Family Tradition

Joe Thompson

Release Date: 01 Jan 1999
Label: ROUNDER
Genre: POP & ROCK

CAT # 18964-2161-2

1. Georgia Buck 3:15

2. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 2:28

3. Oil in My Vessel 3:50

4. Molly Put the Kettle On 3:17

5. Goin' Downtown 2:52

6. Black Eyed Daisy 3:24

7. I Shall Not Be Moved 3:54

8. Pumpkin Pie 4:07

9. Old Corn Liquor 3:22

10. Cindy Gal 3:10

11. Old Joe Clark 3:40

12. Soldier's Joy 2:38

13. Careless Love 5:08

14. Donna's Got a Rambling Mind 2:53

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Joe Thompson is among the last African-American fiddlers still active in the South. A member of a North Carolina farming family with an active stringband tradition, Joe has been playing music since the 1920s. Released to coincide with Joe's eightieth birthday, this disc documents tunes and songs going back three generations of Thompson family musicians.

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