Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins on the Southern Journey, on The Edge of Americana presents:

The Edge Of AmericanaAlan Lomax and Shirley Collins on the Southern Journey, on The Edge of Americana

Jean Ritchie has passed at 92 years of age. Well done Ms. Ritchie!

And tonight we are sitting in the back seat of an air conditioned Buick with Alan Lomax at the wheel, Shirley Collins riding shot gun, and a pile of recording equipment in the trunk, all as they drive through the South in 1959, field recording for Atlantic Records for what would be called "Songs of the South."  In the pictures up above, that's Alan Lomax recording Wade Ward in Independence Virginia, and the lovely Shirley Collins in the pasenger seat of the Buick.  Enjoy.  Otto 

Jean Ritchie / Little Black Train / Field Trip / Smithsonian Folkways
Jean Ritchie / Jean Ritchie / American Folk Tales / Smithsonian Folkways

Anna & Elizabeth / Little Black Train / Anna & Elizabeth / Self
Bill Monroe / Can't You Hear Me Calling / Live 1964 / Rockbeat Records
Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman & The Green Valley Boys / Hillbilly Fever / 1950s – 1960s Broadcasts / Patuxant
Red Allen / Deep Elem Blues / The WDON Recordings, 1963 / Patuxant
Walter Henderson, Wade Reedy, EC Ball & Blair Reedy / Alabama Jubilee (Recorded 1955 – 1958 by Alan Lomax) / Library of Congress Recordings / Library of Congress

EC & Orna Ball / Introduction by John Lomax / Through the Years, 1937 – 1975 / Copper Creek
EC & Orna Ball / Jenny Jenkins / Through the Years, 1937 – 1975 / Copper Creek

Shirley Collins / Hares on the Mountain / Sweet England / Argo

Walter Henderson, Wade Reedy, EC Ball & Blair Reedy / Cacklin Hen (Recorded 1955 – 1958 by Alan Loma) / Library Of Congress Recordings / Library of Congress

EC Ball & Orna Ball / Jennie Jenkins / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Almeda Riddle / My Little Rooster / Sounds of the South, Volume 4: American Folk Songs for Children / Atlantic
Hobart Smith / Poor Ellen Smith / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Wade Ward / Chilly Winds / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Shirley Collins / The Foggy Dew / False True Lovers / Folkways
Lucius Smith / Sid Hemphill / Old Devil's Dream / Southern Journey, Volume 3: 61 Highway Mississippi / Rounder

Mississippi Fred McDowell / Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Vera Hall / Trouble So Hard / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Bright Light Quartet / Straighten 'Em / Southern Journey, Volume 6: Sheep, Sheep Don'tcha Know the Road / Rounder
Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward / Uncle Charlie's Breakdown / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder
The Mountain Ramblers / The Old Hickory Cane / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic

I.D. Beck / Testimony / Southern Journey, Volume 4: Brethren, We Meet Again / Rounder
The Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation / Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah / Southern Journey, Volume 1: Voices from the American South / Rounder
John Davis & Group / Carrie Belle / Southern Journey, Volume 13: Earliest Times / Rounder
Texas Gladden / Whole Heap A Little Horses / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder
The Mountain Ramblers / John Henry / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
George Stoneman / Sally Anne / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder

Shirley Collins / Pretty Saro / Sweet England / Argo
Joe Armstrong & Group / Knee Bone / Southern Journey, Volume 13: Earliest Times / Rounder
Rosalie Hill / Bullyin' Well / Sounds of the South : The Blues Roll On / Atlantic
Neil Morris / Turnip Greens / Southern Journey, Volume 7: Ozark Frontier / Rounder
Ollie Gilbert / Once I Courted a Lady Beauty Bright / Southern Journey, Volume 7: Ozark Frontier / Rounder
Ruby Vass / The Banks of the Ohio / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder
Absie Morrison / My Prettiest Girl Is Gone / Southern Journey, Volume 7: Ozark Frontier / Rounder

Lucius Smith / Walk In The Parlor / Southern Journey, Volume 1: Voices from the American South / Rounder
Spencer Moore / The Girl I Left Behind / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder
Oscar Gilbert / Cole Younger / Southern Journey, Volume 5: Bad Man Ballads – Songs of Outlaws and Desperadoes / Rounder
Hobart Smith / Claude Allen / Southern Journey, Volume 5: Bad Man Ballads – Songs of Outlaws and Desperadoes / Rounder
Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden / When the Stars Begin to Fall / Southern Journey, Volume 4: Brethren, We Meet Again / Rounder
Wade Ward / Old Joe Clark / Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns / Rounder

Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young Jr. / Hen Duck / Sounds of the South – Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers / I'm On My Journey Home / Southern Journey, Volume 4: Brethren, We Meet Again / Rounder
Mississippi Fred McDowell / Lord Have Mercy / Southern Journey, Volume 3: 61 Highway Mississippi / Rounder
A. Burton & Congregation / God's Unchanging Hand / Southern Journey, Volume 3: 61 Highway Mississippi / Rounder
Boy Blue, Willie Jones & Joe Lee / Joe Lee's Rock / Sounds of the South : The Blues Roll On / Atlantic
Peerless Four / How Could I Live / Southern Journey, Volume 8: Velvet Voices / Rounder

The Mountain Ramblers / The Old Country Church / Sounds of the South – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals / Atlantic
The Mountain Ramblers / Shady Grove / Sounds of the South: Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic

Otto Konrad

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    June 2nd, 2015

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