The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley (1928)

[bikegeek666]

aw, why did someone have to go and say he did blackface? totally detracts from him for me.

[Glaeken1961]

Dave Van Ronk hauled this one up out of the murky depths in good shape too

[mouldybear]

Just wonderful. See also Watson Family.

[johnnymccrowe]

clarence ashley is one of my favorite old time singers,  i was reading the ralph stanley autobiography where he mentions that ashley was touring with the stanley brothers sometime in the 40's, but not as a musician but as a minstel comedian preforming in blackface, always figured clarence had a dry kinda sense of humor, cant picture the guy doing those skits haha

[zosodrew]

Folk changed my life. 

[SKOTP69]

Pentagle did it brilliantly at the end oif the 60's, Joan Baez did it earlier, and this is the AMAZING earliest recorded version (which I first heard on the magnificent and towering 'Anthology Of American Folk Music that I bought some years ago) of an incredible song that stretches back deep into the Scottish and English Folk tradition! Essential!

[garywantsmore]

what a sad story.

Clarence Ashley, you're brilliant!

[subparcheesy]

awesome song. awesome story.

[jezmundberserker]

Clarence Ashley PWNS!

[Aristotelezz]

Great!

[WIREDFORGO]

The real deal.

[luchopichon2]

Impresionante

[blueridger28]

love it

[banjokid17]

Without a doubt Clarence is my favorite Old-Time musician. The sharpness of his lonesome voice adds a lot to the authenticity of his style of playing. In my opinion many young banjoists still can learn very ,very much from his records !

[adamschmalenberger]

wonderful