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Jack Warner: Richard Fariña & Eric von Schmidt 1963-01-14
Identifier9801120
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeFLAC
Source InfoStudio>?>LP>?>FLAC
Trades Allowed
Performance
Richard Fariña & Eric von Schmidt 1963-01-14 Dobell's Jazz Record Shop, London, England
Set 1Dick Fari?a & Eric von Schmidt F-LEUT/7
with Ethan Signer
and occasionally Blind Boy Grunt (*)

1. Johnny Cuckoo (Adapted from a children's game song learned from Bessie Jones,
a Negro woman from St. Simon's Island, Georgia)
2. Jumping Judy (An Ox song, sometimes called DRIVE IT ON, from the unaccompanied
singing of convicts, Cummins State Farm, Arkansas, 1934. Played
in open G-tuning)
3. Glory, Glory (*) (Traditional Negro hymn, the tune relating closely to the
Southern white hymn, WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?)
4. Old Joe's Dulcimer (A medley of dance tunes including OLD JOE CLARK,
SWING AND TURN, DARLIN' COREY, etc.)
5. Wobble Bird (A variation of THE CUCKOO, in 3/4 time)
6. Wildwood Flower (Instrumental on the well known Carter Family song)
7. Overseas Stomp (*) (In the spirit of the 1927 Memphis Jug Band)
8. Lonzo N'Howard (Learned from Tom Shoemaker of Harlan, Kentucky, who
heard it there from a mountain Fiddler called Blind Jim.
This is probably its first recording)
9. You Can Always Tell (*) (A tune based on Furry Lewis' DRY LAND BLUES with extra verses)
10. Xmas Island (*) (A twelve-bar written by Fari?a)
11. Stick With Me Baby (Played in open G-tuning. Adapted from the 1928 Furry Lewis'
I WILL TURN YOUR MONEY GREEN)
12. Riddle Song (Traditional, with new answers to fit the old questions)
13. Cocaine (*) (Learned from Rev. Gary Davis at Indian Neck, 1960)
14. London Waltz (*) (A blues in 3/4 time, music by Fari?a, words spontaneous)
Set 2
Set 3
CommentRichard Fari?a and Eric von Schmidt
"Dick Fari?a & Eric von Schmidt"
vinyl LP, Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK)

Recorded at Dobell's Jazz Record Shop, London, 14-15 Jan 1963

NOTES:
See http://www.searchingforagem.com/1964.htm (near the top of the page) for more information about this wonderful, historically important, and long out of print album.
21 year-old Bob Dylan sits in as "Blind Boy Grunt" and contributes harmonica and backup vocals. There is an extensive account of the recording sessions in "Positively 4th Street" by David Hajdu.