In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

Editorial Reviews
The Washington CityPaper, Nov. 11, 2005
On these 36 songs, Smith stands out most for his “banjer” picking. He’s a speedy beast with the instrument

Product Description
On this album of never-before-released work, mountain music virtuoso Hobart Smith(1897-1965) plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and piano in addition to singing, clog dancing,and reminiscing. Taped shortly before he died by fellow banjo player Fleming Brown,Smith brings us back to a vanished era in these deeply personal recordings. 80-page book, historical photos, lyrics,two tablatures, 36 tracks, 72 minutes. Produced and annotated by Stephen Wade.

In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

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In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An essential collection
 In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes
Hobart Smith
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A3EJOA
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

  1. Heavens Airplane
  2. Banging Breakdown
  3. Buck Creek Girls
  4. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
  5. Brown Skin Blues
  6. John Browns Dream
  7. The Cuckoo
  8. Cripple Creek
  9. John Greers Two-Step
  10. Wabash Blues
  11. Jim and Me
  12. Old Joe Clark
  13. John Henry
  14. Give Me Your Heart
  15. What Did the Buzzard Say to the Crow
  16. Soldiers Joy
  17. Uncloudy Day
  18. I Feel So Good
  19. Cumberland Gap
  20. Jim Along
  21. Soldiers Joy
  22. Railroad Bill (Intro)
  23. Railroad Bill
  24. Old Joe Clark
  25. Wayfaring Stranger
  26. Chatham Hill Serenade
  27. Ill Meet You When the Sun Goes Down
  28. Indian March
  29. Walking Boss
  30. Woman at the Well
  31. Clog Dance with Guitar
  32. Black Annie
  33. Wildwood Flower
  34. Full of Music as I Could Be
  35. Katie Went a-Fishin with a Hook and Line
  36. K.C. Moan

Album Description

On this album of never-before-released work, mountain music virtuoso Hobart Smith(1897-1965) plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and piano in addition to singing, clog dancing,and reminiscing. Taped shortly before he died by fellow banjo player Fleming Brown,Smith brings us back to a vanished era in these deeply personal recordings. 80-page book, historical photos, lyrics,two tablatures, 36 tracks, 72 minutes. Produced and annotated by Stephen Wade.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An essential collection.......2006-02-06

Smith plays fiddle, banjo, guitar, and piano. He sings. His foot stomping and dancing while he plays is like another instrument. How did I survive as a fan of blues and old time music without this CD before it came out. What we get is an entire span of music that must have been played when he was young and the music he played was the music everyone wanted to hear. His banjo playing is in a class of its own which may at first be frightening to other banjoists who can't equal the speed, the power, and the musicality he provides. I love his guitar playing which is swingier than most old time guitar playing. His slide blues are wonderful. Even his piano music makes me want to dance. His voice is pretty good too. You get a real sense of this man, his strength, his longing, and the mighty joy that music brings

Having all of this on one CD creates an environment, a backgroup that transmits the traditional rhythm and techniques to the present. The blues and the banjo songs, the fiddle tunes and the sacred songs, all blend together.

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