Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882 - 1990)

American singer, banjo player and collector. 


Albums.

Title.year.Label.number.
Smokey Mountain Ballads1953FolkwaysFA 2040
Song and Ballads of American History and of the Assassination of American Presidents1952ASSLASSL 29
Bascom Lamar Lunsford1956Riverside - RLP12-645
Music from South Turkey Creek1976Rounder0065
Ballads Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina (1928 and 1949)1996Smithsonian FolkwaysSFA 0082
Songs and Ballads of American History and of the Assassination of Presidents1999 Rounder 
Minstrel of the Appalachians 2002 P-Vine Japan 

Anthology - Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Buell Kazee, Carolina Tar Heels, Nelstone's Hawaiians, Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters, et al.

Title. year. Label. number.
Mountain Frolic - Rare Old Timey Classics (4 CDs) 2008JSP 77100

DVDs.

Title year. Label.
Bluegrass Roots: Music Makers of the Blue Ridge ? 

Book: "Minstrel of the Appalachians" by Loyal Jones (2002)


Albums.

Ballads Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina Recorded 1928 - 1949. Running time 56 minutes 32 seconds. Bascom Lamar Lunsford (vocals, banjo, fiddle). All songs recorded in March 1949 except where indicated.

Title.

Author.

1. Swannanoa Tunnel Trad
2. The Mermaid Song (Child 289) Trad
3. Ten Steps (instrumental) Trad
4. Little Turtle Dove (Feb 1928) Trad
5. In The Shadow Of the Pines Trad
6. Swing Low Trad
7. Bonny George Campbell (Child 210) + "Cumberland Gap" (instrumental) Trad
8. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (Feb 1928) Trad
9. On A Bright and Summer's Morning Trad
10. To The Pines, to The Pines (a cappella) Trad
11. Dry Bones (Feb 1928) Trad
12. The Last Gold Dollar Trad
13. Rye Straw Trad
14. Old Mountain Dew (Feb 1928) B.L. Lunsford
15. Italy Trad
16. Death of Queen Jane Trad
17. Old Stepstone (Feb 1928) Trad
18. Drinking of the Wine Trad
19. Dedication (spoken word. Biographical sketch) B.L.Lunsford

Last updated on 23/11/2010