Title: Plays the Banjo Artist: Archibald L. Camp Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070352520 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2007-06-12 Number of Discs: 1
Archibald Camp had been playing the banjo for 70 years when he wrote to Folkways Records in January 1961, offering a tape of his banjo playing for their consideration. Camp was one of the few remaining five-string banjo players who remembered the original arrangements, and he feared that this old music would be lost forever unless he recorded them. In this significant album Camp revived fifteen of the twenty banjo solos from memory. Liner notes include a copy of Camp's letter, his autobiography, notes on banjo listening, and an introduction to the country music in the Folkways catalog.
Tracks: 1.1 Jumping Jacks 1.2 Golden Bell Polka 1.3 Watch Hill March 1.4 The Darkie's Awakening 1.5 Mount Gretna March 1.6 The Darktown Cakewalk 1.7 Light and Gay Polka 1.8 Silver Crown Schottish 1.9 Ciri-Ciri-Bin Waltz 1.10 The Frogville Band 1.11 Medley: Mocking Bird/Mockingbird/Listen to the Mocking Bird/Listen to the Mockingbird 1.12 Little Toy Train 1.13 Dixie/Chicken Reel 1.14 Beautiful Dreamer 1.15 Banjo Sketch 1.16 The Jersey Carnival March 1.17 Dance of the Fireflies 1.18 Serenade of the Mandolins 1.19 Dance of the Wooden Dolls 1.20 Jumping Jacks
