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Far in the Mountains Volumes 1 & 2

Far in the Mountains Volumes 1 & 2 (Musical Traditions MTCD501/2)

Far in the Mountains Volumes 1 & 2
Songs, tunes and stories from Mike Yates' Appalachian collections, 1979-1983
Various Artists

Musical Traditions Records MTCD321/2, later MTCD501/2 (2 CD, UK, 2002)
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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

Volume 1Volume 2

Pug Allen, fiddle, banjo

  1. Beano (2.44)
  2. Christmas Holiday (3.05)
  3. Cluck Old Hen (Roud 4235) (1.45)
  4. My Man Will Be Home Some Old Day (1.31)
  5. Fire in the Mountains (2.53)

Dan Tate

  1. Bugerboo (Roud 558/1118; Laws O3; G/D 7:1496) (1.21)
  2. Cindy (Roud 836) (1.36)
  3. Fish on a Hook (Roud 752) / Walk Jawbone (Roud 7728) (1.14)
  4. Roustabout (Roud 16965) (0.56)
  5. The Wind and Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (1.47)
  6. The Devil's Grandmother (Roud 437) (1.44)

Sam Connor, fiddle, and Dent Wimmer, banjo

  1. Massa Run Away (1.05)
  2. Rickett's Hornpipe (1.10)
  3. Don't Get Trouble in Mind (1.39)
  4. Pig in the Pen (2.12)
  5. Western Country (1.36)
  6. Baby-O (1.31)
  7. Cumberland Gap (1.28)
  8. Half-Shaved Nigger (0.56)
  9. Salt Creek (1.22)
  10. Georgia Buck (1.19)

Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander

  1. Little Massie Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (3.50)
  2. Wild Hog in the Woods (Roud 29; Child 18) (2.31)
  3. The Miller's Will (Roud 138; Laws Q21; G/D 3:703) (2.32)
  4. Over the River to Charlie (Roud 729; G/D 1:135) (0.50)
  5. The Cruel Sister (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.55)

Howard Hall, banjo & William Marshall, fiddle

  1. Pretty Little Girl (1.24)
  2. Back-Step Cindy (0.50)
  3. Polly in the Kitchen (0.51)

Ted Boyd, banjo

  1. Sweet Sunny South (1.39)
  2. Mississippi Sawyer (1.59)
  3. Sally Gooden (1.54)
  4. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (1.51)

Dan Tate

  1. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (1.06)
  2. Old Grey Goose (Roud 3619) (0.49)
  3. Lightning and Thunder (Roud 329) (1.12)
  4. Little Fisherman (Roud 149) (1.12)
  5. Muck on my Heel / Molly Van (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.04)

Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander

  1. It's Hard to Love (Roud 824) (1.09)
  2. The Three Little Babes (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.38)
  3. I Know a Pretty Little Girl (Roud 11327) (1.33)
  4. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (5.07)

Calvin & Viola Cole, banjo and vocals

  1. Fall on my Knees (1.22)
  2. Molly Put the Kettle On (Roud 7899) (1.11)
  3. It Rained, It Mist (Roud 73; Child 155) (2.20)

Charlie Woods, banjo

  1. Cripple Creek & Shooting Creek (2.02)
  2. Chilly Winds (1.12)
  3. Hog Patch Hill (1.02)
  4. Pretty Girl Down the Road (1.09)

Dan Tate, vocals, banjo

  1. Old Dan Tucker (Roud 390) (0.57)
  2. Old Mister Rabbit (Roud 8081) (1.41)
  3. Once I Lived in Old Virginia (Roud 3396) (1.35)
  4. Sugar Hill (Roud 3432) (0.44)
  5. The Sailor's Song (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (1.38)
  6. Who’s On the Way? (Roud 8080) (1.05)

Rob Tate, banjo

  1. Fortune (1.19)
  2. Piper’s Gap (0.51)

Sherman Wimmer, fiddle

  1. Hounds in the Horn (1.22)

Stella Kimble & Pearl Richardson

  1. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (2.18)

Pug Allen, fiddle

  1. Take a Drink on Me (1.45)
  2. McKinley (2.16)
  3. Up Jumped the Devil (2.32)
  4. Nigger Trader Boatman (1.58)
  5. Gold Rush (2.40)

Stanley Hicks, vocals, fretless banjo

  1. Sourwood Mountain (2.05)
  2. Groundhog (Roud 3125) (2.27)
  3. The Arishman and the Squirrel story (1.35)
  4. Down the Road (Roud 3429) (1.37)
  5. Here Goes a Bluebird (Roud 7700) (0.52)
  6. Riddles & Where’s the Ox At? (2.52)
  7. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (1.28)
  8. Sourwood Mountain (Roud 754) (2.10)

Evelyn & Douston Ramsey

  1. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Roud 262; Laws P1b; G/D 5:1059; Henry H188) (3.30)
  2. Little Margaret (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (2.43)
  3. The Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578) (3.17)
  4. Somebody’s Tall and Handsome (Roud 761) (1.01)
  5. The Truelover’s Farewell (Roud 422) (2.36)
  6. The Truelover’s Warning (Roud 711; Laws G21) (3.55)
  7. Tom Dooley (Roud 4192) (3.30)
  8. Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand (Roud 16987) (2.51)

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Far in the Mountains Volumes 3 & 4

Far in the Mountains Volumes 3 & 4 (Musical Traditions MTCD503/4)

Far in the Mountains Volumes 3 & 4
Songs, tunes and stories from Mike Yates' Appalachian collections, 1979-1983
Various Artists

Musical Traditions Records MTCD323/4, later MTCD503/4 (2 CD, UK, 2002)
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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

Volume 3Volume 4

Morris Allen

  1. Oh Come See Me When You Can (Roud 4947) (0.19)

Paul Brown, vocals, banjo

  1. Red Clay Country (Roud 16966) (3.18)

Doug Wallin, vocals, fiddle, and Berzilla Wallin

  1. Conversation about Cecil Sharp / A Bed of Primroses (Roud 280; Laws Q27) (3.35)
  2. Brother Green (Roud 3395) (1.03)
  3. The Carlisle Lady (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (3.42)
  4. Shoot that Turkey Buzzard (0.56)
  5. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.51)
  6. Tom Dula (Roud 4192) (2.31)
  7. McKinley (Roud 787) (1.37)

Hattie Presnell

  1. Jack and the King’s Chest story (1.29)

Garrett & Norah Arwood

  1. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.57)
  2. The Butcher's Boy (Roud 409; Laws P24) (2.17)
  3. Poison in a Glass of Wine (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.42)
  4. Shady Grove (Roud 4456) (2.12)

Doug Wallin

  1. Fair Eleanor and Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (2.25)
  2. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.25)
  3. Little Willie (Roud 3606) (1.17)
  4. Liza Jane (Roud 825) (1.20)
  5. The Murder of Colonel Sharp (Roud 4100; Laws F38) (2.37)
  6. The Youthful Warning (Roud 711; Laws G21) (1.46)
  7. The Time Draws Near (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (1.57)

Vergie Wallin

  1. The Worrisome Woman (Roud 179; Child 248; Henry H699) (2.50)

Walt Davis, vocals, banjo, guitar & Jay C McCool, guitar

  1. Graveyard Blues (Roud 4946) (4.14)
  2. Banjo Clog (1.31)
  3. Power in the Blood (1.35)
  4. Russian Roulette (1.48)
  5. White Oak Stomp (1.38)

Cas Wallin

  1. Lord Daniel (Roud 52; Child 81) (4.14)
  2. Camp a Little While in the Wilderness (Roud 7699) (2.34)
  3. Some Have Father’s Gone to Glory (Roud 4213) (3.26)
  4. The Preacher’s Song (Roud 6984) (2.57)
  5. Jerusalem Mourn (Roud 4945) (2.43)

Benton Flippen, banjo

  1. Garry Dawson’s Tune (1.43)
  2. Let Me Fall (1.25)
  3. June Apple (1.42)
  4. Cotton-Eyed Joe (3.50)

Dellie Norton & Inez Chandler

  1. Little Honey (Roud 7701) (1.08)
  2. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (1.33)
  3. Little Betty Ann (Roud 5720) (1.54)
  4. Little Sparrow (Roud 451) (1.17)
  5. Oh, Lord, Ellie (Roud 3602) (1.02)
  6. The Silkmerchant’s Daughter (Roud 420) (2.07)

Tommy Jarrell, fiddle

  1. Devil in the Strawstack (1.08)
  2. Roundtown Gals (1.42)
  3. Train on the Island (1.46)

Hattie Presnell

  1. Cuckle Pea and His Sister story (3.13)

Mitchel Hopson, fiddle

  1. Snowbird on the Ashbank (1.24)

Cas Wallin

  1. Fair Ellender and Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (5.25)
  2. The Little Soldier (Roud 321; Laws M27) (1.57)
  3. Pretty Fair Miss All in the Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (2.35)
  4. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.00)
  5. Hesitation Blues (Roud 11765) (1.41)

John Hopson, fiddle

  1. Brown’s Dream (2.14)

Ethel Birchfield

  1. The Arishmen Learning to Talk story (2.00)
  2. Big Horny and Little Horny story (7.02)
  3. Granster and Nippy story (12.08)

Robert Sykes, fiddle

  1. Black-Eyed Susie (2.11)
  2. Paddy on the Turnpike (2.51)

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Far in the Mountains Volume 5

Far in the Mountains Volume 5 (Musical Traditions MTCD513)

Far in the Mountains Volume 5: Echoes from the Mountains
Songs, tunes and stories from Mike Yates' Appalachian collections, 1979-1983
Various Artists

Musical Traditions Records MTCD513 (CD, UK, 2013)
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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

William Marshall, fiddle & Howard Hall, banjo

  1. Train on the Island (1.15)
  2. Polly Put the Kettle On (Roud 7899) (1.11)
  3. Fortune (Roud 4625) (1.13)

Dan Tate

  1. Groundhog (Roud 3125) (1.06)
  2. Poor Ellen Smith (Roud 448; Laws F11) (1.33)

Ted Boyd, banjo

  1. Pig in the Pen (Roud 13144) (1.50)

Pug Allen, fiddle

  1. Soldier’s Joy (1.24)

Sam Connor, fiddle

  1. Ten Little Indians (Roud 4618) (1.28)
  2. Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (Roud 6389) (1.33)

Stella & Taylor Kimble

  1. Troubles (Roud 24555) (1.33)

Dan Tate

  1. Waggoner’s Boy (Roud 414) (1.03)
  2. Sally Ann (Roud 3652) (0.29)

Robert L. Tate, banjo

  1. SallyAnn (Roud 3652) / Old Molly Hare (Roud 7781) / Baby-O (Roud 826) (2.37)
  2. Down by the Stillhouse (1.00)

Pug Allen, fiddle

  1. Turkey in the Straw (Roud 4247) (1.53)
  2. Sally Gooden (Roud 739) (1.25)

Morris Norton

  1. Dicky Said to Johnny (Roud 17; Laws L4; G/D 2:186; Henry H185) / Mirandy (3.24)

Tommy Jarrell, fiddle

  1. Sail Away Ladies (Roud 17635) (1.15)
  2. Say Darling Say (Roud 470) (2.16)

Doug Wallin

  1. The Little Mohee (Roud 275; Laws H8; Henry H836) (2.24)
  2. Pretty Fair Miss All in the Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (2.33)

Charlie Woods, bajo, fiddle

  1. Cindy (Roud 836) (1.29)
  2. Eighth of January / Green Mountain Polka (2.14)
  3. Walking in the Parlour (1.29)

Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander

  1. The Preacher and the Bear (Roud 4967) (2.07)

Pug Allen, fiddle

  1. Old Joe Clark (Roud 3594) (2.43)
  2. Bull Durham (2.13)
  3. Fisher’s Hornpipe (2.21)

Inez Chandler

  1. The Leaves Are Green (Roud 3103) (1.29)
  2. Daddy Had a Billy Goat (Roud 4574) (1.12)

Benton Flippen, banjo

  1. Cripple Creek (Roud 3434) (1.43)
  2. Lonesome Road Blues (Roud 4958) (1.37)

Robert L. Tate

  1. The Lawson Family Murder (Roud 697; Laws F35) (2.07)

Mitchel Hopson, banjo

  1. Shout Little Lula (Roud 4202) (0.47)

Doug Wallin

  1. Let Her Go, Let Her Go (Roud 6527) (1.32)
  2. Darling Cora (Roud 5723) (1.47)

Walt Davis, guitar, banjo & J C McCool, guitar

  1. Under the Double Eagle (1.22)
  2. Whistling Rufus (Roud 5065) (1.15)
  3. Wildwood Flower (Roud 757) (1.04)
  4. Silver Bells (1.10)
  5. Bully of the Town (Roud 4182) (1.43)

Evelyn & Douston Ramsey

  1. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (Roud 15755) (3.09)

Benton Flippen, fiddle & Friends

  1. Breaking up Christmas (Roud 20153) (3.57)

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