Southeast Alaska Folk Tradition, Vol. 3: Too Late for the Gold, Too Early for the Oil 1942-1981

This album, recorded in 1980, includes retellings of colorful episodes from Alaskan history, piano rags, blues, Native chants, and more. Selections highlight the diversity of peoples and traditions that met as the region was being explored, exploited, and settled. The three-part series—"a cultural history of Southeast Alaska in music and song and conversation"―was collected and arranged by John Ingalls and Barry Roderick. The liner notes include a detailed timeline, historical images, and information about each track.

Track Listing

101	Basket Bay Blowdown Blues / Sometimes	John Jamieson and Katherine Smith	05:09
102	License Song	Lonesome Pete	02:23
103	Billy Biggs Conversation / Rum Runners of Southeast / Billy Biggs Conversation / Three for a Dollar Blues	Billy Biggs, John Osnes, Paul Disdier, and John Jamieson	06:07
104	Billy Biggs Conversation / Annie Fair	Billy Biggs and Bruce Horowitz	02:41
105	Tales of the Raven / Lament for the Eyak	Shirley Walkush and Anna Nelson Harry	06:32
201	The Sun Comes Out	Jack Cannon	02:33
202	Southeast Weather Song / Bottomfish Come All Ye	Ward Eldridge, Mark Wittow, and Bev Rawson	02:07
203	Ketchikan	Chris Kennedy and Eric Michaels	03:46
204	Lament of the Lonesome Wolf / Rainforest Reel	Olaf Abraham and Chicken Ridge Rowdies	04:48
205	Nip and Tuck	Jay Hammond and John Jamieson	00:57
206	Ballad of the White Pass and Yukon Route	Steve Hites	01:46
207	Busted in Alaska / Conversation with Lonesome Pete / Technology	Banjo Jim Erkiletian, Lonesome Pete, and Bev Rawson	04:56
208	This Wonderful Land	Hobo Dan Neff	02:44