The Warner Collection, Vol. 1: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

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The Warner Collection, Vol. 1: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Track Listing
1. House Carpenter – Rebecca Jones
2. Tom Dooley – Frank Proffitt
3. Single Girl – Frank Proffitt
4. Freight Train Blues – Richard Hamilton
5. Convers. W/Lee Monroe Presnell – Lee Monroe Presnell
6. I Went to See My Molly – Lee Monroe Presnell
7. River of Life – Buna Hicks
8. Babies in the Wood – Dorothy Howard
9. I Dropped the Baby – Dorothy Howard
10. Solas Market – Edith Perrin
11. Wakes in the Morning – Edith Perrin
12. Where Did You Get That Hat? – Edith Perrin
13. Mail Day Blues – J.B. Sutton
14. Nobody Knows – Susan Sutton/J.B. Sutton/Sue Thomas
15. Gilgarrah Mountain (Whiskey in the Jar) – Lena Bourne Fish
16. Somebody’s Waiting for Me – Charles K. Tillett
17. Bony on the Isle of St. Helena – Charles K. Tillett
18. Come Love Come – Eleazar Tillett
19. Get Along Josie – Tom Smith Hey
20. Days of ’49 – John “Yankee” Galusha
21. Springfield Mountain – John “Yankee” Galusha
22. Convers. W/Eleazar Tillett – Eleazar Tillett
23. Jolly Thresher – Eleazar Tillett
24. Chimbley Sweeper – Rebecca Jones
25. Convers. W/Rebecca King Jones – Rebecca Jones
26. Barbara Allen – Rebecca Jones
27. War Cry – Louis Solomon Mohawk Chant
28. Old Woman in the Garden – Frank Proffitt
29. James Campbell – Frank Proffitt
30. Convers. W/Frank Proffitt – Frank Proffitt
31. Lowlands Low – Frank Proffitt
32. Skin and Bones
33. Two Little Blackbirds – Elda Blackwood
34. Uncle Ned – Elda Blackwood
35. Tommy – Martha Midgett
36. Hold My Hand Lord Jesus – Sue Thomas
37. Jolly Roving Tar – Lena Bourne Fish
38. Castle by the Sea – Lena Bourne Fish
39. Deep Elm Blues – Richard Hamilton
40. Farewell to Old Bedford – Lee Monroe Presnell
41. Sometimes I’m in This Country – Lee Monroe Presnell
42. Top of Mt. Zion – Buna Hicks
43. Poor Wayfaring Pilgrim – Linzy Hicks
44. Been to the West – Steve Meekins Been to the East
45. Lass of Glenshee – John “Yankee” Galusha
46. Irish 69th – John “Yankee” Galusha
47. Cumberland and The Merrimac – John “Yankee” Galusha
48. Lonesome Valley – Manny Curtis
49. Grandmama’s Advice – Mrs. Wolf
50. Oh, I Like It – Edith Perrin Kiss Me
51. When I Die – Edith Perrin
52. Young Beham – Roby Monroe Hicks
53. Poor Ellen Smith – Homer Cornett
54. Johnson Boys – Frank Proffitt
55. Little Maggie – Frank Proffitt
56. Palms of Victory – Linzy Hicks
57. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still – Martha Etheridge/Eleazar Tillett/Martha Etheridge
58. Let’s Make a Date – Eleazar Tillett/Melissa Etheridge/E Tillett/M. Etheridge

Playing Time:    73 min.
Producer:    Jeff Warner, Gerret Warner, Jeff & Gerret Warner

Album Notes
Full title: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still: The Warner Collection Volume 1. Recorded between 1940 & 1966. Includes a 36-page booklet, with liner notes by Tim Eriksen, Gerret Warner, Jeff Warner, Josh Michaell, Jim Musselman and Jeff Davis. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recording information: East Jaffery, NH (1939-1966); NC (1939-1966); New York, NY (1939-1966); Texas, Coopertown, NY (1939-1966); Wanchese, NC (1939-1966). Editor: Charlie Pilzer. Photographers: Ann Warner; Frank Warner. This first volume in Appleseed Recording’s Warner Collection series focuses on field recordings of ballad singers along the East Coast, made by Frank and Anne Warner between 1940 and 1966. Her Bright Smile Still Haunts Me serves a full plate, offering up nearly 60 folk songs (most, under a minute) that form a telling piece of American history. The performances range from light and entertaining to haunting, from solo vocalist to a family chorus (most of the vocalists are unaccompanied by instruments). This volume includes performances by Frank Proffitt, Edith Perrin, “Yankee” John Galusha, and many more, and the repertoire includes a few well-known folk songs such as “Tom Dooley” and “Little Maggie,” but most of the songs will be new to most listeners. Included are also some brief, informal conversations between the Warners and the musicians that would make anyone smile, displaying the comfortable rapport and friendliness between the Warners and the folks they recorded. Since these are field recordings, the sound is not perfect. The lyrics are always audible, but a number of tracks have a heavy hiss due to the state of the vinyl from which these recordings were rescued. Regardless, this is a wealth of traditional songs delivered with heartfelt warmth and personality. ~ Joslyn Layne