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FRC101 - Fred Cockerham

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(From the collection of Ray Alden)
This CD honors one of North Carolina’s great traditional musicians, Fred Cockerham. Fred was born in 1905 in the Round Peak community of Surry County, North Carolina. He learned to fiddle by sneaking practice on his brother’s fiddle, later becoming a professional musician. Fred changed his original “framming” banjo style to emulate the high precision rhythmic technique of Round Peak’s great clawhammer player, Charlie Lowe. This CD presents a wide ranging sample of Fred’s expressive fiddle, banjo and singing abilities.

Song List:

     
  1
 Shirt Tail Boogie (2:03)  
  2 Little Satchel (4:49)  
  3 Pretty Little Girl (2:38)  
  4 Pretty Little Girl (banjo) (2:42)  
  5 Carroll County Blues (2:36)  
  6 Little Maggie (3:05)  
  7 Roustabout (3:19)  
  8 Roustabout (alternate) (1:46)  
  9 Natural Bridge Blues (2:42)  
  10 Pretty Polly (2:48)  
  11 Learning to Fiddle (talk) (2:26)  
  12 Breaking Up Christmas (2:33)  
  13 Breaking Up Christmas (banjo) (2:07)  
  14 Dance All Night (3:17)  
  15 Cumberland Gap (3:55)  
  16 Reuben (3:20)  
  17 Reuben (alternate) (3:27)  
  18 Black Mountain Rag (2:53)  
  19 Virginia Style is Different (Talk) (:31)  
  20 Holly Ding (1:39)  
  21 Love Somebody (Soldier’s Joy) (2:09)  
  22 Old Joe Clark (4:39)  
  23 Lee County Blues (4:16)  
  24 Round Town Gals (1:27)  
  25 Careless Love (2:20)  
  26 Little Brown Jug (1:21)  
  27 Bunch of Keys (1:03)  
  28 Sweet Sunny South (:46)  
  29 Willie My Darling (:48)  
 

 

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