Arnold Keith Storm, who worked for the postal serice in Mooresville, Indiana, recorded "Poor Little Joe" for Folk-Legacy on his LP, now available as a "custom cassette." His text isn't as complete as these, but his singing is excellent and his version is the one that came to him through his family tradition.

"Granny's Old Arm Chair" is included in two versions on Folk-Legacy's new CD Ballads and Songs of Tradition (CD-125). The first version was collected from a superb old ballad singer on Beech Mountain in North Carolina, Lee Monroe Presnell. He sings it unaccompanied, as he sang every song we collected from him. The second version I recorded from a retired stone quarry worker, fiddler, and songmaker in the Catskill mountains of New York state. He did it with guitar accompaniment, strongly influenced by Bradley Kincaid, I think. Interesting to compare the two "traditional" American approaches to a late 19th century English Music Hall song.

Folk-Legacy's web page is HERE. Remember, a percentage of each Mudcat sale goes back to Max to help keep the Mudcat going.

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