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	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick, Delaney musicians	00:57
102	Spanish Two-Step	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick, Delaney musicians	00:49
103	Delaney Boogie	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick, Delaney musicians	01:00
104	Wildwood Flower	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:56
105	Raunchy	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick	01:01
106	Casey Jones (1)	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:37
107	The Wreck of the Old 97	John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick, 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	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:56
111	Red Wing (1)	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:52
112	Carroll County Blues	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:34
113	When the Saints Go Marching in	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:40
114	Virgil's Fiddle	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:47
115	Kentucky Waltz	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	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	John D. Mounce, Delaney musicians	00:57
119	Isle of Capri	John D. and Lee Mounce, Delaney musicians	00:45
120	Down Yonder	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce	01:51
121	Let Her Go, Rachel	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce	01:28
122	Sally Goodin'	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce	01:30
201	Announcement of Players	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:23
202	Cripple Creek	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	01:15
203	Old Joe Clark	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	01:14
204	Sally Ann Johnson	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce	02:28
205	Fort Smith (Rabbit in the Grass)	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce	01:43
206	Daisies in the Loft	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Bob Mounce	01:51
207	Lonestar Rag	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	01:00
208	She’ll Be Coming around the Mountain	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce, Danny Patrick	01:30
209	Ragtime Annie	Calvin Van Brunt, John D. Mounce	01:50
210	San Antonio Rose	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:37
211	Red Wing (2)	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:49
212	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	John D. Mounce, Lee Mounce, Danny Patrick	00:57
213	Premiere Quadrille	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:41
214	Jingle Bells	John D. and Lee Mounce	00:56
215	Home Sweet Home	John D. and Lee Mounce	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	John D. and Lee Mounce with Gerald Duncan	01:46