Fade to Black: 1991-2005, by Hart, Blech, & Blech

Fade to Black: 1991-2005

by Hart, Blech, & Blech

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1.	Altamont 03:09	info	buy track
2.	Old Sage Friend 03:14	info	buy track
3.	New Five Cents 02:40	info	buy track
4.	Johnson's Girl 02:43	info	buy track
5.	Pittsburg 03:12	info	buy track
6.	Fisher's Hornpipe 02:06	info	buy track
7.	Rolling River 02:31	info	buy track
8.	Bill Driver's Breakdown 02:12	info	buy track
9.	Old Joe, Where'd You Get Your Religion? 02:21	info	buy track
10.	Sambo, or Old Time Fire On The Mountain 02:10	info	buy track
11.	Cripple Creek 03:09	info	buy track
12.	The Old Coon Dog 02:16	info	buy track
13.	The Lost Girl 01:57	info	buy track
14.	Grab Your Pistol, Grab Your Knife 02:53	info	buy track
15.	Cotton-Eyed Joe 03:24	info	buy track
16.	Rebel Raid 01:47	info	buy track
17.	Cooney in the Treetops 01:53	info	buy track
18.	Policeman 02:13	info	buy track
19.	Galleynippers 02:53	info	buy track
20.	Beaver Valley Breakdown 02:38	info	buy track
21.	The Drunkard's Lone Child 06:35	info	buy track
22.	Old Time Cotton-Eyed Joe 03:00	info	buy track
23.	Kicked Up a Devil of a Row 02:04	info	buy track
24.	The Second John Henry 03:05	info	buy track
25.	Old Corn Liquor 02:51	info	buy track
26.	The Roaving Sailor 03:06	info	buy track
27.	Old Billy Hell 01:58	info	buy track
28.	Walking in the Parlor 02:06	info	buy track
29.	Black Annie 02:42	info	buy track
30.	The Lost Girl - fragment 00:45	info	buy track

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Brand new old-time fiddle tunes newly released here from the legendary playing of Kerry Blech on fiddle, Allen Hart on banjo, and Sheila Blech Long on guitar. Kerry is now in health straits—proceeds from this album go directly to him.

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Kerry Blech has been a fixture in the old-time music scene for decades. His fiddling here, accompanied by Sheila Blech Long on rock solid guitar and Allen Hart's elegant banjo demonstrates his passion for and fidelity to the multitude of traditional fiddlers he has studied and known. We used to say that you could ask Kerry about an Ed Haley tune, and he'd tell you what Ed had had for breakfast that morning. His scholarship has been both deep and wide, and he has generously shared from his collections of rare recordings and photographs. From album notes to The Old-Time Herald to countless scholarly folklore articles, he has faithfully documented the history of tunes, players, and more. And you will find "as Kerry Blech writes" or "from the files of Kerry Blech" in lots of other pieces as well.

He has encouraged countless new players and helped even the experienced to learn from the older recordings, including his own extensive field work. He's been a champion of the obscure—bringing to light many brilliant unknown players and archaic, beautiful tunes.

This album also offers the banjo playing of Allen Hart, a legend in himself, who made exquisite banjos and plays here with impeccable rhythm and precision. He is now deceased, and for those who treasure his playing, this is an opportunity to hear banjo and fiddle at their finest.

This album offers 30 robust tunes and includes Kerry's usual excellent source notes. We have tunes from Lusk-Gribble-York, Garry Harrison, Joe and Odell Thompson, the Berea archivist Steve Green, Dock Boggs, and many more. Let's support Kerry as he has supported the old-time community!

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released March 15, 2005

Allan Hart - Banjo & Vocal
Kerry Blech - Fiddle
Sheila Blech - Guitar

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