Description
Release Date: 2006
Label: American Music
Track List
Disc One
The 1949 78s
1. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Tiger Rag
2. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Clarinet Marmalade
3. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – High Society / Maryland My Maryland
4. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Tico Tico
5. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – That Old Gang Of Mine
The 1954 Sessions
6. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Winter Night / Stumbling
7. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Who’s Sorry Now
8. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Clarinet Marmalade
9. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Dixieland One Step
10. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Jealous
11. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Muskrat Ramble
12. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Tico Tico
13. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Floating Down That Old Green River
14. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
15. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Sunrise Serenade
16. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Medley In D
17. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – My Josephine
18. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – High Society / Maryland My Maryland
19. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Lazy River / There’ll Be Some Changes Made
20. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Donna Clara
21. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Floating Down That Old Green River
22. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Raggin’ The Scale (2 Incomplete Takes)
23. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – At Sundown
24. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – When The Saints Go Marching In
25. Frank Amacker – A Handful Of Cards
26. Frank Amacker – Gettysburg March
27. Frank Amacker – Lover Come Back To Me
28. Frank Amacker – “A” Rag
29. Frank Amacker – Liebenstraum
Disc Two
Radio Broadcast, March 1950: “The New Orleans Opera Auditions On The Air”, Hostess: Mrs. Edward Ludwig, Guests: The 6 & 7/8s String Band
1. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – That Old Gang Of Mine
2. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Floating Down That Old Green River
3. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – High Society
4. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Who’s Sorry Now
5. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Tiger Rag
6. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Tico Tico
7. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Up A Lazy River
8. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – Donna Clara
9. The Six And Seven-Eighths String Band Of New Orleans – When The Saints
10. Charlie And Sou – Ukulele Marmalade
11. Charlie And Sou – Dixieland One Step
12. Charlie And Sou – Tea For Two
13. Charlie And Sou – At The Storyville Ball
14. Charlie And Sou – Opus 4 (Ragtime Gal)
15. Charlie And Sou – Little Coquette
16. Charlie And Sou – I’m Nobody’s Baby
17. Charlie And Sou – Bill Bailey
18. Charlie And Sou – High Society
19. Charlie And Sou – I Had A Dream Dear
20. Charlie And Sou – Ida
21. Charlie And Sou – Who’s Sorry Now
22. Charlie And Sou – Walkin’ The Dog
23. Charlie And Sou – That Old Gang Of Mine
24. Charlie And Sou – Little Coquette (Trio Only)
25. Charlie And Sou – Little Rock Getaway
26. New Orleans Owls – West End Romp
27. New Orleans Owls – That’s A Plenty
Personnel
Bass – Frank “Red” Mackie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-9, 2-24)
Guitar – Edmond Souchon* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-25), Frank Amacker (tracks: 1-25 to 1-29)
Mandolin – Bill Kleppinger* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-9)
Recorded By – Samuel Charters* (tracks: 1-6 to 1-29)
Steel Guitar [Acoustic] – Bernie Shields (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-9)
Ukulele – Charles Hardy, Jr. (tracks: 2-10 to 2-25)
Vocals – Charles Hardy, Jr. (tracks: 2-13), Edmond Souchon* (tracks: 1-19, 1-21, 2-7, 2-17, 2-22)
Notes
Tracks 1-6 to 1-24 recorded In Edmond Souchon’s Living Room, Metaine, La, August 1954 by Samuel Charters
Tracks 1-25 to 1-29 recorded by Samuel Charters, February, 1958
