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Thread #4315 Message #23459
Posted By: Paul Stamler
10-Mar-98 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Cremation of Sam McGee (R W Service)
Subject: RE: SAM McGEE
The record including "Railroad Blues" Art refers to, produced by Mike Seeger, is called "Old-Timers of the Grand Ole Opry"; it features Sam & Kirk McGee & Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (Sam + Kirk = Uncle Dave Macon's Fruit Jar Drinkers), and is on Folkways. There was a second album, "Milk 'Em in the Evening Blues", just as good. These are overdue for reissue on Smithsonian/Folkways, but meanwhile you can get 'em as CD-R recordings or cassettes. (Be prepared to wait 6 months or so -- they're badly backordered at Smithsonian/Folkways.) Peace. Paul