Steele,Pete Banjo Tunes & Songs CD

In 1957, archivists Art Rosenbaum and Ed Kahn traveled to Hamilton, Kentucky, to look for Pete Steele, a singer and banjo player they had heard on Alan Lomax's recordings from the 1930s. In the next few months, Kahn recorded Steele playing and talking about his music, and the resulting album, Banjo Tunes and Songs, showcases Steele's unique two- and three-finger banjo picking style. Included on the album are Steele's two best known songs, which he learned from his friend Andy Whitaker during his coal-mining days: "Coal Creek March" and "Last Pay Day at Coal Creek" are both written about strikes and disasters at the mine in Coal Creek, Tennessee. The album also includes Pete's wife, Lillie Steele, singing two a cappella songs.

1. Poor Ellen Smith 2. Little Birdie 3. Train A-Pullin' the Crooked Hill 4. Galilee 5. The Unclouded Days 6. Shady Grove 7. The Song of Hard Times 8. Goin' Round This World, Baby Mine 9. East Virginia 10. The Cuckoo 11. The War Is A-Ragin' for Johnny 12. Coal Creek March 13. Last Payday at Coal Creek 14. Ida Red 15. Pretty Polly 16. The Scoldin' Wife 17. House Carpenter 18. Untitled 1 19. Untitled 2 20. Untitled 3 21. Untitled 4 22. Untitled 5 23. Untitled 6 24. Untitled 7 25. Untitled 8 26. [CD-ROM Track]