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FRC 115 - Ray's Dream (Ray Alden and many friends)

by Ray Alden and many friends

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of FRC 750 - Luther Davis & Hus Caudill - Old-Time Galax-Style Twin Fiddling recorded by Tom Carter & Blanton Owen, FRC 747 - Hus Caudill - Old-Time Alleghany County Fiddling recorded by Tom Carter & Blanton Owen, FRC 745 - Luther Davis - Old-Time Galax Fiddling recorded by Tom Carter & Blanton Owen, FRC 742 - Yvon Mimeault - Reissue of Y'était temps!, FRC 734 - Bill Hensley - Wayne County, WV Banjo Player & Ballad Singer, FRC 800 - A Survey of Traditional Music from the North American Traditions Collection, FRC 738 - John Dee Kennedy of Pawnee, Oklahoma (From the collection of Brad Leftwich and Linda Higginbotham, FRC 737 - John Rector - Galax Fiddle & Banjo (Tom Carter & Blanton Owen recordings), and 107 more. , and , .

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	1.	Lulu Loves Them Young 02:42
	2.	Five Miles To Town 02:31
	3.	Hook and Line 03:21
	4.	Snake Chapman's Tune (Go Home With the Girls in the Morning) 03:22
	5.	Let Me Fall 02:09
	6.	Benton's Dream 02:06
	7.	Sleepy Eyed John 03:43
	8.	Little Pink 03:57
	9.	Medley of Favorites 02:59
	10.	Highlander's Farewell 02:43
	11.	Going Across the Country 02:12
	12.	Fall On My Knees 02:15
	13.	Worried Blues 03:06
	14.	John Hardy 03:07
	15.	Skip To My Lou 01:22
	16.	Sharp's Hornpipe 02:41
	17.	Stag-O-Lee 03:30
	18.	Are You Washed in the Blood 03:27
	19.	Rockingham Cindy 03:03
	20.	John Brown's Dream 03:15

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Just one person’s words aren’t enough to describe Ray Alden’s contribution to old-time music. About everywhere you go, from the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Virginia and in every direction, you’ll meet musicians who have been touched in some way by Ray’s love of mountain music and his lifetime of devotion to it. His own field recordings of older generation players and younger, more “modern” players illustrate his belief that folk music is there for everyone, a language and expression that anyone can grab on to. Ray was a great banjo player, a prominent music collector, a beloved member of the old-time music community. And above it all, he loved just sharing music － Ray wanted everyone to be moved by the magic he heard in the old tunes.

It was Ray’s wish that there be a document of his music that spanned time and place. So here’s a collection of music featuring Ray with his distinctive, percussive, wonderful banjo style. The tunes were played at different times, with different folks and in different settings, but together they paint a single big picture of someone a bit larger than life. Ray’s curiosity and enthusiasm seemed limitless; he turned his passion for music into opportunities to connect with people and to celebrate life. Listen to the music on this CD and you’re bound to do the same! – Bruce Molsky

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released November 20, 2015

Track credits included in liner notes with download, features Clyde Davenport, Benton Flippen, Mac Snow, Scotty East, Earnest East, Ambrose Verdibello, Bruce Molsky, Brad Leftwich, Linda Higginbotham & many others!

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