Folk Music Index - Donors
In this section, I list the folks who in one way or another have contributed
recorded or printed sources to the index. The number of donated sources now
stands at around 710 items; most are recordings, but books and folios have
also been contributed.
Several people have donated valuable out of print recordings. I especially
want to thank Sandy Paton of Folk Legacy Records
for providing a large number of his out of print but essential folk music
recordings for inclusion in the database. Sandy recently passed away, but his
contribution to traditional musics through many collecting and recording activities
remains immense, and I am very pleased to be able provide pointers to these
recordings of his in the index.
Another person that I wish to acknowledge is Ralph Stephen, who contributed some 70 recent recordings of English folk groups such as Fairport Convention, Dervish, Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band, Blowzabella, along with some very important Topic reissues of field recordings. Thank you, Ralph!
Others who have contributed important material include:
- John Adams for some 20 old-time and Bluegrass LP's including Dian and the Greenbriar Boys.
- Ray Ashman for a CD of banjo material and a country blues publication.
- Barbara Blumenstein who donated several records, including Jody Stecher's hard to find first Bay recording, "Going Up on the Mountain"
- Robert Brown for some Harry Bray material.
- Kerry Blech for his compilation of Old-Time Music on Rounder Records
- Virginia Corrie-Cozart for several older Riverside/Washington LPs.
- Community Music Center of Portland for several rare out of print LP's
- Peter Feldman for the CD, 50 Years in Bluegrass, and several other CDs from the Santa Barbara, CA area
- Chuck Fiske for two CD's of the Reeltime Travelers.
- Jocelyn Goodall for twenty LP's and cassettes covering a wide variety of Irish and American fiddling and singing.
- Hugh Heinsohn for Steve Martin's The Crow; New Songs for the Five String Banjo.
- Don Jacobson for more than 15 LP's including some rare 60's issues.
- Jerry Kergan for two Good Time Singers LP's from the 60's
- Lynn Langford for the Jerry Garcia & David Grisman recording, Shady Grove.
- Margaret Mayer for Jeff Titon's wonderful book (with CD), "Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes"
and Vol. 2 of the John Salyer Home Recordings.
- Martin Mettee for an EP recording of Yodeling Slim Clark.
- Bill Martin for several CDs including Sam Hill, one of Oregon's top bluegrass groups, and also a CD featuring performers at the 2005-2006 Portland.Old Time Gathering.
- Bill Murlin for the Hobe Kytr and Dave Berge CD and Si Kahn's Companion CD
- George Neidhart for the Ron Lunceford's "Old Blue Tick" recording of fiddle tunes,
and several other items
- Russ Oelheim for the Howie Mitchell's Folk Legacy recording.
- Truman Price for the LP Recording, "Music from the People of Oregon" and several other items, including Anne and Frank Warner's Traditional American Folk Songs book
- Mary Rose for several CD's and Twilo Scofield's American Sampler.
- Howard Rotstein for several LP's including Dale Miller's "Wild Over Me." album
- Marie Rust for an Allison Kraus & Union Station CD.
- Betty Stewart, longtime PFS member, for several cassettes of Pacific NW fiddle
- Dick Swain for Matt Brown's "My Native Home"
- Sylvia Tarzania for two recordings of Addiss and Crofut
- Debbie Jo Wagner for the CD, Flowers of Our Lost Romance, by Los Californios
- Dian Wilson for the CD by Jimmy Johnny Joe
Thanks are extended to the increasing number of performers,
performer's families, or agents who have donated their current
tradition-based recordings and who thus help demonstrate the living
folk music traditions in today's high tech world.
My apologies in advance for those names I may have inadvertantly
omitted. These performers include:
Thanks also go to donors of non-original copies of recordings including:
Adam Adler, Tina Aridas, Kilby Spencer, Jason Myer, Julie Pennick, Don Bille, Bill Hicks, Dick Swain, Lost World String Band, and John Green.
Finally I would like to acknowledge copies of out of print recordings made available by Truman Price, Abby Sale, Jerry Kergan, Peggy O'Neill, Bethie & Vic Granatstein, Peter Goldberger, Mark Anderson, Rob Nold, Kilby Spencer, and Karleen Tyksinski.
In the print area,
- Jesse Larsen gifted me with an autographed copy of Hank Bradley's publication,
Counterfitting & Stealing
- Ginny Hollon, publisher & editor of Mandolin Magazine, provided
me with copies of this publication
- Merry MacKinnon donated two song folios from the 1930s
- Pamela Lyons-Nelson gave me a copy of Heart Songs
- Steve Mullinax
- Steve Redmond gifted me with David Brody's Banjo Pickers Fakebook
- Peggy O'Neill, a fellow fiddler and longtime friend who recently joined the Angel Band,
provided me with 7 volumes of back issues of Fiddler Magazine, a great addition that brings
this important magazine up to date in the index. And in her memory, I dedicate
this 2008 update
- I would like to especially thank Dan Williams and the
West Virginia University Press for providing the
index with a copy of the Eddon Hammons Collection, Vol. 2.
- I am extremely grateful to Sue Songer for her donation of the two volume
Portland Collection which she & Clyde Curley have
put together as part of the Portland Country Dance Community.
- Special thanks are also due to Mel Bay for
providing me with a copy of their wonderful publication,
Kenny Hall's Music Book, compiled and
edited by Vykki Mendel Gray.
- Much thanks also to Dick Weissman for several books, including his
fascinating history of the Folk Revival,
Which Side Are You On.
- And a big thank you to Fiddler Magazine for
donating a copy of the Mel Bay Publication, Fiddler's Magazine Favorite's that comes
with 2 CD of music and transcriptions.
And finally I would like to acknowledge the contribution of
George Chudacoff to the folk music community in the Portland-Vancouver area.
He recently lost his battle with cancer, and his family very generously
made available CDs from his collection, all of which are now indexed.
Other publishers that have contributed valuable records of traditional and folk
material include:
And last but by no means least, My thanks go to Sampler
Records for donating the Mark Hamilton Songs and Tunes from Wolf Run booklet and
"Sackett Harbor", their publication of James Kimball's collection of nineteenth century
tunes. My thanks to all of the above and also to the many users who have provided me with feedback about errors and additional information about performers and songs.
These donated resources now account for around 15% (710) of the total number of
items in the index. If you have items that you believe would be useful additions
to the collection, either LPs, CDs, or printed material; feel free to contact me via email or phone.
Jane Keefer
503-775-2846
Last updated November 10, 2013.
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