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Old Friends and Other Strangers (Volume Seven)

Artist Song
Carter Family  Hello, Stranger 
Charlie Poole  If I Lose, I Don't Care  
Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 
Frank Hutchison  Worried Blues  
Edward L. Crain  Starving to Death on a Government Claim  
Fields Ward  Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 
Harry McClintock  Jesse James  
Frank Proffitt  Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down  
Bukka White  Special Streamline  
Leadbelly  The Midnight Special  
Roscoe Holcomb  Combs Hotel Burned Down  
Frank Hovington  Mean Old Frisco 
Pete Seeger  Fayette County  
Jean Ritchie  West Virginia Mine Disaster  
Shelby Flint  I Know Where I'm Goin'  
Barbara Dane  Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? 
Louise Bennett  Brown Girl in the Ring  
Gibson & Camp  Skillet Good 'n Greasy 
Doug Kershaw  Diggy Diggy Lo  
Townes Van Zandt  F.F.V. 
June Carter Cash  The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore  
John Mellencamp  Wreck of the Old 97 
Jimmie Dale Gilmore  Gotta Travel On  
Otis Taylor  Boy Plays Mandolin 
Ruthie Foster  Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) 

Comment:

The Doug Kershaw and Gibson & Camp tracks were among the first songs I learned to love from the old vinyl collections that inspired this series. I never thought I'd put a John Mellencamp song on one of my mixes, but his version of "Old 97" is credible and affecting.
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Feedback:

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Mo Twang!
Date: 3/21/2006
I listened to this today and it's terrific. Some of these songs I haven't heard in years (like "Starving to Death on My Government Claim") but they are old friends and it's great to hear them again. There's also some that were strangers but that are becoming new friends.
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G-Sphere
Date: 3/21/2006
Nice one. Liking this a lot.
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Nomates
Date: 3/21/2006
Hey, how come Mo Twang! was able to listen to this? I'm miffed. Because this mix has grabbed me by the throat of curiosity. The track list is riddled, riddled I tell you, with intriguing names and titles. Some known to me, some not. I feel the urge to git some learnin'. Can ya help me out?p.s. Brilliant cover art - just about captures the whole essence of the piece.
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hemizen
Date: 3/21/2006
Lots to love on this
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windmillhdc
Date: 3/21/2006
What I know I really like, lots to investigate.
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jonpoi
Date: 3/21/2006
:( No link.
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lanhamyodel
Date: 3/21/2006
Wonderful, another volume in this great series.
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musicgnome
Date: 3/22/2006
MoTW. Period.
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French Connection
Date: 3/22/2006
Much of this is unfamiliar territory to me but judging by the comments of the other guys looks like another good un Mark.
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p the swede
Date: 3/22/2006
same old sweet stuff again
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Siobhan
Date: 3/22/2006
Really fantastic. I love the majority of this stuff, and that 21 -> end stretch is just great. Like Nomates, I love the cover art too!
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Muzag
Date: 3/22/2006
Great stuff. An excellent series.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 3/22/2006
Another fine installment.
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Drover
Date: 3/22/2006
This is nice to see. The Mellencamp gives it a fun spin. Check the new Janis Ian song "Folk is the New Black."
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 3/23/2006
Wonderful.
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joey de vivre
Date: 4/6/2006
And - it's another out-of-the-park Homer in a now-legendary series -

please tell me you have some spare time on your hands for trading????