The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111173 Message #2338876
Posted By: Severn
12-May-08 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: Chords: Railroading and Gambling (from Tom Paley)
Subject: RE: Tom Paley Railroading And Gambling
Sorcha- He recorded it originally with The New Lost City Ramblers on their first album playing the banjo in the style of Uncle Dave Macon who recorded the 78 he learned it from. Back then he played banjo, guitar and dobro-the fiddle is a relatively recent addition to his arsenal.
Olddude- It might have been included in "The New Lost City Ramblers Songbook" published by Oak Publications back in the 1960s sometime.
Also google Uncle Dave Macon and see what you can find. I replaced my LPs and tapes with the two JSP boxed sets that contain all of his commercially recorded works, so I forget which of the individual albums scattered around on County, Folkways, MCA/Decca and the like that it was on. Another boxed set was put out in Germany on the Bear Family label. The Macon version was anthologized on LP on "Smoky Mountain Ballads" (RCA Vintage LPV 507) which was later condensed a bit onto a Camden/Pickwick cheapie LP (ACL 7022). It was also included on LP on "Nashville-The Early String Bands Vol.1" (County 541) which, I believe is available as a CD, so you might google County Records.