Darling Corey/Goofing-Off Suite

Pete Seeger SFW40018

This reissue combines two early 1950s LPs that highlight the instrumental virtuosity of Pete Seeger. In Darling Corey, he paid homage to the mountain musicians whose banjo styles he adopted; in Goofing-Off Suite, he took the banjo into new musical territory and blazed a trail many have followed. Thirty tracks of brilliant musicianship. "Originally released as 10-inch albums...Corey and Goofing-Off Suite helped launch a generation of pickers and singers.... Grand testimony to the breadth and variety of American folk song and style.... Wonderful vintage examples of that curious mix of casual personability and determined virtuosity that have made Pete Seeger our most respected—and best liked—folk personality for over half a century." — New England Folk Almanac
Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Folk songs--United States; Folksong revival; Music
Instrument(s) Banjo
Language(s) English
Year of Recording 1993
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Artist Pete Seeger ; Produced by Moses Asch ; Recorded by Moses Asch ; Mastered by Malcolm Addey ; Liner Notes by Alan Lomax ; Liner Notes by Anthony Seeger ; Liner Notes by Pete Seeger ; Cover artwork by Carlis Seeger ; Cover artwork by Pete Seeger