Catalog

The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2

Various Artists

To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how “Two Maidens Went Milking One Day.” Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Davis, Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Reese.

Track Listing

101	Two Maidens Went Milking One Day	Richard Dyer-Bennet	02:17
102	The Hangman's Tree	Andrew Rowan Summers	02:57
103	Little Mattie Groves (Matty Groves)	John Jacob Niles	03:00
104	The Wife of Usher's Well (Lady Gay)	Cratis D. Williams	03:22
105	Dark Scenes of Winter	Texas Gladden	01:40
106	Railroad Bill	Hobart Smith	02:40
107	Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connelly)	Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden	02:53
108	Springfield Mountain	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	02:32
109	Bonnie Laboring Boy	George Edwards	03:00
110	Go Down, Old Hannah	Dock Reese	04:59
201	Cindy	Hobart Smith	02:01
202	Clog Dance (Stomp Blues)	Champion Jack Dupree	02:04
203	Fox Chase	Sonny Terry	02:06
204	900 Miles	Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston	02:42
205	Railroad Blues	Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry	03:37
206	Civil War Parade	Rev. Gary Davis	05:30
207	Tom Tom Workout	Baby Dodds	01:57