Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia

The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performers’ life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo’s gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.

Track Listing

101	Coo Coo	John Snipes	01:15
102	Coo Coo (2)	Dink Roberts	02:12
103	Old Rattler (Fox Chase)	John Snipes	02:47
104	Georgie Buck	Dink Roberts	01:03
105	Georgia Buck	Joe Thompson and Odell Thompson	01:38
106	John Henry (3)	James Roberts	00:51
107	High Sheriff	Dink Roberts	00:40
108	John Hardy	Dink Roberts	01:06
109	Garfield	Dink Roberts	01:23
110	Old Corn Liquor	Dink Roberts	01:22
111	Old Corn Liquor (2)	Joe Thompson and Odell Thompson	01:11
112	John Henry (4)	Joe Thompson and Odell Thompson	02:20
113	Love Somebody	Joe Thompson and Tommy Thompson	02:14
114	Long Tail Blue	John Snipes	01:22
115	Ain't Gonna Rain No More	John Snipes and Tommy Thompson	01:17
116	Going Where I've Never Been Before	John Snipes	03:50
117	Black Annie	Dink Roberts	02:19
118	Old Blue	Dink Roberts	02:06
119	Going Away from Home (Take Care of My Wife and Child)	John Snipes	03:55
120	You Don't Know My Darling	John Snipes	01:19
121	Jaybird March	Etta Baker and Cora Phillips	01:51
122	Going Up North	John Jackson	01:50
123	Sugar Hill	Homer Walker	02:27
124	Momma Don't Allow	Irvin Cook and Leonard Bowles	02:02
125	Shortnin' Bread (1)	Leonard Bowles	01:49
126	Shortnin' Bread (2)	Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston	01:58
127	Fox Chase (2)	John Tyree	01:12
128	Roustabout	Dink Roberts	01:24
129	Cookin' in the Kitchen	John Snipes	01:51
130	Coo Coo Bird	Rufus Kasey	04:44
131	Fox Chase (3)	Dink Roberts	04:22
132	Little Brown Jug	Joe and Odell Thompson	01:28