Kilby Snow: Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp

Kilby Snow FW03902 / FA 3902

Recorded over three days on the stage of an auditorium near Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, Kilby Snow sings and plays autoharp on this 1969 Folkways release. Snow began playing the autoharp at just three years old. By the time he was five, he won first prize of $20 in gold at a fiddler's convention. Liner notes include an introductory essay by Snow as well as notes on a number of the album’s songs.
Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Ballads; Dance; Folk songs--United States; Gospel music; Hymns; Instrumental music; Love songs; Marriage; Murder; Music--Appalachian Region, Southern.; Nonsense literature; Political ballads and songs; Religious; Sentimental; Temperance; Wit and humor
Instrument(s) Autoharp; Banjo; Guitar; Hawaiian guitar; Spoons (Musical instrument); Sticks (Musical instrument)

Year of Recording 1969
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Mike Seeger ; Produced by Mike Seeger ; Artist Kilby Snow ; Design by Ronald Clyne ; Cover photo by David Gahr

101	Molly Hare	Kilby Snow	1:48
102	Greenback Dollar	Kilby Snow	1:47
103	Wind and Rain	Kilby Snow	3:08
104	Budded Roses	Kilby Snow	3:29
105	Sourwood Mountain	Kilby Snow	1:49
106	The Cannonball	Kilby Snow	2:13
107	Mean Women	Kilby Snow	2:37
108	The Road That's Walked by Fools	Kilby Snow	2:07
109	Autoharp Special	Kilby Snow	3:46
201	I Will Arise	Kilby Snow	3:05
202	The Old Crossroads	Kilby Snow	2:18
203	No Tears in Heaven	Kilby Snow	2:32
204	Lonely Tombs	Kilby Snow	3:12
205	Flop Eared Mule	Kilby Snow	1:43
206	'Round Town Girls	Kilby Snow	1:56
207	Two-Timing Blues	Kilby Snow	3:17
208	Woodrow for President	Kilby Snow	2:07
209	Shady Grove	Kilby Snow	2:36

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