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Posted:
May 30, 2023
Music:
All music from Harry Smith’s three-album compilation, Anthology of American Folk Music; released on Folkways in 1952.
- Chubby Parker and his Old Time Banjo “King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O”
- The Masked Marvel (AKA Charley Patton) “Mississippi Boweavil Blues”
- Eck Robertson & His Family Band “Brillancy Medley”
- Blind Willie Johnson & his wife Angeline “John the Revelator”
- Henry Thomas “Fishing Blues”
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford “I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground”
- Rev. F.W. McGee “50 Miles of Elbow Room”
Notes:
Experimental filmmaker and record collector Harry Smith would have turned 100 years old on May 29th. Known for collecting all sorts of rare and out-of-print materials, Harry Smith released an extensive compilation album of early-American folk and country music recordings in 1952. Patrick explores this album and its impact on popular music.
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