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Smoky Mountain Ballads

Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Smoky Mountain Ballads
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Called "The Minstrel of the Appalachians," banjo player Bascom Lamar Lunsford performs a cross section of his sizeable repertoire, which contains at least three hundred songs. These songs include English ballads, topical songs, and 19th century popular songs incorporated into the North Carolina mountain tradition.

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Track Listing

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Swannanoa Tunnel Bascom Lamar Lunsford 3:00
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102
Mr. Garfield Bascom Lamar Lunsford 3:00
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103
Jennie Jenkins Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:49
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104
Little Margaret Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:55
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Banks of the Ohio Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:48
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Springfield Mountain Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:34
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The Death of Queen Jane Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:37
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204
Mole in the Ground Bascom Lamar Lunsford 3:03

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW02040, FA 2040

Year(s) Released

1953

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Old Time

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

Anglo-American

Instrument(s)

Banjo; Vocals

Credit(s)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Artist
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