Episode 1622: Harry Smith at 100: Revisiting the Anthology of American Folk Music 

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May 30, 2023

Music:

All music from Harry Smith’s three-album compilation, Anthology of American Folk Music; released on Folkways in 1952.

  • Chubby Parker and his Old Time Banjo “King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O”
  • The Masked Marvel (AKA Charley Patton) “Mississippi Boweavil Blues”
  • Eck Robertson & His Family Band “Brillancy Medley”
  • Blind Willie Johnson & his wife Angeline “John the Revelator”
  • Henry Thomas “Fishing Blues”
  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford “I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground”
  • Rev. F.W. McGee “50 Miles of Elbow Room”

Notes:

Experimental filmmaker and record collector Harry Smith would have turned 100 years old on May 29th. Known for collecting all sorts of rare and out-of-print materials, Harry Smith released an extensive compilation album of early-American folk and country music recordings in 1952. Patrick explores this album and its impact on popular music.

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