The Edge Of AmericanaFishy Songs & Bruce Molsky

Tonight it's songs of maritime monsters, and a talk with Bruce Molsky (pictured here playing with Mike Seeger), master of modern old time and beyond! 

He'll be playing this Thursday at In Your Ear Studios in Richmond VA.

Following that, it's songs played by Mr. Molsky, but from their source, or at least from older recordings (you know how we like to do it around here). 

Artist / Song / Album / Label

John M. Salyer 1882-1952 / Fish On A Snag / Home Recordings Volume 2 / Berea College
Henry Thomas / Fishing Blues / 1927-29 Ragtime Texas / Document
Walker’s Corbin Ramblers / Ned Went A Fishin / 1001 Fiddle Tunes Vol. 1 / http://1001tunes.com
Stringbean / Stringbean’s a-Fishin’ / Barn Yard Banjo Pickin’ / Gusto
Blind Boy Fuller / What’s that Smell Like Fish? / Rude Dudes / Document

New Lost City Ramblers / The Old Fish Song / 1958-62 The Early Years / Folkways
Louis Killen, Jeff Warner, Gerret Warner & Fud Benson / The Coast Of Peru / Steady as She Goes: Songs and Chanties from the Days of Comm / Folkways
Old & in the Way / Catfish John / 1973 That High Lonesome Sound / Acoustic Disc
Polk Miller’s Old South Quartette / Oysters And Wine At 2 A.M. / Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette / Tompkins Square
Fred Van Eps / The Lobster’s Promenade / 5 String Banjo 1909-17 / BACM
Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Ocean of Diamonds / Live in Holland / Strictly Country

Norm Edmonds / Lady Of The Lake / & The Old-Timers, Vol 1 Frc301 / Field Recorders Collective – http://www.fieldrecorders.com
Bad Livers / Clawhammer Fish / Horses In The Mines / Quarterstick
Alice Gerrard / Fish on a Hook / Banjo Gathering (Disc 1) / Self

Sam McGee / Buck Dancer’s Choice / Grand Dad of the Country Guitar Pickers / Arhoolie
Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band / cuban_two_step_rag / 1001 Fiddle Tunes Vol. 1 / http://1001tunes.com
John Morgan Salyer / Lost Boy / Home Recordings 1941-42 / Berea College
Tommy Jarrell / As Time Draws Near / Clawhammer Banjo Volume Three / County
The Fox Hunt / Train On The Island / America’s Working So We Don’t Have To / Skull City
Bruce Molsky / Sally Cooper / Lost Boy / Rounder Select

Roscoe Holcomb / Across The Rocky Mountain / Mountain Music Of Kentucky / Smithsonian Folkways
Michael Daves / I Live in The Past / Live at the Rockwood / Self
Norm Edmonds / Uncle Norm’s Tune / & The Old-Timers, Vol 1 Frc301 / Field Recorders Collective – http://www.fieldrecorders.com
Reno & Smiley / Emotions / Together Again / Rebel

Mr. & Mrs. Sams / The Wagoner’s Lad / Mountain Music Of Kentucky / Smithsonian Folkways
Doc Watson / Muskrat / Best of Doc Watson 1964-68 / Vanguard
Uncle Dave Macon / Sail Away Ladies / 1927-30 Go Long Mule / County
Kelly Harrell / Peg And Awl / Kelly Harrell Vol. 1 (1925-1926) / Document
Ernest Stoneman / Wild Bill Jones / Roots of American Fiddle Music – Volume 3 / http://1001tunes.com

Red Allen & The Kentuckians / I’m Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling / The Folkways Years / Smithsonian Folkways
Marcus Martin / Shove The Pig’s Foot A Little Further Into The Fire / Peter Hoover Collection / Field Recorders Collective – http://www.fieldrecorders.com
Cas Wallin / Pretty Saro / Sodom Laurel Album: Appalachian Ballads From Madison County, North Carolina / UNC Press
Kyle Creed and Fred Cockerham / John Henry / Clawhammer Banjo Volume 1 / County
Ed Haley / Indian Squaw / Forked Deer (Disc 2) / Rounder