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Folklorist Derek Piotr brings you the finest hidden gems of old-time, country, Americana, bluegrass and beyond. Dust on the Decks features recordings spanning a century; murder ballads, local nonsense, cowboy tales, banjo lessons, ancient Scottish song, and some of his own fieldwork, with heavy emphasis on Western North Carolina. Blood on the Tracks? Dust-to-Digital? Dust on the Decks. The old made new again? Perhaps!

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Favoriting October 3, 2022: Dust on the Decks Episode 5

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Artist Track Album Label Year Images Approx. start time
Mrs. G.A. Griffin  Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie   Favoriting John Lomax recording  not on label  1939 
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Dick Devall  Sitting at My Window, Sad and Lonely   Favoriting Alan Lomax recording  not on label  1946    0:01:53 (Pop-up)
Mickey Miller  East Virginia   Favoriting Mickey Miller Sings American Folk Songs  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1959    0:03:43 (Pop-up)
Bonnie Dodd & Murray Lewis  Ozark Mountain Rose   Favoriting Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers and Hoss Hair Pullers  Dust-to-Digital  2014    0:05:57 (Pop-up)
Lena Bare Turbyfill  Skip to My Lou   Favoriting Ever Since We've Known It: More North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2022 
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Lena Bare Turbyfill and Ben Dugger  Cindy   Favoriting Ever Since We've Known It: More North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2022    0:10:58 (Pop-up)
Dan Tate  Cindy   Favoriting Dan Tate: Records from the collections of Peter Hoover & Ray Alden  Field Recorders' Collective  2015    0:12:06 (Pop-up)
Marshall Ward  Blue Ride Mountain Blues   Favoriting Ever Since We've Known It: More North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2022    0:12:46 (Pop-up)
Ben Dugger  Sourwood Mountain   Favoriting Herbert Halpert recording  not on label  1939    0:15:21 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Peter Mushrow  Swansea Town   Favoriting MacEdward Leach recording  Not On Label      0:17:32 (Pop-up)
Terry Yarnell  Lucy Wan   Favoriting Recorded by Peggy Seeger  Not On Label  1968    0:20:27 (Pop-up)
William Ritter  The Lass of Loch Royal   Favoriting Zoom ballad swap  Not On Label  2021    0:24:35 (Pop-up)
Seena Helms  The Three Babes   Favoriting Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1979 
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Seena Helms  Barbara Allen   Favoriting Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1979    0:34:26 (Pop-up)
Seena Helms  Groundhog   Favoriting Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1979    0:37:48 (Pop-up)
Willie Williams  Boll Weevil   Favoriting Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)  Document Records  1998    0:39:13 (Pop-up)
Willie Williams  Railroad Wreck   Favoriting Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)  Document Records  1998    0:40:51 (Pop-up)
Christine & Katharine Shipp  Uncle Rabbit, Sea Lion Woman   Favoriting Herbert Halpert recording  Not On Label  1939    0:42:04 (Pop-up)
Mose Harris  The Limkin   Favoriting Lamkin: Versions & Variants Across the Northern Hemisphere  Death is Not the End  2022 
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W.T. Ellison  Lillie Shaw   Favoriting Bobby McMillon recording  Not On Label  1973    0:48:28 (Pop-up)
The Virginia Mountain Boys  Lily Shaw   Favoriting Old Time Bluegrass from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Vol. 3  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1980    0:49:19 (Pop-up)
Orville Hicks  Pretty Polly   Favoriting Home recording        0:54:52 (Pop-up)
Orville Hicks  Four Nights of a Drunk   Favoriting Home recording        0:57:30 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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ultradamno:

Derek! Dust Devils!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
The Count of Al Dente:

I am a mere Dust Ball.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
chresti:

Hi Derek and dust bunnies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Dano59:

very similar to the Woody Guthrie lyrics (Mermaid Avenue project). Viva la folk process
  7:05pm
Old Dave:

Wow, this is a much better At My Window than the one I learned. Thanks!
  7:06pm
The Butterman:

Never never never go on a midnight ramble with Willy or anyone else for that matter.
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derekpiotr:

dave, where did you learn yours ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Dano59:

I thought you didn't go anywhere near the river with Willy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
listener 126464:

yoo-hoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
ultradamno:

The Pagans' Eyes Of Satan basically IS this song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Dano59:

"Skip to My Lou" was the first song we learned in group folk guitar class. G & D7.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
ultradamno:

Lead Belly's version is still my favorite, but that was nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Dano59:

Roger McGuinn: freemusicarchive.org...
  7:14pm
The Butterman:

Blue Ridge mountain blues! One of the 10 banjo songs I play badly! Love it!
  7:16pm
Akiva:

Please post more of your episodes to archive. They’re so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
chresti:

There's a cassette somewhere..(under a house?) that has my brothers and me singing the Monkees' theme song,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
chresti:

*we're screaming into the microphone
Avatar 7:21pm
derekpiotr:

@akiva i think every single episode is archived so far. if you want more content, my website fieldwork-archive.com might satisfy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
ultradamno:

I will not confirm or deny that there is a cassette of me as a kid singing every word of American Pie from memory
Avatar 7:24pm
Carmichael:

I knew a guy who could sing the entire song Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
chresti:

Ha ultrnoadamo
  7:24pm
Old Dave:

Now there's some dark October depression
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
chresti:

*ultradamno
Avatar 7:28pm
Carmichael:

Lass of Loch Royal, Roud #49.
Avatar 7:28pm
derekpiotr:

one of the prettiest Child ballads
Avatar 7:35pm
timinoak:

Oh wow! Lovely. I'm glad I tuned in. Thanks for the show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
ultradamno:

"This song is a hate crime!"
- A Groundhog
  7:40pm
Old Dave:

"I'm sure as hell less problematic than most skunks!"
-A Groundhog
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
melinda:

I like hearing different versions of Sea Lion Woman
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
ILikedWaterworld:

well i'll be..
  7:45pm
Joe from Staten Island:

the original original sea lion woman?
Avatar 7:45pm
slugluv1313:

greetings, Derek! Deckers!
been listening, digging 😺😺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Derek and Dusters! Loving the show so far. If that didn't get you to let your dogs to hunt, maybe you don't have dogs!
  7:49pm
Gnomon:

Always love a new version of Lemkin, thank you!
  7:50pm
Old Dave:

Canada! So many greats in the Maritimes. Thanks
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slugluv1313:

bummer, missed Boll Weevil!
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derekpiotr:

you can find a bunch of them on a compilation i released dedicated to the ballad, gnomon, where did you learn your "lemkin" version ??
Avatar 7:50pm
derekpiotr:

deathisnot.bandcamp.com...
Avatar 7:51pm
derekpiotr:

i would be very curious about your version, you can email me privately d@derekpiotr.com .....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Dano59:

Is the Sea Lion Woman a ... Selkie?
  7:55pm
JetBoy now of Astoria:

Great show Derek! Just been listening, not piping up yet.
  7:56pm
The Butterman:

See? there he is, Willy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Dano59:

He got around. Saw him fly by once
  7:56pm
Gnomon:

I don’t recall immediately, but it was something on Spotify, so not too rare. It was probably one of the British Isles folk revival, I’m thinking maybe Farrow Collective or possibly Stick in the Wheel.
  7:57pm
Gnomon:

Oh lovely, thank you!
Avatar 7:57pm
derekpiotr:

ah ok, was hoping it was something you learned from family
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
listener 126464:

Thank you, Derek.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Dano59:

I'll have to dig out my Troubadors of British Folk CDs and The Rose and the Briar (murder ballads, mostly)
  8:00pm
Gnomon:

Sadly no. But I did grow up in Foxfire territory so I may have stories for you later
Avatar 8:00pm
slugluv1313:

great show, Derek -- thank you!
gotta listen to the archives, see if this Boll Weevil is the same as in one of my Mom's old books
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Derek!
  8:00pm
Old Dave:

Love this show, much appreciated
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
chresti:

Thanks Derek!
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