Music from the Ozarks

On a hot August day in 1958 in Delaney, Arkansas, a group of local musicians joined David Mangurian and Don Hill for an impromptu recording session in a bare-walled room at the back of the local schoolhouse. The guitar playing, foot stomping, and washboard-woodblock playing was interrupted only twice: once for a cooling swim in the nearby White River, and again for dinner. Older townsfolk and younger musicians—many of whom had never seen a tape recorder before—produced a range of old tunes combined with the modern influences of country and western recording artists and amplification.

Liner notes include a vivid description of the recording session and an introduction to the country music of the Folkways Records catalogue.

Track Listing

101	Weepin' Willow	Delaney musicians	00:57
102	Spanish Two-Step	Delaney musicians	00:49
103	Delaney Boogie	Delaney musicians	01:00
104	Wildwood Flower	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:56
105	Raunchy	Delaney musicians	01:01
106	Casey Jones (1)	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:37
107	The Wreck of the Old 97	Delaney musicians	00:46
108	Thomas Cat	John D. Mounce and Danny Patrick	00:56
109	Cash on the Barrelhead	James Walker	01:15
110	Flop Eared Mule	Delaney musicians	00:56
111	Red Wing (1)	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:52
112	Carroll County Blues	Delaney musicians	00:34
113	When the Saints Go Marching in	Delaney musicians	00:40
114	Virgil's Fiddle	Delaney musicians	00:47
115	Kentucky Waltz	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:45
116	Skip to My Lou	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:41
117	Soldier's Joy	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:32
118	Spanish Song	Delaney musicians	00:57
119	Isle of Capri	Delaney musicians	00:45
120	Down Yonder	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:51
121	Let Her Go, Rachel	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:28
122	Sally Goodin'	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:30
201	Announcement of Players	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:23
202	Cripple Creek	Calvin Van Brunt	01:15
203	Old Joe Clark	Calvin Van Brunt	01:14
204	Sally Ann Johnson	Calvin Van Brunt	02:28
205	Fort Smith (Rabbit in the Grass)	Calvin Van Brunt	01:43
206	Daisies in the Loft	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:51
207	Lonestar Rag	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:00
208	She’ll Be Coming around the Mountain	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:30
209	Ragtime Annie	Calvin Van Brunt, Delaney musicians	01:50
210	San Antonio Rose	Delaney musicians	00:37
211	Red Wing (2)	Delaney musicians	00:49
212	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	Delaney musicians	00:57
213	Premiere Quadrille	Delaney musicians	00:41
214	Jingle Bells	Delaney musicians	00:56
215	Home Sweet Home	Delaney musicians	00:43
216	Casey Jones (2)	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:22
217	Red Wing (3)	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:28
218	Dry and Dusty	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:23
219	Old Aunt Kate	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:33
220	In the Pines	John D. and Lee Mounce with Gerald Duncan	01:21
221	On Top of Old Smokey	Delaney musicians	01:46