Rode the Mule Around the World

Tracy’s Family Band, composed of patriarch Tracy Schwarz, wife Eloise, and son Peter, performs 11 traditional American folk songs on this 1981 recording. Schwarz was a member of Smithsonian Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers from 1963 to 1973.

In this recording, the family members all sing and play stringed instruments. Tracy plays guitar, fiddle, and accordion, Eloise plays guitar, and Peter plays bass, guitar, violin, and harmonica. Schwarz’s passion for traditional American country and folk music is on full display in this collection. Highlights are the standard “Old Dan Tucker,” the Cajun “Lemonade Song” featuring Tracy on accordion, and “Welcome Home Weary Traveler,” a song about traveling musicians. Tracy and Eloise Schwarz may also be heard on the album Down Home (FW31052).

Track Listing

101	Old Dan Tucker	Tracy's Family Band	02:38
102	My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains	Tracy's Family Band	03:22
103	The White Dove	Tracy's Family Band	03:30
104	My Heart's Tonight in Texas	Tracy's Family Band	02:52
105	Lemonade Song	Tracy's Family Band	02:38
106	Jai Passe (Just Today)	Tracy's Family Band	04:49
201	We're the Band That Rode the Mule Around the World	Tracy's Family Band	02:41
202	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Tracy's Family Band	03:20
203	Give Him One More As He Goes	Tracy's Family Band	02:58
204	I’m in Love with You	Tracy's Family Band	01:55
205	Welcome Home Weary Travelers	Tracy's Family Band	05:59