Play Me Something Quick and Devilish: Old-Time Fiddlers in Missouri

Discography

Discography Field recordings of Missouri fiddlers are in the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution archives (Festival of American Folklife), and in Missouri collections at institutions such as the Greene County Library in Springfield, Meyer Library at Missouri State University, and the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. This discography is a sample of recordings; some are out of print. Ball, Earl. Family Favorites. Humansville, MO: private label CD (ca. 2003). Barton, Cathy, and Dave Para. Ballad of the Boonslick. Boonville, MO: Big Canoe Records, 1982, CD reissue, Barton and Para (2003). ——-. Rebel in the Woods: Civil War Songs from the Western Border. Vol. 2. Big Canoe Records (1995). Numerous Missouri fiddlers have made self-produced records to sell privately, and no one knows how many one-off home recordings exist. Bill Kearns of Slater recorded himself fiddling “Wagoner” in 1943 on a 6-1/2”, 33-1/3-rpm plastic record on a Philco Photoelectric Reproducer. (Courtesy the State Historical Society of Missouri, Bill Kearns Collection) 363 364 Discography Barton, Cathy, Dave Para, and Bob Dyer. Johnny Whistletrigger: Civil War Songs from the Western Border. Big Canoe Records (1993). Beaulne, Kent, and Natalie Villmer, prod. La Guillonee. Vol. 1, A French New Year’s Eve Custom and Song: A Collection of Essays, 1855–2005. Old Mines Historical Society (2005). Beisswenger, Drew, and Gordon McCann. Ozarks Fiddle Music: 308 Tunes Featuring 30 Legendary Fiddlers with Selections from 50 Other Great Ozarks Fiddlers. Mel Bay, 2008. Bloomsdale Singers. “La Guignolee.” Ste. Genevieve: radio station KSGM, no. 11279-1A (1949). [78-rpm record] Brashear, Chris. Kentucky Rose. chris@chrisbrashear.com (1992) [cassette] ———. Perfect Strangers. Rebel Records CD 1793 (2003). Bressler Brothers. Heroes. Shan-Co-Mo Records 4001 (1998). Bruce, Johnny. Carroll County Fiddler. Bosworth, MO: private label (ca. 1977). Canaday, Leroy. Old Dan Tucker Was a Fine Old Man: Missouri Fiddler Leroy Canaday. Voyager Records VRCD 353 (2001). Christeson, R. P., ed. The Old-Time Fiddler’s Repertory: Historic Field Recordings of Forty-One Traditional Tunes. University of Missouri Press (1976; reissue 2011). Collins, Earl. “That’s Earl”: Collins Family Fiddling. Briar Recordings LP 4204 (1975). Currey, Sadie. Sadie Caroline. Columbia, MO: Curreykorn (2010). Enloe, Lyman. Fiddle Tunes I Recall. 1978, reissue, County CO-CD-2702 (1993). ———. Rugged Road. Society for the Preservation of Blue Grass Music in America, 1976, reissue, Missouri State Old-Time Fiddlers Association, MSOTFA 004 (1989). Esloo, Jeff, and Matt Wyatt. Banjo and Fiddle. Independence, MO: Fiddlesong Records (2005). The Farmertones. The Farmertones. St. Louis: Oceana Productions OP 005 (2008). [Marc Rennard, Geoff Seitz, the Buckannon Brothers, Dave Landreth ] The Fiddle Farts. Fiddle Farts: Old Time Country Favorites. Russellville, MO: private label (2001). [Herschel West, Gerald Steenbergen, Gene Steenbergen , Lige Enloe, Bill Bertucci] Fraser, Michael. Fiddles and Forests. Missouri Department of Conservation CD (2003). Galbraith, Art. Dixie Blossoms. Rounder Records LP 0133 (1980). Reissue, Musical Traditions Records (England), with additional tracks, MTCD509 (2010). ———. Simple Pleasures: Old-Time Fiddling from the Ozarks. Rounder LP 0157 (198?). Goforth, Gene. Eminence Breakdown. Rounder Records 0388 (1997). ———. Strike Up the Bow. Professional Artists PAS 7433-21 (1974). 365 Discography Grace, Paul and Win, and Family. Dance upon the Earth. Wellspring Music CD4905-D LP (1996). Graves, Bill. Sugar in the Coffee. Missouri State Old-Time Fiddlers Association 301-CD (1997). Greencorn String Band. Down in the Cotton and the Cane. Columbia, MO: private label (2001). Hammer Sisters. Echoes from the Hills. Crystal (1998). [cassette] Hartford, John. Hamilton Ironworks. Rounder 0442 (2001). ———. John Hartford’s Old Time Fiddling (Trying to Teach My Hands to Do What I Hear in My Head). Fiddler Magazine (1997). Haslag, LeRoy. Reflections of a Missouri Fiddler. Jefferson City, MO: private label, NR 21420 (2001). Head, Steve. Draggin’ the Bow. Browning, MO: private label (n.d.). ———. 32 Acres. Browning, MO: private label (n.d.). Herd, Jim. Old Time Ozark Fiddling. Voyager Records VRCD340 (1999). Holt, Bob. Got a Little Home to Go To. Rounder CD 0432 (1998). ———. Rabbit in the Pea Patch: Traditional South Missouri Dance Tunes. Ava, MO: private label (ca. 1992). [cassette] ———. The Way I Heard It. Ava, MO: private label (1993). [cassette] Hopkins, Dale. Old’n in the Way. Reissue, Nearly Famous Records (2001). Huck, Joseph B. The Red Violin. Private label (2009). Hughes, Lena. Lena Hughes, Queen of the Guitar Pickers and Her Flat Top Guitar . Power Records PLR185 (ca. 1965). Hughey, Ron. Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style...