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Folklorist Derek Piotr brings you the finest hidden gems of old-time, country, Americana, bluegrass and beyond. Dust on the Decks features recordings spanning a century; murder ballads, local nonsense, cowboy tales, banjo lessons, ancient Scottish song, and some of his own fieldwork, with heavy emphasis on Western North Carolina. Blood on the Tracks? Dust-to-Digital? Dust on the Decks. The old made new again? Perhaps!
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Images | Approx. start time |
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Lena Harmon | Lee Mills | Ballads and Songs - Historic Recordings | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||
Sophronie Miller | The Triplett Tragedy | The Watson Family | Folkways Records | 1963 | 0:03:32 (Pop-up) | |
Mary Sullivan | George Collins | Library Of Congress Recordings | 0:09:00 (Pop-up) | |||
Sharon Redding | Pretty Polly | N/A | Not On Label | 0:14:21 (Pop-up) | ||
Frank Goodwyn | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy) | 1939, Sarita, Texas | Not On Label | 1939 | 0:14:23 (Pop-up) | |
Doug & Berzilla Wallin | Tom Dula | Far In The Mountains Volumes 3 & 4 | Musical Traditions Records | 2002 | 0:16:38 (Pop-up) | |
Hicks Family | Unknown | N/A | Not On Label | 0:18:08 (Pop-up) | ||
Ellabell Singleton | Watermelon Vendor’s Street Cry | Herbert Halpert recording | Not On Label | 1939 | 0:21:31 (Pop-up) | |
Herbert Halpert | My Love is a Rider | Herbert Halpert recording | Not On Label | 1939 | 0:22:44 (Pop-up) | |
Retta Spradlin | Pea Fowl | Gettin' Up The Stairs: Traditional Music From The Cumberland Plateau Volume 1 | County Records | 1984 | 0:24:42 (Pop-up) | |
Retta Spradlin | Wild Bill Jones | Gettin' Up The Stairs: Traditional Music From The Cumberland Plateau Volume 1 | County Records | 1984 | 0:27:09 (Pop-up) | |
Alan Lomax and friends | Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) | Alan Lomax recording | Not On Label | 0:30:10 (Pop-up) | ||
Frank Proffitt | I’m Going Back to North Carolina | Frank Proffitt | Folk-Legacy Records | 1962 | 0:32:30 (Pop-up) | |
Dick Devall | Sitting at My Window, Sad and Lonely | Alan Lomax recording | Not On Label | 1946 | 0:34:19 (Pop-up) | |
Almeda Riddle | The Heber Springs Tornado | Recorded by Max Hunter - Greers Ferry, Arkansas, February 10, 1970 | Not On Label | 1970 | 0:37:37 (Pop-up) | |
Charlotte Decker | Bright Phoebe | Songs of the Newfoundland Outports | 0:41:19 (Pop-up) | |||
Sarah Ogan Gunning | Sally | Recorded by Dr. Ellen Stekert on 10/26/1975 at Gunning's home | 0:42:55 (Pop-up) | |||
Aunt Jenny Wilson | Dinah | Fred Coon Collection | 0:46:57 (Pop-up) | |||
Aunt Jenny Wilson | East Virginia | Fred Coon Collection | 0:48:27 (Pop-up) | |||
Aunt Jenny Wilson | How Aunt Jenny Learned | Fred Coon Collection | 0:51:38 (Pop-up) | |||
Justus Begley | The Golden Willow Tree | Anglo-American Ballads Vol 2 | Library of Congress | 0:54:00 (Pop-up) |
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ultradamno:
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derekpiotr:
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chresti:
Webhamster Henry:
Handy Haversack:
Dutch_62:
ultradamno:
ultradamno:
Niall:
Niall:
derekpiotr:
Dutch_62:
Niall:
Mr. Jackpots:
Wendy del Formaggio:
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JetBoy now of Astoria:
ultradamno:
slugluv1313:
first time hearing your show -- enjoying immensely!
back to folding laundry, but i will be listening 😺😺
derekpiotr:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Listener Robert:
ultradamno:
ultradamno:
Alison Porchnik:
Niall:
derekpiotr:
wholewheattoast:
melinda:
Niall:
Dutch_62:
Niall:
derekpiotr:
melinda:
Niall:
Glistener MW:
Glistener MW:
derekpiotr:
chresti:
Old Dave:
Tons of archived similar stuff available there...
derekpiotr:
WR:
Juli:
chresti:
Juli:
derekpiotr:
WR:
Handy Haversack:
HH: I *love* this show. I love it!
K8: I'm so glad!
Old Dave:
So weird, I actually sang At My Window for the Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines
a couple years later in Peace Corps... it got me nowhere, but that guy wanted to learn every verse.
One never knows!
JetBoy now of Astoria:
Niall:
chresti:
chresti:
Handy Haversack:
derekpiotr:
chresti:
Niall:
The other KY politician well known for playing folk music was Bill Cornett. He went out in style. I like to think they don't make them like this guy anymore:
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WR:
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