Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival (2006)

About this title: At the height of the folk revival in the early '60s, three movers and shakers -- Ralph Rinzler (a member of the Greenbriar Boys folk group), John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers) and Israel "Izzy" Young (owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village) -- presented a number of traditional folk concerts in New York City under the umbrella of the Friends of Old Time Music. Among the now-legendary artists they brought to the city, some for the first time, others for the first time in decades, were Doc Watson, Maybelle Carter, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, ... read more

Tracks:

1. I'm Troubled
2. The Country Blues
3. Going Down to the River [McDowell]
4. East Virginia Blues
5. The Storms Are on the Ocean [Carter]
6. The Dream of the Miner's Child [Donnelly/Geddes]
7. Soldier's Joy
8. Coffee Blues [Hurt]
9. Live and Let Live [Walker/Sullivan]
10. Lonely Tombs
11. Rockin' Boogie [Fuller]
12. Brown's Dream
13. Down South Blues
14. Knoxville Blues [McGee]
15. Have a Feast Here Tonight [Monroe]
16. Riley
17. Buck and Wing [Fuller]
18. Hell Among the Yearlings
19. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight [McEnery]
20. The Brakeman's Blues [Rodgers]
21. Foggy Mountain Top [Carter]
22. Hick's Farewell
23. Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel [Emmett]
24. Write Me a Few of Your Lines [McDowell]
25. Bimini Gal
26. Shady Grove
27. Grey Eagle
28. Walkin' the Dog [Grimsley/Grimsley]
29. San Francisco Bay Blues [Fuller]
30. Short Life of Trouble
31. John Henry
32. Kneelin' Down Inside the Gate
33. Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt [Jackson]
34. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
35. Mansions for Me [Monroe]
36. Before This Time Another Year
37. My Creole Belle
38. Guitar Lesson
39. Cincinnati Blues [Fuller]
40. Poor Boy in Jail
41. He's Solid Gone [Carter]
42. Maggie Walker Blues
43. Chevrolet
44. Rising Sun Blues
45. Lord, Build Me a Cabin in Glory
46. Frankie and Albert
47. Hard Times [Stanley]
48. The Miller's Will
49. The Coo Coo Bird
50. Double File
51. The Wandering Boy [Hanna]
52. Stranger Blues
53. I Saw the Light [Williams]
54. Sugar Hill
55. Amazing Grace

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