Written by Steve Goodman (7/25/48-9/20/84) & made famous by Arlo Guthrie.  Mountain Folk is: Katharina Schoellhammer (rhythm guitar & vocals), Brian Smith (rhythm guitar & vocals), Laura Staats (mandolin & vocals), Jeff Stasi (lead guitar), Don Taylor (banjo & vocals), Laurel Thomsen (violin) & Roger Tompkins (upright bass & vocals).

City Of New Orleans (Goodman) by Mountain Folk (8.30.12)

The chorus & melody are by Bob Dylan and were originally available on a bootleg of material from the Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid sessions.  The remaining verses were written by Ketcham Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) and the song was released on OCMS's debut cd.  
     Mountain Folk is: Katharina Schoellhammer (rhythm guitar & vocals), Brian Smith (rhythm guitar & vocals), Laura Staats (mandolin & vocals), Jeff Stasi (lead guitar), Don Taylor (Banjo & vocals), Laurel Thomsen (violin) & Roger Tompkins (upright bass & vocals).

Wagon Wheel (Dylan/Secor) by Mountain Folk 8.30.12

This Dylan track first appeared on a bootleg lp of sessions recorded at Big Pink, The Band's house in Woodstock.  Released several years later as The Basement Tapes, the first commercial version came courtesy of The Byrds on Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
     Dark Hollow was written & originally recorded by Bill Browning and has become a bluegrass standard.  Within rock circles, the song is most closely associated with the Grateful Dead.
     Mountain Folk is: Katharina Schoellhammer (rhythm guitar & vocals), Brian Smith (rhythm guitar & vocals), Laura Staats (mandolin & vocals), Jeff Stasi (lead guitar), Don Taylor (Banjo & vocals), Laurel Thomsen (violin) & Roger Tompkins (upright bass & vocals).

You Ain't Going Nowhere (Dylan)/Dark Hollow (Browning) by Mountain Folk 8.30.12

A Lucinda Williams song off her album Passionate Kisses.

He Never Got Enough Love (Williams) by Mountain Folk (8.30.12)

With lyrics by Woody Guthrie, music by Billy Bragg & initially recorded by Wilco for the Mermaid Avenue album, California Stars is quite the collaborative work.  And it's one of my favorite songs of all time; I'm glad that the band really does it justice.
     Mountain Folk is: Katharina Schoellhammer (rhythm guitar & vocals), Brian Smith (rhythm guitar & vocals), Laura Staats (mandolin & vocals), Jeff Stasi (lead guitar), Don Taylor (banjo & vocals), Laurel Thomsen (violin) & Roger Tompkins (upright bass & vocals).

California Stars (Guthrie/Tweedy/Bennett) by Mountain Folk (8.30.12)

Written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Ian & Sylvia on their 1964 album of the same name, it was voted the greatest Canadian song of all time in 2005 by CBC Radio One listeners.  Many rock fans are familiar with it due to it's inclusion on Neil Young's Comes A Time album.
     Mountain Folk is: Roger Tompkins (upright bass & vocals), Laurel Thomsen (violin), Don Taylor (banjo & vocals), Jeff Stasi (lead guitar), Laura Staats (mandolin & vocals), Brian Smith (vocals & rhythm) & Katharina Schoellhammer (vocals & rhythm guitar).

Four Strong Winds (Tyson) by Mountain Folk (8.30.12)

Mountain Folk appeared on the KPIG (107.5) radio program Please Stand By with host Sleepy John Sandidge and performed 3 songs; You Ain't Going Nowhere, Drown All My Sorrows & California Stars.  Sunday, February 17th 2013 @ 10:30am.

Brian Alderson Smith

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