Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Smoky Mountain Ballads [COMPACT DISCS] USA import

Folkways Records

Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Smoky Mountain Ballads [COMPACT DISCS]

Artist: Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Title: Smoky Mountain Ballads

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2012

Label: Folkways Records

UPC: 093070204027

Genre: Oldies

Album Tracks

1. Swannanoa Tunnel
2. Mr. Garfield
3. Jennie Jenkins
4. Little Margaret
5. Banks of the Ohio
6. Springfield Mountain
7. The Death of Queen Jane
8. Mole in the Ground

Called "The Minstrel of the Appalachians," banjo player Bascom Lamar Lunsford performs a cross section of his sizeable repertoire, which contains at least three hundred songs. These songs include English ballads, topical songs, and 19th century popular songs incorporated into the North Carolina mountain tradition.