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Clarence Ashley

Folk music
Clarence Ashley, born Clarence Earl McCurry on 29 September 1895 in Bristol, Tennessee, was an American folk musician and banjo player whose early life was shaped by Appalachian traditions and the medicine shows of the early 20th century. After learning the clawhammer banjo from his grandfather and performing in medicine shows from 1911, Ashley made his first recordings in February 1928 for Gennett Records with the Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers, followed by sessions for Columbia and Victor in 1929 that produced solo tracks such as "Coo Coo Bird" and "House Carpenter". The Grea...
Songs
House of the Risin' Sun
House of the Risin' SunBob Dylan and Clarence Ashley

2:41

The House Carpenter
The House CarpenterClarence Ashley

Country Fare

Coo Coo Bird
Coo Coo BirdAllen J.M. Smith and Clarence Ashley

Music from Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

2:58

The Coo Coo Bird
The Coo Coo BirdClarence Ashley

Original Folkways Recordings 1960-1962

Little Sadie
Little SadieClarence Ashley

My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Balads And Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1

2:55

Maggie Walker Blues
Maggie Walker BluesDoc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price and Clarence Ashley

Friends Of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965

3:00

Albums