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Jeff's Collection

Doc Watson   08/19/1978

Fiddler's Convention, Mountain City, TN
Source SBD > ? > Cassette (SONY Metal ES90)
Media FLAC   1 disc
Notes AT195





Doc Watson w/ Fred Price & Clint Howard
1978-08-19
"A Fiddler's Convention in Mountain City, Tennessee"
Mountain City, Tennessee
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Source: SBD > ? > Cassette (SONY Metal ES90)
Transfer: Tascam 112 MKII > M-Audio 2496 > Soundforge 8.0 Wav @ 44.1kHz/16 bit > CD Wave > Flac (by Dub Irie 2006-08-26)

01 Rollin In My Sweet Baby's Arms
02 Daybreak Blues
03 Deep River Blues
04 Wild Bill Jones
05 Shady Grove
06 I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
07 Salty Dog
08 Doc Talking
(w/ Fred Price & Clint Howard)
09 Way Down Town
10 I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
11 Fire On The Mountain
12 Rubin's Train
13 On The Bank's Of Ol' Tennesse
14 New River Train
15 Walkin' In The Streets
16 Homesick For Heaven
17 Talking
18 Mountain Dew
19 Pretty Little Pink
-Encore-
20 The Crawdad Song

Total Time: 77:20

This is a really amazing and different Doc Watson recording from Mountain City, Tennessee, where back in the 20's they used to have an annual Fiddler's Convention in Mountain City that would draw musicians into town to compete for $40 in prize money.
See: http://www.clarenceashley.com/fiddler.html

Doc and his friends and family were at this to commemorate this event in American music history. Fred Price on fiddle and Clint Howard on guitar accompany Doc for the second part of the set in what is a real entertaining excursion into the songs of yesteryear. Some tape hiss shouldn't take away too much from the enjoyment of this gem. - Dub Irie 08/26/2006


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Size: 520 MB
Trades Allowed Yes
Lists lossless
Owned by Jeff · Last Updated May 23, 2023