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On The Great Divide

The New Lost City Ramblers

Initial release : 1973

Folkways

Tracks

Side A:

  • John Brown's Dream
  • Old Johnny Booker Won't Do
  • Railroading On The Great Divide
  • Love Of Polly And Jack Monroe
  • Walking Boss
  • Who Killed Poor Robin
  • The Old Man At The Mill
  • On Our Turpentine Farm
  • Little Satchel
Side B:
  • Dry And Dusty
  • If The River Was Whisky
  • Come All You Tender Hearted
  • The Time's Been Swiftly Rolling By
  • There's Coming A Time
  • A Night At The Country Opera
  • Hawkins Rag
  • La Valsse De Bambocheurs
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
Musicians

  • John Cohen - guitar, banjo, vocals
  • Tracy Schwarz - guitar, banjo, fiddle, spoons, vocals
  • Mike Seeger - guitar, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, autoharp, french harp, mouth harp, vocals
Credits

  • Recording engineer - Chris Strachwitz
  • Mixing, editing - Mike Seeger
  • Final remix - Bill Shubart of Philo Records
  • Cover photograph - FSA Russell Lee
  • Design, notes - Tracy Schwarz, John Cohen
  • Recorded at the Boarding House, San Francisco in September 1973
  • Side B was recorded live at a performance at the Boarding House
Notes

The sleeve notes provide information about the source or inspiration for each of the songs:

  • John Brown's Dream - Da Costa Waltz Southern Broadcasters Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham, County 713
  • Old Johnny Booker Won't Do - Jerry Jordan, Supertone 9407
  • Railroading On The Great Divide - Pine Mountain Records PMR 208
  • Love Of Polly And Jack Monroe - George Davis, Folkways FTS 31016
  • Walking Boss - learned from Tom Ashley at his home (also Folkways 2359)
  • Who Killed Poor Robin - Archive of American Folksong (Library of Congress) sung by Edith Harmon recorded in 1939 near Maryville TN
  • The Old Man At The Mill - adapted by Tom Ashley, from Folkways FA 2435 and Galax Old Fiddlers Convention
  • On Our Turpentine Farm - Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie, Col 14485
  • Little Satchel - Fred Cockerham, County 713
  • Dry And Dusty - Morrison Twin Brothers String Band, Vi 40323
  • If The River Was Whisky - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, Col 15545
  • Come All You Tender Hearted - from Carter Stanley vie personal tape made by Larry Erlich in 1956 of Stanley Brothers at Bristol TN
  • The Time's Been Swiftly Rolling By - Dillard Chandler, Folkways 309
  • There's Coming A Time - from Roscoe Holcomb
  • A Night At The Country Opera - adapted from The One Man Melodrama, Fiddler Joe, Okeh 40344
  • Hawkins Rag - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Bb B 5435
  • La Valsse De Bambocheurs - Dewey Balfa, Swallow 6011
  • Cotton Eyed Joe - Carter Bros. And Son, Okeh
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