Original Folkways Recordings: 1960-1962Doc Watson & Clarence AshleyInitial release : 1994Smithsonian Folkways A double CD, 48 track collection that includes 20 previously unreleased tracks.
Tracks
- Crawdad Song (Traditional)
- Sitting on Top of the World (Chatmon / Vinson)
- Lee Highway Blues (Traditional)
- Free Little Bird (Traditional)
- The Cuckoo (Traditional)
- Rising Sun Blues (Traditional)
- Looking T'ward Heaven (Presley)
- Rambling Hobo (Traditional)
- Rambling Hobo (Traditional)
- Shady Grove (Traditional)
- Cumberland Gap (Traditional)
- Tough Luck (Traditional)
- Humpbacked Mule (Traditional)
- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (Ashley / Carter)
- Way Downtown (Traditional)
- Banks of the Ohio (Traditional)
- Little Sadie (Traditional)
- Carroll County Blues (Traditional)
- Cluck Old Hen (Traditional)
- Chilly Winds (Lonesome Road Blues) (Traditional)
- Sweet Heaven When I Die (Traditional)
- Fire on the Mountain (Traditional)
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional)
- Daniel Prayed (Speer)
- Amazing Grace (Newton)
- Sally Ann (Traditional)
- Richmond Blues (Ashley)
- Old Ruben (Traditional)
- Willie Moore (Traditional)
- Walking Boss (Traditional)
- Shout Lulu (Traditional)
- Skillet Good and Greasy (Traditional)
- Pretty Little Pink (Traditional)
- Run, Jimmie, Run (Traditional)
- Hicks' Farewell (Traditional)
- The Old Man at the Mill (Traditional)
- A Short Life of Trouble (Traditional)
- Brown's Dream (Traditional)
- Footprints in the Snow (Traditional)
- I'm Going Back to Jericho (Traditional)
- Peg and Awl (Traditional)
- Maggie Walker Blues (Traditional)
- God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind (Traditional)
- I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (Grayson / Whitter)
- Handsome Molly (Traditional)
- John Henry (Traditional)
- Honey Babe Blues (Traditional)
- Wayfaring Pilgrim (Traditional)
Musicians
- Doc Watson - guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals
- Clarence Ashley - banjo, vocals
- Gaither Carlton - banjo, fiddle
- Clint Howard - guitar, vocals
- Fred Price - fiddle, vocals
- Jack Burchett - banjo, vocals
- Jack Johnson - banjo
- Doc Walsh - banjo, vocals
- Garley Foster - harmonica, guitar, vocals
- Tommy Moore - washboard
- Jean Ritchie - vocals
- Ralph Rinzler - guitar
Credits
- Executive producer - Ralph Rinzler
- Compiler - Ralph Rinzler, Jeff Place, Matt Walters
- Liner Notes - Ralph Rinzler
- Production supervision - Anthony Seeger, Matt Walters
- Recording - Ralph Rinzler, Eugene Earle
- Recording assistance - Ed Kahn, Danny and Mike Seeger, Peter Siegel, Richard Rinzler
- Archival assistance - Jeff Place
- Reference assistance - Joe Hickerson and Gerry Parsons
- Editorial assistance - Ed O'Reilly, Leslie Spitz-Edson
- Cover photo - Eugene Earle
- Design - Carol Hardy
- Mastered - Alan Yoshida, Hollywood, CA
Related releases
Some of the tracks on this collection were originally released on;
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