58)
  25. The Lexington Murder* – Fields Ward (2:34)
  26. Lady Margaret – Almeda Riddle (6:16)
  27. Pretty Polly* – E.C. Ball (3:01)

FRC802: A Musical Melting Pot

*Previously unissued

  1. Cottonwood Reel* – Joe Cormier (2:29)
  2. Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk – Theresa Morrison (0:53)
  3. Money Musk* – Hiram Allen (1:04)
  4. Money Musk – Snake Chapman (1:56)
  5. Money Musk* – Gerry Robichaud (1:34)
  6. Piney Woods Girl Jerry Lundy (1:47)
  7. Katy Hill* – Jim Herd (1:34)
  8. Katy Hill* – Roger Cooper (2:33)
  9. Katy Hill* – Gene Goforth (1:32)
  10. Rocky Mountain Goat* – Van Kidwell (2:36)
  11. Grand Hornpipe* – George Hawkins (2:12)
  12. Rocky Mountain Goat* – Earl Thomas, Jr. (1:38)
  13. Rocky Mountain Goat* – Omar Hooks (0:49)
  14. The Mallard* – Doug MacPhee (2:20)
  15. Electric Hornpipe* – Tommy Doucet (3:44)
  16. Ricketts’ Hornpipe* – Bert Garvin (0:40)
  17. Sheeps and Hogs Walking Through the Pasture* – Buddy Thomas (2:24)
  18. Lamplighter’s Hornpipe* – Snake Chapman (1:14)
  19. Spanish Fandango* – Jim Beeler (1:23)
  20. Italian March* – John Lozier (1:44)
  21. Apple Butter Rag* – Blair Reedy and E.C. Ball (1:35)
  22. The Grapevine Twist* – Lem Isom (1:24)
  23. Over the Waves* J.P. – Fraley (2:12)
  24. Gigue des Militaires – Dwight Lamb (1:53)
  25. Johnny Can’t Dance* – The Balfa Brothers (2:16)
  26. Pacific Slope* – Ed Mahoney (1:19)
  27. Cascade Brook* – Gerry Robichaud (2:17)
  28. Moccasin Two Step Joe Robichaud (1:40)
  29. Indian Reel – Graham Townsend (1:51)
  30. The Braes of Auchentyre – Theresa Morrison (0:59)
  31. The Braes of Auchtertyre – Buddy MacMaster (0:41)
  32. The Braes of Auchtertyre* – Paddy Cronin (1:21)
  33. Billy in the Lowground – Buddy Thomas (2:29)
  34. Saddle the Pony* – Paddy Cronin and Mary Irwin (1:51)
  35. Dad’s Schottische #2* – Ray Hilt (1:46)
  36. Danish Schottische* – Chris Jerup (1:03)
  37. Danish Waltz #2* – Dwight Lamb (2:20)
  38. Beul Iosait* – Joe Peter MacLean (0:47)
  39. Humphrey’s Jig* – George Hawkins (2:03)
  40. Sally Growler* – Donald MacLellan (1:26)
  41. Sally Growler* – Roger Cooper (1:31)
  42. Butterfly Hornpipe* – Robin Kessinger (1:59)
  43. Matches Under the Hill* – Alva Greene (1:10)
  44. The Old Bog Hole – Joe MacLean (0:37)
  45. Turkey in the Straw* – Lonnie Robertson (1:12)
  46. Natchez Under the Hill – Bob Walters (1:18)

FRC803: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow

*Previously unissued

  1. Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow – Ola Belle Reed (2:24)
  2. Yew Piney Mountain – Wilson Douglas (1:49)
  3. Wild Rose of the Mountain – J.P. & Annadeene Fraley (2:13)
  4. Mister Bartender – Sarah Gunning (3:35)
  5. My Little Black Cap* – Dora Mae Wagers (0:54)
  6. Caledonia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Wail for Niel Gow* – Wilfred Prosper (1:42)
  7. Little Bessie – Buell Kazee (5:43)
  8. The Lonesome Dove – Sarah Gunning (2:20)
  9. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Almeda Riddle (4:26)
  10. While Passing Through a Garden* – Nimrod & Mollie Workman (3:04)
  11. The Waltz of No Return* – The Balfa Brothers (3:07)
  12. La Delgadina* – Glenn Ohrlin (3:09)
  13. Oh, Death – Nimrod Workman (1:44)
  14. Old Banjo Tune – Manon Campbell (1:28)
  15. Meg Gray* – George Hawkins (1:53)
  16. Jeannie Carruthers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ March – Alex Francis MacKay (3:22)
  17. The Death of Edward Hawkins – Earl Barnes (5:26)
  18. Got a Little Home to Go To – Bob Holt (4:34)
  19. Fathers Have a Home Sweet Home – E.C. Ball & the Friendly Gospel Singers (2:14)
  20. The Blind Man\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Song* – Buell Kazee (2:53)
  21. Blind Man\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Song – Alva Greene (1:34)
  22. Flannery\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Dream – Emma Lee Dickerson (2:06)
  23. The Village Churchyard – Roscoe Holcomb (6:59)
  24. Johnnie Cope* – Eddie Irwin (6:57)

FRC804: The Anglo-African Exchange

*Previously unissued

  1. Brickyard Joe* – George Hawkins (2:49)
  2. Jawbone* – Gene Goforth (0:54)
  3. Run, Johnnie, Run* – Shirley Kline and Charley Kinney (1:24)
  4. Poor Boy Long Ways from Home – Philip Kazee (3:35)
  5. Black Dress Blues – Nimrod Workman (3:12)
  6. Ditty – Leonard Emanuel (1:01)
  7. In the Pines* – Nova Baker and Lila Vanover (1:09)
  8. On My Way Back Home* – Asa Martin (3:01)
  9. Bring Me Back My Hodi Cake – Snake Chapman (1:25)
  10. The Boat’s Up the River* – Ola Belle Reed (2:06)
  11. Train That Carried My Gal from Town* – Fields Ward (2:26)
  12. Day Long Blues* – Sam Chatmon (3:59)
  13. Green Corn* – Noel Scott (1:12)
  14. Hot Corn* – Asa Martin and Jim Gaskin (2:12)
  15. Mandy* – Almeda Riddle (1:29)
  16. John Hardy – Buell Kazee (2:48)
  17. Possum Up a ‘Simmon Tree – Buddy Thomas (2:26)
  18. Rock Andy* – Snake Chapman (1:44)
  19. Lost John – Jim Gaskin and the Cumberland Rangers (2:05)
  20. Lost John* – Snake Chapman (2:53)
  21. Stackolee – Bert Garvin (2:12)
  22. Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road – Buell Kazee (3:47)
  23. All Night Long* – Sam Chatmon (1:22)
  24. Drunk Man’s Blues* – Van Kidwell (2:03)
  25. Lay Your Good Money Down / Want to Go to Memphis So Bad – Art Galbraith (1:56)
  26. Sadie – Alton Jones (1:11)
  27. Rough and Ready* – Roger Cooper (1:37)
  28. Riley and Spencer – Fields Ward (3:43)
  29. Nobody’s Business But My Own – Henry Hurley (2:00)
  30. Funky Butt* – Raymond Campbell (0:59)
  31. Gambling Blues* – Philip Kazee (2:21)
  32. Guitar Blues* – Paul Smith (1:11)
  33. Frankie and Johnny – Roscoe Holcomb (5:02)
  34. California Blues* – E.C. Ball (2:54)
  35. Carroll County Blues* – Lonnie Robertson (2:06)

FRC805: Grown on American Soil

*Previously unissued

  1. The Bells of America – Dwight Lamb (1:46)
  2. East Virginia* – Buell Kazee (2:60)
  3. On Greenland Mountain – Asa Martin & the Cumberland Rangers (2:49)
  4. Shortening Bread* – Hobert Bowling (0:50)
  5. Old Virginia Girls – Mary Lozier (1:54)
  6. Cumberland Gap* – Snake Chapman (1:34)
  7. I Come from West Virginia – Dixon Sisters (0:46)
  8. Walking in the Parlor – Vernon & Zora Judd (1:18)
  9. A Comical Ditty – Almeda Riddle (2:42)
  10. Dr. Ginger Blue* – Jim Garland (1:13)
  11. Dr. Ginger Blue – Asa Martin & the Cumberland Rangers (5:22)
  12. Come All Young Men and Maidens – Wash Nelson (2:11)
  13. Cripple Creek / Old Joe Clark* – Blanche Coldiron (1:45)
  14. Old Joe Clark* – Fields Ward (1:27)
  15. Cripple Creek* – Buell Kazee (1:04)
  16. The Brushy Fork of Johns Creek* – Snake Chapman (1:02)
  17. Wild Bill Jones* – Philip Kazee (4:20)
  18. Down in the Willow Garden* – E.C. Ball (2:24)
  19. Down in the Willow Garden* – Alva Greene (0:57)
  20. Old Smokey* – Roscoe Holcomb (4:12)
  21. Harlan County Tragedy – Asa Martin & the Cumberland Rangers (3:47)
  22. Poor Ellen Smith – Annadeene Fraley (2:45)
  23. Poor Ellen Smith* – Paul Smith & Bert Hatfield (1:11)
  24. Ellen Flannery* – Lila Vanover & Nova Baker (2:28)
  25. House Burning in Carter County* – Nimrod Workman (2:46)
  26. The Orphan Girl – Buell Kazee (4:52)
  27. The Death of J.B. Marcum -Asa Martin & the Cumberland Rangers (2:20)
  28. Blackberry Blossom* – Alva Greene (1:20)
  29. Garfield March – Ray Hilt (2:06)
  30. Jay Gould’s Daughter – Buell Kazee (2:15)
  31. Everyday Dirt* – Fields Ward (2:07)
  32. Leather Britches in C* – Jim Beeler (2:19)
  33. Sam’s Rag – Sam Chatmon (1:25)
  34. I’m Glad My Wife’s in Europe* – Dixon Sisters (0:56)
  35. That Crazy War* – E.C. Ball (2:18)

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