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Clarence Ashley

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"Tom" Clarence Ashley (Clarence Earl McCurry, Bristol, Tennessee, September 29, 1895 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 2, 1967) was an American clawhammer banjo player, guitarist and singer. He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern Appalachian region as early as 1911, and gained initial fame in the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands. After his "rediscovery" during the folk revival of the 1960s

Top songs

  1. The House Carpenter
  2. Little Sadie
  3. Cuckoo Bird
  4. The Coo Coo Bird
  5. The House Carpenter - 2020 Remaster
  6. Dark Holler Blues
  7. The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo)
  8. The Coo-Coo Bird
  9. Coo Coo Bird
  10. Naomi Wise
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  1. House Of The Risin' Sun - Rising Sun Blues
  2. House Carpenter
  3. Haunted Road Blues
  4. Dark Holler
  5. Rising Sun Blues
  6. Ommie Wise
  7. The Cuckoo
  8. Whoa Mule
  9. Shady Grove
  10. Pretty Fair Damsel
  11. House of the Rising Sun
  12. Old John Hardy
  13. Walking Boss
  14. Corrina Corrina
  15. Corrina, Corrina
  16. Frankie Silvers
  17. Cluck Old Hen
  18. Amazing Grace
  19. Greenback Dollar
  20. My Sweet Farm Girl
  21. Drunk Man Blues
  22. Little Hillside
  23. Baby All Night Long
  24. Free Little Bird
  25. Shout Little Lulu
  26. Wild Bill Jones
  27. Short Life Of Trouble
  28. Wayfaring Pilgrim [#]
  29. Tough Luck
  30. You Are A Little Too Small
  31. Sadie Ray
  32. Rude & Rambling Man
  33. Peg And Awl
  34. Banks Of The Ohio
  35. My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
  36. Times Ain't Like They Used to Be
  37. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  38. Coo-Coo Bird
  39. Rude And Rambling Man
  40. Train Done Left Me
  41. The House Carpenter (1930)
  42. Shout Lulu
  43. Wayfaring Pilgrim
  44. 3 Men Went A Huntin'
  45. Dark Hollow Blues
  46. Sally Ann
  47. Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
  48. God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind
  49. Honey Babe Blues
  50. Crawdad Song
  51. Faded Roses
  52. Bay Rum Blues
  53. The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
  54. Bake That Chicken Pie - Original Mix
  55. I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Around The World
  56. Hard Luck Blues
  57. Cumberland Gap
  58. The House Carpenter - Original Mix
  59. The Coo Coo Bird (78rpm Version)
  60. Little Sadie [1929]
  61. East Virginia Blues
  62. Shout Lulu [#]
  63. Henry Lee
  64. Banks of the Ohio [#]
  65. Run, Jimmie Run
  66. Maggie Walker Blues
  67. Cuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley
  68. Cluck Old Hen [#]
  69. The Banks of the Ohio
  70. Penitentiary Bound
  71. Ain't No Use to High Hat Me
  72. Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley
  73. Sideline Blues
  74. Omie Wise
  75. Somebody's Tall and Handsome
  76. Maggie Walker
  77. Corrina , Corrina
  78. Richmond Blues
  79. I'm Sitting on Top of the World
  80. Pretty Little Pink
  81. House Of The Risin' Sun (Rising Sun Blues)
  82. House Of The Risin' Sun
  83. Omy Wise
  84. Daniel Prayed
  85. Lee Highway Blues
  86. The Cuckoo Bird
  87. Old Ruben
  88. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
  89. I was born in East Virginia
  90. Carroll County Blues

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