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Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965

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Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965

From 1961 to 1965, New York City’s trailblazing Friends of Old Time Music presented 14 concerts that brought dozens of legendary traditional musicians before city audiences for the first time. This "folk arrival" changed the course of American folk music, expanding the vision of the Folk Song Revival and leaving an indelible mark on the musical landscape. For Friends of Old Time Music, Peter K. Siegel, who personally recorded most of the concerts, handpicked 55 tracks from the original master tapes. They include the first concert appearances by Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley, and Joseph Spence, and the triumphant return visits to New York by Dock Boggs and Mississippi John Hurt, who had made classic recordings in the city during the 1920s. Three CDs of live concert recordings. 55 tracks, including 53 never before released tracks. Accompanied by a richly illustrated 60-page book. Recorded, produced, and annotated by Peter K. Siegel A Henry Street Folklore production Produced in association with City Lore, Inc.

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Track Listing

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I'm Troubled Doc and Arnold Watson 03:10
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102
The Country Blues Dock Boggs 04:24
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Going Down to the River Fred McDowell 03:09
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104
East Virginia Blues Roscoe Holcomb 04:51
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The Storms Are on the Ocean Maybelle Carter 03:03
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106
The Dream of the Miner's Child The Stanley Brothers 04:03
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107
Soldier's Joy Hobart Smith 01:45
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108
Coffee Blues Mississippi John Hurt 04:47
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109
Live and Let Live Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 02:46
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110
Lonely Tombs The Watson Family 02:25
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111
Rockin' Boogie Jesse Fuller 03:46
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Brown's Dream Gaither Carlton and Doc Watson 01:43
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113
Down South Blues Dock Boggs 03:17
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114
Knoxville Blues Sam McGee 02:30
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115
Have a Feast Here Tonight The Stanley Brothers 03:12
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116
Riley John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers 02:09
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Buck and Wing Jesse Fuller 01:22
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Hell Among the Yearlings Arthur Smith 01:47
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202
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight The Greenbriar Boys 03:47
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203
The Brakeman's Blues Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 02:32
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204
Foggy Mountain Top Maybelle Carter 02:07
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Hicks' Farewell Doc Watson 05:00
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Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel The New Lost City Ramblers 02:42
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Write Me a Few of Your Lines Fred McDowell 02:54
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Bimini Gal Joseph Spence 02:44
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Shady Grove Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 01:37
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Grey Eagle Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 01:36
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Walkin' the Dog Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 02:03
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San Francisco Bay Blues Jesse Fuller 03:24
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Short Life of Trouble Doc and Arnold Watson 03:41
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John Henry Roscoe Holcomb 01:59
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Kneelin' Down Inside the Gate Stanley Thompson 03:45
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Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt McKinley Peebles 04:29
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Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow Maybelle Carter 02:34
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218
Mansions for Me The Stanley Brothers 02:27
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Before This Time Another Year Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers 05:02
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My Creole Belle Mississippi John Hurt 02:54
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Guitar Lesson Jesse Fuller 01:26
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Cincinnati Blues Jesse Fuller 02:27
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Poor Boy in Jail Dock Boggs 02:41
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He's Solid Gone Maybelle Carter 02:44
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Maggie Walker Blues The Clarence Ashley Group 03:43
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Chevrolet Ed Young and Emma Ramsay 03:14
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Rising Sun Blues Roscoe Holcomb 03:03
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Lord, Build Me a Cabin in Glory Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 01:37
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Frankie and Albert Mississippi John Hurt 05:20
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Hard Times The Stanley Brothers 02:23
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The Miller's Will Horton Barker 03:17
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The Coo Coo Bird Clarence Ashley 04:04
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Double File Gaither Carlton and Doc Watson 01:30
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315
The Wandering Boy Annie Bird 03:22
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316
Stranger Blues Jesse Fuller 03:29
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I Saw the Light Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 02:24
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Sugar Hill Maybelle Carter 01:06
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Amazing Grace The Clarence Ashley Group 04:29