Fine Times at Our House: Indiana Ballads, Fiddle Tunes, Songs

Collected by musician and producer Pat Dunford and musicologist Art Rosenbaum, the twenty songs and fiddle tunes on this album were chosen from a vast collection of recordings from their travels around Indiana in the early sixties.

At the time, Indiana had been largely ignored by collectors and folk enthusiasts researching old-time music. Dunford and Rosenbaum wanted to present the songs and tunes remembered by Hoosier musicians, including master old-time fiddler John W. Summers, that were most characteristic of the state, fearing they might soon be all but gone.

Liner notes include song lyrics, notes on the singers and fiddlers, and a bibliography.

Track Listing

101	Unnamed Tune	John W. Summers	02:03
102	The Elfin Knight (Child No. 2)	Anna Underhill	02:37
103	Play Parties	Anna Underhill	00:44
104	Turkey in the Straw	Louis Henderson	01:11
105	The Cuckoo's Nest	Dan White and John W. Summers	02:02
106	Sherman's Retreat	John W. Summers	03:30
107	The Morning of 1845	Vern Smelser	02:09
108	The Birds' Song	Virgil Sandage	01:05
109	Away Out West in Kansas	Anna Underhill	01:46
110	The Indiana Hero	Anna Underhill	05:33
111	Fine Times at Our House	John W. Summers	03:12
201	The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn	Vern Smelser	01:10
202	Rye Straw	John W. Summers	02:12
203	Waiting for the Lord to Come	Dan White and John W. Summers	01:36
204	Same Time Today as It Was Yesterday	John W. Summers	01:54
205	The Battle of Stone River	Oscar Parks	04:15
206	Lord Barnett (Child No. 68)	Ella Parker	02:35
207	Young Charlotte	Vern Smelser	07:06
208	The Soldier and the Lady	Shorty and Juanita Sheehan	03:18