Hedy West comes from North Georgia, at the southern end of the Appalachians. A sensitive and vibrant singer, she accompanies herself in a distinctive style on 5-string banjo. A L Lloyd though her ‘far and away the best of American girl singers in the revival’.
1 The Wife Wrapt in Wether’s Skin
2 Fair Rosamund
3 Barbara Allen
4 Old Joe Clark
5 The Coalminer’s Child
6 Gambling Man
7 Brother Ephus
8 Polly
9 The Davidson-Wilder Blues
10 The Rich Irish Lady
11 Shut Up in the Mines at Coal Creek
12 The Wife of Usher’s Well
13 Lament for Barney Graham
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