FRC 506 - Dan Tate: Records from the collections of Peter Hoover & Ray Alden | Dan Tate

FRC 506 - Dan Tate: Records from the collections of Peter Hoover & Ray Alden

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oldbanjo61 This man makes me happy when he sings. He makes me even happier when he talks. This recording is a treasure.

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	1.	Jawbone 00:39
	2.	Rabbits in the Bottom 01:41
	3.	Will the Weaver 01:21
	4.	The Ship That Never Returned 03:12
	5.	Muck On My Heel 01:53
	6.	Barbara Allen 02:57
	7.	Old as the Hills 00:24
	8.	Old Grey Goose 01:36
	9.	Sidna Allen Incident 07:36
	10.	Old Sally Brown 01:00
	11.	Sally Ann 01:37
	12.	Wagoner Boy 01:52
	13.	Time Draws Near 04:23
	14.	House Carpenter 06:03
	15.	Roundtown Gals 01:29
	16.	Cripple Creek 01:47
	17.	Naomi Wise 02:28
	18.	Old Mister Rabbit 02:19
	19.	Pretty Polly 01:45
	20.	Old Joe Clark 02:17
	21.	Sourwood Mountain 01:00
	22.	Man and a Mule 02:23
	23.	On Jordan's Stormy Banks 03:24
	24.	Who's on the Way (alternate title - Half Distracted) 01:22
	25.	Old Mister Rabbit 01:31
	26.	Cluck Old Hen 01:37
	27.	Froggy Went a Courting 02:56
	28.	Limerick 00:25
	29.	Little Fisherman 01:49
	30.	The Booger Boo (alternate title - Jolly Boatman) 01:55
	31.	Roustabout 01:08
	32.	Step Back Cindy 01:07
	33.	Root Hog or Die 01:43
	34.	Walk Jaw Bone 01:30
	35.	Papa, Look at Kate Eatin' Up My 'Lasses Cake 01:07

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These recordings, made in the early sixties, showcase the performances of a unique performer: not just a singer, not just a banjo player, but an all-round amazing repository of folklore. Dan lived in and around Fancy Gap, Virginia all of his life, having grown up in a family for whom music was a life force. His “commercial” recording career started in recordings in the thirties by the Library of Congress’s Archive of Folk Song; their technicians were recording Fancy Gap banjoist Calvin Cole, playing “Cousin Sally Brown,” and Dan, who just happened to be passing by at the time, stuck his head in the door and sang a couple of short verses. That was his way. – Peter Hoover

Ten years after Peter recorded Dan, Dave Spilkia and I spent one afternoon with Dan after locating him close to Fancy Gap. We wish to share that afternoon with you through these recordings, bestowing a unique experience with an inimitable man whose self description to us was “Dan Tate ain’t just anybody.” – Ray Alden

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released November 11, 2015

Tracks 1-23 recorded by Peter Hoover, 1960s. Tracks 24-35 recorded by Ray Alden 8/26/1974.

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