That's Elizabeth Cotten on guitar and her twelve year old great grandchild singing it. This cut comes from the Smithsonian Folkways album Shake Sugaree.
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Shake Sugaree: Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans
July 19, 2010Smithsonian-Folkways Day
July 1, 2010Drop by and be amazed at the offerings from the Smithsonian-Folkways catalogue. I love spending money there and adding to my collection.
Sure, I sound like a shill, but I can’t help it. I love this label.
Hey Bartender, There’s a Big Bug in My Beer: Warner Williams and Eddie Pennington
July 1, 2010This is from the album Down Home Saturday Night, released in 2007.
From Smithsonian-Folkways: "On any Saturday night, rollicking down-home music can be heard throughout the USA, be it bluegrass, blues, boogie woogie, country, Cajun, zydeco, Texas Swing, or Texas Mexican conjunto. Down Home Saturday Night has them all. Smithsonian Folkways archivist Jeff Place compiled these 15 tracks of American regional and ethnic roots music with one idea in mind: to bring people together and have fun with music and musicians from across the land."
Duncan and Brady: Dave Van Ronk
July 1, 2010This is from a 1959 Folkways album called Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual. It is still available from Smithsonian-Folkways both as a CD and a download.
Rock Island Line: Snooks Eaglin
June 25, 2010Folkways Records released New Orleans Street Singer in 1959 and the album set the world of folk and acoustic blues fans on fire. Snooks Eaglin was in the early stages of his long R&B career when folklorist Harry Oster heard him playing solo on the streets of the French Quarter. That very recording has been re-released by Smithsonian Folkways and is called New Orleans Street Singer.
The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake
May 29, 2010This is not the best song to hear of snakes scare you!
The song is from a Smithsonian-Folkways album called Out Standing in Their Field: The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol . 2, 1963-1973.
I’ve Got a Ballot (1948): Oscar Brand
May 11, 2010This is from his album Election Songs of the United States released in 1960 on Folkways, now Smithsonian Folkways. The album includes political songs dating from 1800.
Find it here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=962
Stewball: Cisco Houston
April 30, 2010This is from the Smithsonian Folkways album Cowboy Ballads released originally in 1952. You can still buy it or download the songs individually.
All My Trials: Pete Seeger
April 6, 2010This is from a 1961 recording called American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 originally released by Folkways.
A 2006 CD reissue on Smithsonian Folkways has the same title but a different track listing, including songs from other albums.
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