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

Various Artists
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

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