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Putnam String County Band: Home Grown (Rounder 3003)

Home Grown
Putnam String County Band

Rounder Records 3003 (LP, USA, 1973)

Putnam County is about 50 miles north of New York City

Recorded by Bill Spence;
Photograph by Carole Wilson;
Cover drawings by Tom Allen;
Back cover by Dale Appleman

Musicians

Lyndon Ungar: vocals [1-6, 8-13, 15, 17-18], guitar [1-7, 10, 13-15, 18], jew’s harp [9, 11], fiddlesticks [12];
Jay Ungar: vocals [2-3, 6, 13, 17-18], fiddle [1, 3-5, 7-12, 14-15, 18], guitar [2, 6, 16-17], mandolin [13];
Abby Newton: vocals [4-5, 8-9, 17], cello [1-3, 5-8, 10, 13, 15, 17-18], jew’s harp [4, 11-12], limberjack [9, 14];
John Cohen: vocals [4, 9-11, 15-16], banjo [1, 7, 10-13, 18], mandolin [2-3, 14, 17], guitar [4, 9, 15]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Come to the Mountain (2.56)
  2. The Last Go Round (2.41)
  3. The Answer to the Question (4.37)
  4. The Candidate’s a Dodger (Roud 3758) (2.56)
  5. Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You (2.11)
  6. The Credit Card Song (2.45)
  7. Third Avenue Reel (instrumental) (2.14)
  8. Black Jack Davey (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.00)
  9. Saddle up the Grey (2.01)

Side 2

  1. Rabbit in the Pea Patch (Roud 17888) (2.49)
  2. Charmin’ Betsy (Roud 7052) (2.42)
  3. Twin Sisters (instrumental) (2.27)
  4. Perilous Journey (4.07)
  5. Bonaparte’s Retreat Down the Lee Highway to Florida Blues (instrumental) (3.21)
  6. All the Little Chickens in the Garden (Roud 2552) (2.54)
  7. Nixon Daze (1.29)
  8. Hi-Fi Stereo Color T.V. (1.42)
  9. Sweet Sixteen (2.37)

Tracks 1-3, 6-7 Jay Ungar;
Track 4 trad., learned from Emma Dusenberry and the Almanac Singers;
Track 5 Lyndon Ungar;
Track 8 trad., learned from Almeda Riddle;
Track 9 trad., learned from Carter Brothers and Son and The New Lost City Ramblers;
Track 10 trad., learned from Uncle Dave Mason and the Fruit Jar Drinkers;
Track 11 trad., learned from Land Norris;
Track 12 trad., learned from Sydna Myers of Hillsville, Va.;
Track 13 Jay Ungar, Lyndon Ungar;
Track 14 trad., learned from Grayson and Whitter, William Stepp, Aaron Coplenad, Buddy Pendleton and Arthur Smith;
Track 15 trad., learned from Arthur Smith;
Track 16 Miami AP;
Track 17 Jay Ungar, John Cohen;
Track 18 Charlie Poodle and the North Carolina Ramblers