Home Recordings: Vol. 1

Home Recordings Vol. 1 Liner NotesHere are the liner notes for the Down Hill Strugglers album"Home Recordings: Volume 1."This album was recorded around a single microphone over the course of 2 days while we were staying in a house on the former site of Sodom, KY. The songs are listed below along with information on who played what and one or two of the source recordings that inspired our own version.Cover drawing by Walker Shepard.1. Colored AristocracySource: The Rich Family - Recorded by Charles Seeger during the Arthurdale Festival, Arthurdale, W.V., Archive of folk Culture, Library of Congress, 1936.Walker - banjoJackson - fiddleEli - mandolin2. All Gone NowSource: Georgia Yellow Hammers/Clyde Evans Band - Columbia Records 1929 Walker - guitar, harmony voiceJackson - fiddle, lead voiceEli - mandolinJohn - banjo3. In the Good Old Summer TimeSource: Uncle Dave Macon - Vocalion Records 1926Walker - guitarJackson - fiddleEli - banjo, voice4. Eighth of JanuarySource: The Arkansas Barefoot Boys - Okeh Records 1928Walker - banjoJackson - fiddleEli - guitar, harmonica5. Ain't Gonna Lay My Armour DownSource: McVay and Johnson - Columbia Records 1928Walker - fiddle, voiceJackson - guitar, harmony voiceEli - banjo6. Four Cent CottonSource: Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers - Columbia Records 1931Walker - fiddleJackson - fiddle, voiceEli - guitarJohn - mandolin7. Sugar in the GourdSource: Marcus Martin - Recorded for the Library of Congress by Margot Mayo 1946Jackson - lead fiddleWalker - backing fiddleEli - harmonica8. Leaning on the Everlasting ArmSource: Cogar and McGhee - Gennett Records 1928 Walker - fiddle, harmony voiceJackson - fiddle, lead voiceEli - guitar, whistling9. Don't Let Your Deal Go DownSource: Fiddlin' John Carson - Okeh Records 1928Walker - fiddleJackson - guitar Eli - harmonica, voiceJohn - banjo10. Ladies on the SteamboatSource: Burnett & Rutherford - Columbia Records 1927, Clyde Davenport - Field Records Collective Vol. 1 Released 2005Walker - fiddleJackson - guitarEli - banjo11. Way Out West in KansasSource: Nimrod Workman -"The Land of Yahoe" (Rounder Records 1996), Vernon Dalhart - Edison 1924Walker - fiddleJackson - fiddleEli - guitar, voice12. Johnson BoysSource: Grant Brothers - Columbia Records 1928Walker - banjo, voiceJackson - fiddleEli - mandolin13. Likes Likker Better Than MeSource: Woodie Brothers - Victor Records 1931Walker - banjoJackson - guitar, voiceEli - harmonica14. Goodbye My Honey I'm GoneSource: Grant Brothers - Columbia Records 1928Walker - guitar, harmonicaJackson - fiddle, voiceEli - mandolin