Various Artists - Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 (1997)

In the 1950's and sixties musician-collector Mike Seeger, inspired by the great folksong collectors of the 1930's, visited traditional musicians of the rural South. This is his handpicked selection of the recordings made during those visits. Included in the 38 selections are previously unreleased recordings by the well-known Sara & Maybelle Carter, Arthur Smith, Elizabeth Cotten, and Dock Boggs, as well as treasures by lesser-known artists. The enclosed booklet contains photographs and notes on the performance, which include virtuoso fiddle, banjo, and guitar music, unaccompanied ballad singing, and a story-teller entertaining his buddies in a fiddler's convention parking lot.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Elizabeth Cotten - In the Sweet Bye and Bye (1:24)
1.02 - Will Adam - Tie Your Dog, Sally Gal (2:41)
1.03 - J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin - Banjo Instrumental (2:01)
1.04 - V.L. Sutphin - Lost Train Blues (1:17)
1.05 - V.L. And Cleve Sutphin - Shortening Bread (1:45)
1.06 - V.L. And Cleve Sutphin - The Train That Carried My Girl from Town (1:30)
1.07 - J.J. Neece - Old Gambling Man (3:24)
1.08 - J.J. Neece, Cleve and V.L. Sutphin - John Henry (2:17)
1.09 - Louise Foreacre - Shout Little Lulu (0:52)
1.10 - Kilby Snow - He Will Set Your Fields on Fire (2:19)
1.11 - Ernest V. and Hattie Stoneman - Gather in the Golden Grain (0:54)
1.12 - Elizabeth White and Gideon Craig - Going to Lay Down My Burdens (1:42)
1.13 - Lesley Riddle - John Henry (2:27)
1.14 - Clarence Ashley - Pretty Fair Damsel (2:29)
1.15 - Pearly "Grandma" Davis - It's These Hard Times (1:23)
1.16 - Pearly "Grandma" Davis and Oliver Davis - Old Time Reel (2:14)
1.17 - A.L. Hall - Jackson Schottische (2:12)
1.18 - Wade Ward - Lone Prairie (1:36)
1.19 - Wade Ward - Molly Put the Kettle On (1:23)
1.20 - Edsel Martin and Bill McElreath - Last Gold Dollar (1:43)
1.21 - Bill and Jean Davis - John Henry (1:11)
1.22 - The Blue Ridge Buddies with E.C. and Orna Ball - Three Nights Drunk (Our Goodman) (2:36)
1.23 - The Blue Ridge Buddies with E.C. and Orna Ball - Jimmie Sutton (1:44)
1.24 - Snuffy Jenkins and Ira Dimmery - Going to Lay Down My Old Guitar (1:00)
1.25 - The McGee Brothers and "Fiddlin'" Arthur Smith - Black Mountain Rag (2:22)
1.26 - Clyde Lewis - A Talk on the World (4:52)
1.27 - Lost John Ray and Walt Koken - Red Wing (0:54)
1.28 - Eck Robertson - Leather Britches (3:02)
1.29 - Sherman Lawson - Blackberry Blossom (2:02)
1.30 - Emmett Cole - Alabama Gals (1:00)
1.31 - George Landers - Old Joe Clark (0:50)
1.32 - Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby (2:42)
1.33 - Archie Sturgill - Queen Sally (1:47)
1.34 - Kate Peters Sturgill - Poor Orphan (3:09)
1.35 - Scott Boatright - My Virginia Home (2:20)
1.36 - Sara and Maybelle Carter - I'm Leaving You (2:38)
1.37 - The Stancer Quartet - He Said If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep (2:57)
1.38 - Clarence Ferrill - I Would Not Live Always (1:33)