Old Time CDs (15)

[Ptarmigan]

Here's the place to post those great Old Time CDs which can't be found on CD Baby.

1 - Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson

2 - David Schnaufer & Butch Baldassari

3 - Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp

4 - Masters of the Old-Time Country Autoharp

5 - 'Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 1' ~ Various Artists

6 - 'Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 2' ~ Various Artists

7 - [url=http://www.countysales.com/php-bin/ecomm4/products.php?category_id=&product_id=4003&prev_id=4002&next_id=3922
]'Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 3' ~ Various Artists[/url]

8 - Down the Old Plank Road ~ The Nashville Sessions

9 - The Chieftains ~ Further Down the Old Plank Road

10 - Not for Kids Only ~ David Grisman

11 - Shady Grove ~ Jerry Garcia

12 - Retrograss ~ David Grisman

13 - Ken Perlman & Alan Jabbour ~ Southern Summits

14 - Tony Rice & Ricky Skaggs

15 - Bonnie Russell & The Russell Family

[deleuran]

Well then, before I go to bed, I'll send these important links. To me they are important, because they are with the Boiled Buzzards, which have been a great inspiration for the band of which I'm a proud member, Big Hungry Joe, because they like us have a harmonica player instead of a fiddler. Listen to the samples on CD baby: cdbaby.com/cd/boiledbuzzards1
Salt and Grease. And the other fine CD Fine Dining: cdbaby.com/cd/boiledbuzzards2
It's Dan Levenson on banjo and David Rice on harmonica.

Another favorite of mine is Foghorn Stringband, which I can't recommend enough. We have been lucky enough to hear them live, when they visited Copenhagen early in the spring this year. This one, Rattlesnake Tidal Wave is great: cdbaby.com/cd/foghorn
Another one, Weiser Sunrise, can't be bought on CD Baby, but can be downloaded from iTunes along with three other CD's with the band. And off course on amazon

[Ptarmigan]

Thanks deleuran, I've updated the CD Baby list - well, there's nothing quite like some good Old Time Music before Breakfast to sharpen a fella's appetite! ;D

Cheers
Dick

[deleuran]

For some reason there is no reply button in the autoharp section. It happens sometimes, also in other sectione. How come?
Well, I just wanted to post a link to the best old time aoutoharp CD I know of:
Masters of Old-Time Autoharp. Smithsonian institute. Featuring among many others Kilby Snow. Here is a link to the CD on amazon.com. I can't find it anywhere else.
If you like old time autoharp, this is IT!
www.amazon.com/Masters-Old-Time-Country-Autoharp-Various/dp/B000ENV3G8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195135704&sr=1-1

[deleuran]

Here's a couple of links to amazon.co.uk for two fine cd's with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman playing and singing old time songs:
Not For Kids Only:
www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Kids-Only-David-Grisman/dp/B000003913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1198940422&sr=1-1
Shady Grove:
www.amazon.co.uk/Shady-Grove-Jerry-Garcia/dp/B00000391J/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1198940477&sr=1-1

[deleuran]

And another one that comes to mind. I've had a lot of fun listening to that.
It's called Retrograss and is played by David Grisman, Mike Seeger, and John Hartford.
They play old songs, as well as new songs, but treat them all the old time way. It's fun to hear Otis Redings "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay", or Elvis' "Hound Dog" played as old time music.
As well as Chuck Berry, Dylan and Beatles.
Here's a descibtion from amazon:
"Grisman, Hartford, and Seeger have a lot in common. They all have roots in traditional American music (folk, bluegrass,country, et al.), but coming to prominence as they did in the '60s, there was always something of the counterculture intheir approach. Throughout their careers, all three men have pushed the borders of those traditions, creating new sounds that incorporated the old ways while venturing into exciting new realms. It's fitting then that the trio's collaboration should incorporate both the traditional and the unconventional.
On RETROGRASS, this supergroup takes songs from anextremely wide range of sources (from Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry to Otis Redding) and gives them an old-timey bluegrass feel. Listening to their treatment of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm", you'd think it was some public domain obscurity the boys had just unearthed, and the Beatles chestnut "When I'm Sixty-Four" sounds perfectly at home in this dusty-sounding back porch version, which recalls the creaky, good-natured sound of the Holy Modal Rounders. Bluegrass/folk traditionalists will shy away from RETROGRASS, but such staunch stiffs probably never bothered with the forward-looking work of these three individualists to begin with."


It can be found here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Retrograss-David-Grisman/dp/B00000K2CG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1198941002&sr=1-1

[Ptarmigan]

Thanks Jesper.

Interesting choices.

Variety is, indeed, the spice of life!



Which reminds me, are you well prepared for HOGMANAY yet?

Cheers
Dick

[john]

Hi there,
Well, the late John Hartford was a river boat captain and a great entertainer. He played and danced at the same time like they did in them ole days at the vaudeville.
The late Jerry Garcia was a adequate banjo player missing a finger but never a beat.
And Grisman, well, Grisman is Grisman. Thank God for that! wouf! wouf!
Holy Modal Rounders good natured??? Try listening to their lyrics.
Back to the waggon, these shoes are killing me
John

[deleuran]

Skaggs & Rice. The Essential Old-Time Country Duet Recordings.
www.amazon.com/Skaggs-Rice-Ricky/dp/B000000EYP/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1201545634&sr=1-1

[deleuran]

Chirps Smith who I know from the fiddlehangout, recommended me to buy this CD:
"Mountain Dulcimer Galax Style" with Bonnie Russel and her family.
It's recorded around 1970 and Bonnie was only 13 years old, but man she can play the dulcimer. Her brother who was 15 plays flat top guitar, and their father plays three finger picking on a bariton ukulele. This is genuine mountain music. The mother in the family came from a family who had played and build dulcimers for several generations.
It's music made in heaven, or near by. (I'm not religious, but I guess you know what I mean)
It can be bought at Country Records:
www.countysales.com/php-bin/ecomm4/products.php?category_id=&product_id=2632&prev_id=&next_id=
For those of you who live in Europe, it might be faster and easier to buy it at amazon.co.uk
That's what I did. I got the CD yesterday, and I have played it over and over since. I have slept in between though.