American Fogies, Vol. 2 (1996)

About this title: On the first American Fogies disc, producer Ray Alden gave a glimpse of the range of acoustic traditional music being made in the United States. On the second volume he narrows his focus a little, looking most intently at music made by women and also old-timey music -- with the former members of the seminal New Lost City Ramblers featuring prominently in the latter. Of course, Alden doesn't limit himself exclusively to these two things; like a magpie, he gathers glittering music, like Michael Lightnin' Wells' "Crawling King Snake" with its lovely slide work, or Ralph Blizzard & the New ... read more

Tracks:

1. Crawling King Snake
2. Nothing but Rambling
3. Sign of Judgement
4. Get Right Church
5. The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind [Smith]
6. Wayfaring Stranger [Purkey]
7. Kansas City Kitty
8. Hollywood Dreams [Nevins]
9. Lucy's Blue Yodel [DuBose]
10. Lonesome Cowgirl Blues [McLerie]
11. Eunice Two Step
12. A Villiage Churchyard
13. Mother's Reel
14. I Heard the Voice of the Porkchop [Canote]
15. Rolling On
16. A Cowboy Sings to His Herd
17. Going Across the Sea
18. Kitty Alone/Batrineasca
19. L' Kovid David (In Honor of David)
20. Cervená Ruzicka (Red Rose)
21. John Poullard Special
22. New Crowley Two Step
23. Musician's Two Step
24. J'ai Pleuré [Balfa]
25. Down the Road
26. Dillard Chandler [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.