Title: Asch Recordings 2 1939-45 / Various Artist: Various Artists Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070100428 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing "Cindy" on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with "Railroad Blues" using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how "Two Maidens Went Milking One Day." Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Davis, Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Reese.
Tracks: 1.1 Two Maidens Went Milking One Day 1.2 The Hangman's Tree 1.3 Little Mattie Groves (Matty Groves) 1.4 The Wife of Usher's Well (Lady Gay) 1.5 Dark Scenes of Winter 1.6 Railroad Bill 1.7 Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connelly) 1.8 Springfield Mountain 1.9 Bonnie Laboring Boy 1.10 Go Down, Old Hannah 1.11 Cindy 1.12 Clog Dance (Stomp Blues) 1.13 Fox Chase 1.14 900 Miles 1.15 Railroad Blues 1.16 Civil War Parade 1.17 Tom Tom Workout
