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

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