I've now had a chance to listen to it -it's superb. It's a fundraiser, but it's much more important than that. Many of these musicians are as good as it gets. Here's the track notes:

Friends Across The Pond
1.   Possum up a Gum Stump   Celestial Railroad String Band   (2:40)
Learned from several sources.
Matt Gardner – bass, Tim Gardner – fiddle, Lo Gordon – banjo, Mary Gordon – guitar.
Gainsborough Festival Guests: 2003, and frequent attenders at other times too.
CD Source: specially recorded for this album.
www.celestialmtnmusic.com

2.   Sail Away Ladies   Tom Brad and Alice   (3:03)
Based on the playing of Tommy Jarrell with words from Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas Talley.
Tom Sauber – banjo, Brad Leftwich – fiddle and lead vocal, Alice Gerrard – guitar and harmony vocal.
CD source: Holly Ding, Copper Creek CCCD-0179, courtesy Copper Creek Records.
Gainsborough: 2002, 2004.
www.tombradalice.com.
www.coppercreekrec.com/

3.   Sugar in the Gourd   Rayna Gellert – fiddle   (2:29)
From the playing of Marcus Martin, who lived in Swannanoa, North Carolina.
CD source: Ways of the World – Rayna Gellert, Yodel-Ay-Hee CD032
Gainsborough: 2003
www.raynagellert.com

4.   Cherry River Line   Diane Jones – banjo and vocal    (3:06)
Accompanied here by Dave Bing on guitar, Diane learned this from a recording by Jenes Cottrell of Clay County, West Virginia.
CD source: There Are No Rules – Diane Jones and Hubie King.
Gainsborough: 2003 with the Reed Island Rounders.

5.   Wolves a-Howlin   Rough Deal String Band   (1:56)
Taken from a number of sources.
Ben Keogh – guitar and vocal, Tim Rogers – fiddle and vocal, Bill Whelan – banjo.
CD source: specially recorded for this album, and now on The Rough Deal String Band, CD2004
Gainsborough: every year since 2000
www.roughdeal.com

6.   Little Billie Wilson   Dan Levenson – banjo   (2:36)
A traditional tune.
CD source: Barenaked Banjos, Buzzard CD2000.
Gainsborough: 2003 with the Hippie-billies: Jennifer Levenson – banjo, Annie Trimble – guitar, Wes Linenkugel – bass.
www.oldtimemusic.us

7.   Sweet Sunny South   Kate Lissauer – fiddle and vocal   (4:30)
These lyrics appear on pre-civil war songsheets, sometimes crediting the name, Raymond, and the melody that Kate uses is from Kentucky fiddler, Buddy Thomas, who recorded a tune he called Sweet Sunny South on his album, Kitty Puss.
CD source: Ain't No Grave – Kate Lissauer, Wildwood CD19PO2
Gainsborough: regularly since 1997
www.wildwood-records.co.uk

8.   Put Your Hand to the Plow   Dwight Diller – banjo and vocal   (3:24)
A son of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Dwight had this from Jenes Cottrell of Dead Fall Run, Clay County, W.Va.
CD source: Harvest – Dwight Diller, YP-IX3
Gainsborough: regularly since 1998, usually with Dave Bing
www.dwightdiller.com

9.   Yew Piney Mountain   Reed Island Rounders   (2:57)
The fiddling comes from Harvey Sampson and this piece is a West Virginia favourite.
Billy Cornette – guitar, Diane Jones – banjo, Betty Vornbrock – fiddle.
CD source: Goin' Back, Burning Wolf BW003.
Gainsborough: regulars since Betty guested in 1996.
www.reedisland.com

10.   Trouble On My Mind / Jenny Get Around    Gandydancer   (2:58)
From John Salyer of Kentucky.
Dave Bing – fiddle, Jim Martin – bass, Gerry Milnes – fiddle, Ron Mullennex – banjo, Mark Payne – guitar.
CD source: Gandydancer, JMP 201.
Gainsborough: 2001

11.   Didn't He Ramble   New Deal String Band   (3:07)
A classic from Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers.
Tom Paley – guitar and lead vocal, Joe Locker – banjo and harmony vocal, Ben Paley – fiddle.
CD source: Dealing a New Hand, Wildwood CD19804.
Gainsborough: Tom has been with us from the very beginning, often with Joe and Ben too.
www.wildwood-records.co.uk

12.   Stonewall Jackson   Dave Bing – fiddle   (2:30)
Borrowed from the playing of Jimmy Wheeler of Portsmouth, Ohio.
CD source: Cross Ties – Gandydancer, JMP 203
Gainsborough: a regular, usually with Dwight Diller, or as a Gandydancer.   

13.   Hop High My Lulu Gal   Sara Grey – banjo and vocal   (3:17)
This comes from the singing of Jim Miller, via Fiddlers of North Carolina.
Accompanied by Kieron Means – guitar and vocal with Kate Lissauer – fiddle and vocal.
CD source: Boy, She's a Daisy – Sara Grey, Series LTCD 1301, courtesy of Tradition Bearers
Gainsborough: 1995, 1997, 2004.
www.ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/saragrey
www.thetraditionbearers.com

14.   Martha Campbell   Bob Carlin – banjo   (3:16)
First recorded by Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts, this version comes from Buddy Thomas.
CD source: Mr Spaceman – Bob Carlin, Car Tunes Recordings CD102.
Gainsborough: 2000
www.cartunesrecordings.com

15.   I Truly Understand   Bruce Molsky – fiddle and vocal   (4:45)
From Shortbuckle Roarke and family of Pineville, Kentucky, inspired by John Speckler's arrangement.
CD source: Warring Cats – Bruce Molsky, Yodel-Ay-Hee CD011
Gainsborough: 1999
www.BruceMolsky.com

16.   Stone Camp / Sugar Babe   Ron Mullennex – banjo and vocal   (2:35)
Stone Camp is an original tune written by Ron in 1973 and Sugar Babe comes from Sherman Hammons.
CD source: Banjo Legacy, AHR 824, courtesy Augusta Heritage Centre, West Virginia
Gainsborough: 2001, with Gandydancer.
ronmx@sunlitsurf.com

17.   Amazing Grace   Debby McClatchy – banjo and vocal   (3:16)
A reworking of the great John Newton hymn to a less familiar tune.
CD source: Chestnut Ridge – Debby McClatchy, Trails End CD2003
Gainsborough: 1999, 2004.
http://members.cox.net/debbymcclatchy/

18.   Pretty Polly   Riley Baugus – banjo and vocal   (3:09)
Deriving from the playing of Fred Cockerham.
CD source: Life of Riley, Yodel-Ay-Hee CD038.
Gainsborough: 2000, on guitar with the Konnarock Critters.

19.   Johnny Don't Get Drunk   The Konnarock Critters   (3:01)
The origins of this traditional tune are not known.
Al Firth – bass, Brian Grim – fiddle, Debby Grim – banjo, Jim Lloyd – guitar.
CD source: Rattletrap, Marimac 9070D, courtesy Marimac Recordings Inc.
Gainsborough: 2000 with Riley Baugus for Jim Lloyd on guitar. Jim was here in 2001 with Jim Costa.

Cheers
Ray