Folk Festival At Newport, 1959 - Volume 3

Here´s the third and final set of recordings, done at the Newport Folk Festival, July 11/12, 1959. It features artists like Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie, John Jacob Niles, Frank Hamilton, Oscar Brand, Cynthia Gooding and Ed McCurdy.

Earl Scruggs was a banjo-player with Bill Monroe´s Bluegrass Boys who left the ranks in 1948. Kentucky-born Jean Ritchie was the youngest of 14 children, and distinguished herself from her brothers and sisters by learning to play the Appalachian dulcimer. Oscar Brand, like Pete Seeger a director of the festival, makes a cameo appearance with her, while Minnesota-born Cynthia Gooding was an early exponent of world music. She recorded a number of LPs for the Elektra label including collections of Turkish, Spanish and Mexican folk songs.

Frank Hamilton and John Jacob Niles also impress, but the honour of closing the show falls to another Elektra artist, Ed McCurdy. Best known for the anti-war classic "Last Night I had The Strangest Dream", the majority of his contributions here are traditional.

Tracklist:

Earl Scruggs- Flinthill Special
Jean Ritchie
- What're We Going To Do With The Baby-Oh
- Pretty Saro
- Shady Grove
Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand (accompanied by Billy Faier & Oscar Brand, g; Jean Ritchie, dulcimer)
- Paper Of Pins
John Jacob Niles
- The Hangman, or The Maid Freed From The Gallows
Frank Hamilton
- Lady Gay
Frank Warner
- Old Racoon

Earl Scruggs
- Earl's Breakdown
Oscar Brand (assisted by Billy Faier, voc, g)
- Which Side Are You On?
Cynthia Gooding
- Un Domingo
- Jalisco
Ed McCurdy
- The Old Fisherman
- When Cockle Shells Turn Silver Bells
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Frankie And Johnny
Earl Scruggs
- Cumberland Gap

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Folk Festival At Newport, 1959, Volume 3
(192 kbps, cover included)