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FRC 101 - Fred Cockerham (Ray Alden collection)

by Fred Cockerham

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David Gunter I have loved Fred Cockerham’s playing since I first heard him on one of my daddy’s LPs. This is a great collection of tunes by a masterful player.

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	1.	Shirt Tail Boogie 02:03
	2.	Little Satchel 04:49
	3.	Pretty Little Girl 02:38
	4.	Pretty Little Girl (banjo) 02:41
	5.	Carroll County Blues 02:35
	6.	Little Maggie 03:04
	7.	Roustabout 03:18
	8.	Roustabout (alternate) 01:46
	9.	Natural Bridge Blues 02:42
	10.	Pretty Polly 02:48
	11.	Learning to Fiddle (talk) 02:26
	12.	Breaking Up Christmas 02:33
	13.	Breaking Up Christmas (banjo) 02:06
	14.	Dance All Night 03:17
	15.	Cumberland Gap 03:55
	16.	Reuben 03:20
	17.	Reuben (alternate) 03:27
	18.	Black Mountain Rag 02:53
	19.	Virginia Style is Different (talk) 00:31
	20.	Holly Ding 01:39
	21.	Love Somebody (Soldier's Joy) 02:09
	22.	Old Joe Clark 04:38
	23.	Lee County Blues 04:16
	24.	Round Town Gals 01:27
	25.	Careless Love 02:20
	26.	Little Brown Jug 01:21
	27.	Bunch of Keys 01:03
	28.	Sweet Sunny South 00:45
	29.	Willie My Darling 00:48

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This CD honors one of North Carolina’s great traditional musicians, Fred Cockerham. Fred was born in 1905 in the Round Peak community of Surry County, North Carolina. He learned to fiddle by sneaking practice on his brother’s fiddle, later becoming a professional musician. Fred changed his original “framming” banjo style to emulate the high precision rhythmic technique of Round Peak’s great clawhammer player, Charlie Lowe. This CD presents a wide ranging sample of Fred’s expressive fiddle, banjo and singing abilities.

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released October 1, 2015

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