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Old Time Picking Styles & Techniques

Tom Paley was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, he shared with Mike Seeger and John Cohen the adventure of discovering the El Dorado of American country music - the wealth of songs and tunes commercially recorded in the 1920s, '30s and '40s. Most of the pieces Tom plays on this CD were taken from old 78 records. They have often been distanced from these models by years of creative miss-recollection or deliverate recasting. Tom plays guitar, banjo and fiddle on this solo venture into old time picking.

Track Listing: (click on tracks for mp3 sound samples)

1. Franklin Blues 
2. Browns Ferry Blues* 
3. Little Rabbit 
4. Jimmy Sutton* 
5. Mississippi Heavy Water* 
6. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train* 
7. Early Morning Blues* 
8. Mourning Blues* 
9. The Road To Austin* 
10. Salty Dog* 
11. Medley: Mississippi Sawyer & Rocky Mountain Goat
12. Louis Collins 
13. Roll On The Ground 
14. Rev. Gary Davis Medley: Light Of This World & I Belong To The Band 
15. Sad and Lonesome Day 

Those tunes marked with a star ( * ) are included in the tab/music PDF booklet on this CD.

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