FRC 303 - Buddy Thomas: Recordings from the collection of Dave Spilkia & Ray Alden | Buddy Thomas

FRC 303 - Buddy Thomas: Recordings from the collection of Dave Spilkia & Ray Alden

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	1.	Frankie 01:46
	2.	Blackberry Blossom 01:36
	3.	Billy in the Low Ground 02:15
	4.	Paddy on the Turnpike 01:29
	5.	Katy Hill 01:42
	6.	Cumberland Gap 01:34
	7.	Tennessee Wagoner 02:06
	8.	Stonewall Jackson 01:53
	9.	Wreck of the Old Number 9 03:10
	10.	Chicken Reel 01:20
	11.	Alabama Gals 01:33
	12.	I Don't Love Nobody 01:43
	13.	Turkey in the Straw 01:21
	14.	Susan's Gone (aka Blue-Grey Goose) 00:57
	15.	Flannery's Dream 01:23
	16.	McCloud's Reel 01:39
	17.	Pigeon on the Gate 01:29
	18.	St.Anne's Reel 01:52
	19.	Salt River 02:37
	20.	Turkey in a Pea Patch 01:19
	21.	Yellow Barber 01:33
	22.	Sheeps and Hogs Going to Pasture 01:23
	23.	Fun's All Over 01:32
	24.	Brickyard Joe 01:21
	25.	Briarpicker Brown 01:45
	26.	Snakewinder 02:40
	27.	Pumpkin Vine 01:37
	28.	Kitty Puss 01:37
	29.	Give the Fiddler a Dram 01:34
	30.	Little Girl Going Down to the River 02:14
	31.	Nine Miles Out of Louisville 02:15
	32.	Whiskey Before Breakfast 01:44
	33.	Feed My Horse Corn and Hay 01:18

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Buddy Thomas, the great northeastern Kentucky fiddler who died a young man of 39, grew up “so poor that even the poor folks said we were poor.” Dave Spilkia and I came across Buddy in Grayson, KY and found him to be an unassuming and kind human being with an enormous musical talent. He learned from sources such as his mother’s whistling, relatives and friends such as Perry Riley, Jimmy Wheeler (FRC401), Morris Allen and a bunch of 78 rpm records gotten in trade. These recordings were made upon our first meeting and a subsequent trip Dave made to Kentucky. On a third trip in 1974, we arrived to hear the sad news Buddy had just past away. – Ray Alden

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released October 30, 2015

Buddy Thomas-fiddle on all tracks; Dave Spilkia, guitar: tracks 2-8, 19-30; Lloyd Kiser, harmonica and vocals: tracks 9-14; Barbara Edwards,
guitar: tracks 16-18, 31-33. Tracks 1-14, 21 recorded by Ray Alden. Tracks 15-20, 22-33 recorded by Dave Spilkia.

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