Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962

by Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley

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1.	Crawdad Song 03:35	buy track
2.	Sitting on Top of the World 03:09	buy track
3.	Lee Highway Blues 01:44	buy track
4.	Free Little Bird 02:08	buy track
5.	The Coo-Coo Bird 02:36	buy track
6.	Rising Sun Blues 02:58	buy track
7.	Looking Towards Heaven 02:30	buy track
8.	Rambling Hobo 01:29	buy track
9.	Rambling Hobo 01:38	buy track
10.	Shady Grove 01:31	buy track
11.	Cumberland Gap 02:23	buy track
12.	Tough Luck 02:28	buy track
13.	Humpbacked Mule 01:30	buy track
14.	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains 02:50	buy track
15.	Way Down Town 02:31	buy track
16.	Banks of the Ohio 04:14	buy track
17.	Little Sadie 02:22	buy track
18.	Carroll County Blues 01:42	buy track
19.	Cluck Old Hen 01:48	buy track
20.	Chilly Winds (Lonesome Road Blues) 02:40	buy track
21.	Sweet Heaven When I Die 02:40	buy track
22.	Fire on the Mountain 01:24	buy track
23.	Will the Circle Be Unbroken 03:23	buy track
24.	Daniel Prayed 02:56	buy track
25.	Amazing Grace 03:53	buy track
26.	Sally Ann 02:34	buy track
27.	Richmond Blues 01:36	buy track
28.	Old Ruben 02:03	buy track
29.	Willie Moore 03:34	buy track
30.	Walking Boss 01:51	buy track
31.	Shout Lulu 01:27	buy track
32.	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 02:08	buy track
33.	Pretty Little Pink 02:29	buy track
34.	Run, Jimmie Run 03:09	buy track
35.	Hick's Farewell 05:25	buy track
36.	The Old Man at the Mill 01:57	buy track
37.	A Short Life of Trouble 03:22	buy track
38.	Brown's Dream 01:43	buy track
39.	Footprints in the Snow 02:45	buy track
40.	I'm Going Back to Jericho 01:54	buy track
41.	Peg and Awl 02:14	buy track
42.	Maggie Walker 02:56	buy track
43.	God's Gonna East My Troublin' Mind 03:07	buy track
44.	I Saw a Man at the Close of Day 02:41	buy track
45.	Handsome Molly 02:16	buy track
46.	John Henry 03:44	buy track
47.	Honey Babe Blues 03:46	buy track
48.	Wayfaring Pilgrim 05:05	buy track

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With 20 previously unreleased performances, many rare photos, and producer Ralph Rinzler's comprehensive notes, this is the definitive collection of two earlier volumes entitled Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's. These LPs introduced the world to Doc Watson and played an important role in the folk revival of the '60s.

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released June 23, 1994

Ralph Rinzler - Field Worker, Recorder, Producer, Compiler, Liner Notes
Matt Walters - Producer, Compiler
Doc Watson - Artist
Clarence Ashley - Artist
Eugene Earle - Photographer (Cover), Recorder
Carol Hardy - Designer
Alan Yoshida - Mastering Engineer
Jeff Place - Producer, Compiler

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