In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes

Tracklist

1	Heaven’s Airplane	1:38
2	Banging Breakdown	1:41
3	Buck Creek Girls	2:09
4	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	0:59
5	Brown Skin Blues	3:02
6	John Brown’s Dream	1:13
7	Cuckoo Bird	1:45
8	Cripple Creek	2:08
9	John Greer’s Two-Step	2:22
10	Wabash Blues	2:39
11	Jim And Me	2:24
12	Old Joe Clark	2:35
13	John Henry	2:17
14	Give Me Your Heart	1:46
15	What Did The Buzzard Say To The Crow	1:14
16	Soldier’s Joy	2:59
17	Uncloudy Day	3:39
18	I Feel So Good	0:55
19	Cumberland Gap	3:21
20	Jim Along	2:59
21	Soldier’s Joy	1:24
22	Railroad Bill (Intro)	0:44
23	Railroad Bill	2:43
24	Old Joe Clark	1:58
25	Wayfaring Stranger	2:38
26	Chatham Hill Serenade	0:56
27	I’ll Meet You When The Sun Goes Down	1:30
28	Indian March	1:12
29	Walking Boss	2:24
30	Woman At The Well	2:28
31	Clog Dance With Guitar	1:05
32	Black Annie	2:20
33	Wildwood Flower	0:59
34	"Full Of Music As I Could Be"	1:43
35	Katie Went A-Fishin' With A Hook And Line	1:38
36	K.C. Moan	3:20

Credits

• Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Fiddle – Hobart Smith
• Liner Notes – Stephen Wade
• Producer – Stephen Wade

Notes

On this album of never-before-released work, mountain music virtuoso Hobart Smith(1897–1965) plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and piano in addition to singing, clog dancing, and reminiscing. Taped shortly before he died by fellow banjo player Fleming Brown, Smith brings us back to a vanished era in these deeply personal recordings. 80-page book, historical photos, lyrics,two tablatures, 36 tracks, 72 minutes. Produced and annotated by Stephen Wade.

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