FRC 304 - Banjo Bill Cornett: The Lost Recordings (Produced, Edited and Annotated by John Cohen) | Banjo Bill Cornett

FRC 304 - Banjo Bill Cornett: The Lost Recordings (Produced, Edited and Annotated by John Cohen)

by Banjo Bill Cornett

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	1.	Born in Old Kentucky 03:04
	2.	Fair and Tender Ladies 02:38
	3.	My Dearest Dear 03:33
	4.	Dying Soldier Boy 04:54
	5.	My Flowers, My Companions and Me 01:31
	6.	Look Up and Down That Lonesome Road 02:51
	7.	Cumberland Gap 02:16
	8.	Cripple Creek 01:56
	9.	Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow 02:27
	10.	Hustling Gamblers 02:17
	11.	Roll On John 02:46
	12.	Drummer Boy 02:59
	13.	Wild Bill Jones 03:44
	14.	Barbara Allen 06:03
	15.	The Rambling Boy 04:25
	16.	Banjo Bill Talks 01:12
	17.	I Can't Stay Here by Myself 02:56
	18.	Dying Cowboy 03:29
	19.	Rambling for Pleasure 04:09
	20.	Wreck of the Old 97 02:07
	21.	Love Henry 04:05
	22.	Sourwood Mountain 01:27

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(Produced, edited and annotated by John Cohen)
Bill Cornett (1890-1960) was an extraordinary singer and banjo player from Hindman, Kentucky. He was a powerful singer of old time songs, traditional ballads and his own compositions. His driving east Kentucky banjo style included frailing, up-picking and thumb lead coupled with an arsenal of tunings. Until now, he was known by his 1959 performances on John Cohen’s classic recording “Mountain Music of Kentucky” (Smithsonian Folkways). These newly revealed recordings came to light in 2002, forty four years after he made them. Cornett had been a member of the Kentucky State Legislature representing Knott and Magoffin counties. He had campaigned with his banjo, and sang on the floor of the Legislature advocating for the aged, and died while entertaining at a restaurant in Frankfort. We are grateful to his son Brode Cornett for making these recordings available after all these years. Every five string banjo player will be surprised to hear his unique approach, for it offers a new dimension and a fresh musical outlook. – John Cohen

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