I completely agree with nitty. Burl Ives was the first 'folk' singer I ever heard. My father introduced me to him via a 10-inch Decca LP (the 12-inchers hadn't appeared yet). I still have it, BTW. It's a collection of 78RPM recordings done in 1945, reissued on 10-inch LP in 1949-50. Many of those songs are in my gig bag now, but my favorite (virtually never heard) is "On the Grand Canyon Line"
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