Folk Songs of Our Land

~ Release by Flatt & Scruggs (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Copyright: ℗ Originally released 1962 Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-27 00:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1The Legend of the Johnson Boys
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
The Legend of the Johnson Boys (Civil War lyrics: "Have you heard of many a story...") (on 1962-03-18)
writer:
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
is based on:
The Johnson Boys (traditional lyrics: "The Johnson Boys were born in the ashes...")
2:18
2Hear the Wind Blow
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
Down in the Valley (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 943)
3:09
3George Alley’s F.F.V.
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
Engine 143 (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 255)
3:47
4Good Times Are Past and Gone
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 7421)
2:35
5Ellen Smith
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-21)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-21)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-21)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-21)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-21)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-21)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-21)
recording of:
Poor Ellen Smith (on 1962-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 448)
2:30
6Sun’s Gonna Shine in My Back Door Some Day
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
Sun's Gonna Shine in My Back Door Someday (on 1962-03-18)
writer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
2:20
7This Land Is Your Land
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
2:29
8Philadelphia Lawyer
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
Philadelphia Lawyer (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:47
9Life of Trouble
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-21)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-21)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-21)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-21)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-21)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-21)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-21)
recording of:
Short Life of Trouble (on 1962-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3418)
2:44
10Nine Pound Hammer
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-21)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-21)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-21)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-21)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-21)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-21)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-21)
recording of:
Nine Pound Hammer (on 1962-03-21)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:26
11I’ll Be No Man’s Wife
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo and baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle and bass vocals:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
I Never Will Marry (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 466)
2:39
12McKinley’s Gone
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-03-18)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Jack Greubel (US drummer) (on 1962-03-18)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-03-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-03-18)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1962-03-18)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-03-18)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-03-18)
recording of:
White House Blues (on 1962-03-18)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Wilbur Jones (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 787)
2:35