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The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. I

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. I (Folk-Legacy FSA-22)

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. I
Various Artists

Folk-Legacy Records FSA-22 (LP, USA, 1964)
Folk-Legacy Records CD-22 (CD, USA, 2002)
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Produced by Sandy Paton and Lee B. Haggerty;
Liner notes by Sandy Paton

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Lee Monroe Presnell: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10, 15];
Buna Hicks: vocals [2, 8, 11, 13, 16-17];
Lena Armstrong: vocals [5, 9];
Hattie Presnell: vocals [3, 6, 12, 14];
Etta Jones: vocals [5, 9];
Rosa Presnell: vocals [16]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Lee Monroe Presnell: Awake, Awake, My Old True Lover (Roud 22621; Laws M4; Henry H722) (2.49)
  2. Buna Hicks: Sir Lionel (Roud 29; Child 18) (1.16)
  3. Hattie Presnell: Four Nights Drunk (Roud 114; Child 274; G/D 7:1460; Henry H21ab) (3.06)
  4. Lee Monroe Presnell: Sweet Soldier Boy (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.41)
  5. Lena Armstrong, Etta Jones: The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (3.19)
  6. Hattie Presnell: William Hall (Roud 400; Laws N30) (1.55)
  7. Lee Monroe Presnell: The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.13)
  8. Buna Hicks: The Day Is Past and Gone (Roud 5718) (2.06)

Side 2

  1. Lena Armstrong, Etta Jones: The Farmer’s Curst Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (2.52)
  2. Lee Monroe Presnell: Johnny, Oh, Johnny (Roud 5715) (1.47)
  3. Buna Hicks: Johnny Doyle (Roud 455; Laws M2; G/D 5:1020; Henry H137) (2.50)
  4. Hattie Presnell: The Jealous Brothers (Roud 18; Laws M32) (2.34)
  5. Buna Hicks: Young Beham (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (2.35)
  6. Hattie Presnell: Pretty Crowing Chicken (Roud 179; Child 248) (2.29)
  7. Lee Monroe Presnell: George Collins (Roud 147; Child 85) (2.07)
  8. Buna Hicks, Rosa Presnell: Where the Sun Will Never Go Down (Roud 44863) (2.29)
  9. Buna Hicks: Fathers, Now Our Meeting Is Over (Roud 5716) (2.13)

All tracks trad. except
Track 8 John Leland

> Folk Music > Records > The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. II

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. II

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. II (Folk-Legacy FSA-23)

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Vol. II
Various Artists

Folk-Legacy Records FSA-23 (LP, USA, 1965)
Folk-Legacy Records CD-23 (CD, USA, 2002)
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Produced by Sandy Paton and Lee B. Haggerty;
Lee Monroe Presnell recorded by Diane Hamilton, Paul Clayton and Liam Clancy;
Liner notes by Sandy Paton

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

R.L. Harmon: vocals [1, 10, 12, 19, 22];
Margie Harmon: vocals [1, 10, 12, 19, 22];
Ottie ‘Coot’ Greene: vocals [1, 12, 19, 22];
Lee Monroe Presnell: vocals [2, 5, 11, 14, 18, 21];
Buna Hicks: vocals [9, 16, 20], fiddle [3, 9];
Captain Hicks: guitar [6, 15];
Viola Hicks: banjo [3], fretless banjo [9], dulcimer [6, 15];
Rosa Presnell: vocals [8];
Lena Armstrong: vocals [4, 7, 13];
Etta Jones: vocals [4, 7];
Tab Ward: vocals [17], banjo [17];
Beech Mountain singers: vocals [23]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, ‘Coot’ Greene: Precious Memories (Roud 4934) (3.45)
  2. Lee Monroe Presnell: I Went to See My Suzie (Roud 573) (1.07)
  3. Buna Hicks and Viola Hicks: Johnson Boys (instrumental) (0.42)
  4. Lena Armstrong and Etta Jones: The Courting Case (Roud 361) (2.08)
  5. Lee Monroe Presnell: Bald-Headed End of the Broom (Roud 2129) (1.34)
  6. Captain Hicks and Viola Hicks: More Pretty Girls Than One (instrumental) (1.26)
  7. Lena Armstrong and Etta Jones: Roger’s Gray Mare (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (1.12)
  8. Rosa Presnell: Soldier John (Roud 489) (1.35)
  9. Buna Hicks and Viola Hicks: Cripple Creek (Roud 3434) (instrumental with chorus) (0.45)
  10. Margie Harmon and R.L. Harmon: The Soldier and the Lady (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (2.49)
  11. Lee Monroe Presnell: Old Virginny (Roud 3396) (2.18)
  12. Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, ‘Coot’ Greene: Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (Roud 5722) (3.05)

Side 2

  1. Lena Armstrong: Tobacco Union (Roud 5721) (1.05)
  2. Lee Monroe Presnell: In Dublin City (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260) (2.08)
  3. Captain Hicks and Viola Hicks: Three Dulcimer Numbers: Poor Ellen Smith / Down in the Willow Garden / Maple on the Hill (instrumental) (4.00)
  4. Buna Hicks: Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Roud 5720) (1.00)
  5. Tab Ward: Little Maggie (Roud 5723) (3.34)
  6. Lee Monroe Presnell: Little Maggie (Roud 5723) (1.31)
  7. Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, ‘Coot’ Greene: I’m Going That Way (Roud 5719) (1.18)
  8. Buna Hicks: Going Away Tomorow (Roud 551; Laws N8; G/D 1:63; Henry H561) (1.24)
  9. Lee Monroe Presnell: Look up, Look Down That Old Railroad (Roud 824) (1.46)
  10. Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, ‘Coot’ Greene: Angel Band (Roud 4268) (3.07)
  11. Beech Mountain singers: Amazing Grace (Roud 5430; Sacred Harp 45t) (3.07)

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Harry Bennett;
Track 23 John Newton