A.L. Camp Plays the Banjo

Archibald Camp had been playing the banjo for 70 years when he wrote to Folkways Records in January 1961, offering a tape of his banjo playing for their consideration. Camp was one of the few remaining five-string banjo players who remembered the original arrangements, and he feared that this old music would be lost forever unless he recorded them. In this significant album Camp revived fifteen of the twenty banjo solos from memory.

Liner notes include a copy of Camp’s letter, his autobiography, notes on banjo listening, and an introduction to the country music in the Folkways catalog.

Track Listing

101	Jumping Jacks	Archibald L. Camp	02:53
102	Golden Bell Polka	Archibald L. Camp	02:29
103	Watch Hill March	Archibald L. Camp	03:25
104	The Darkie's Awakening	Archibald L. Camp	02:55
105	Mount Gretna March	Archibald L. Camp	02:56
106	The Darktown Cakewalk	Archibald L. Camp	02:35
107	Light and Gay Polka	Archibald L. Camp	02:35
108	Silver Crown Schottish	Archibald L. Camp	02:39
109	Ciri-biri-bin Waltz	Archibald L. Camp	02:35
201	The Frogville Band	Archibald L. Camp	02:33
202	Mocking Bird - Mockingbird - Listen to the Mocking Bird - Listen to the Mockingbird Arr. by A. L. Camp	Archibald L. Camp	02:26
203	Little Toy Train	Archibald L. Camp	01:19
204	Dixie - Chicken Reel	Archibald L. Camp	01:25
205	Beautiful Dreamer	Archibald L. Camp	01:37
206	Banjo Sketch	Archibald L. Camp	01:10
207	The Jersey Carnival March	Archibald L. Camp	02:42
208	Dance of the Fireflies	Archibald L. Camp	03:24
209	Serenade of the Mandolins	Archibald L. Camp	02:23
210	Dance of the Wooden Dolls	Archibald L. Camp	02:48
211	Jumping Jacks	Archibald L. Camp	02:27