Most of the music of Grant Rogers recorded below comes from these sources: "Grant Rogers, Catskills Mountain Songmaker," Folk-Legacy CD (reissue 2002). Purchase here. "The Cannonsville Story From the Film Kinfolks," Smithsonian/Folkways CD (reissue 2004). Purchase here. "Ballads and Fiddle Tunes by Grant Rogers," Kanawha 313, Kanawha Records, P.O. Box 7791, Jacksonville, FL, 32210. “Grant Rogers (Songmaker of the Catskills),” RLP 475 B (Rimrock) LP, Oleta BMI; [LP donated to project by Wayne Cobane, Walton].
At the End of Jimmy's Bar
The Bachelor’s Reply
The Barber's Lament
Bessie the Heifer
The Bold Soldier
Bullseye Bill
The Butchers Boy
Cannonsville Dam
Charley Brooks
Don’t Marry One Like Me
Down by the Railroad Track
The First Whipperwill Song
Freight #1262
From Texas to Alaska
Gravy and Bread
Good Old Limburger Cheese
Ground Hog
Have I Lost the Sweetest Love I Ever Knew
The Husband's Lament
I am a Folk Singer
I’ll Hit the Road Again
I Long to Live Single Again
In the Last Chance Saloon
It's a Wonder
It's Been Nice to See You
I Was Only Passing Through
Jennette the Mountain Girl
The Legend of Slide Mountain
The Life of Herb Gillen
Little Box of Pine
May I Sleep in your Barn
Mother Queen of My Heart
My Bearded Lover
My Little Home in Tennessee
Pat MacBraid
Pat Malone
Paving the Highway with Tears
A Place Called Hell
A Place for all Good People
Puttin on a Style
Take Your Time and Think It Over
Tales of My Grandad
Three Night Drunk
Too Young to Understand the Sorrow
Twenty Years Behind Time
Two Drummers
Waiting
Wars by the Numbers
When Snowflakes Fall
When a Fellow is Out of a Job
When I Saw You in My Camera
Where the Catskills Reach Their Summits
Willie Down by the Pond
Willie the Weaver
Grant Rogers singing at Newport Folk Festival 1966
Aunt Emmy's Tea Party
Black Market Reel
The Conservation Hornpipe
Larry O'Gaff
The Little Red Barn
Money Musk
The Old Hen She Cackled
The Opera Reel
Paddy on the Turnpike
Rogers' Hornpipe
Train No. 9
The Weeping Lady
Grant Rogers playing at the Newport Folk Festival 1966
Robert Gregory, born in 1882 in Granton, NY, tells tales steeped in the traditions and history of the Delaware River. His stories were recorded by Norman Studer in 1957 as part of “The Cannonsville Story: From the Film ‘Kinfolks’” and alternate with music performed by Grant Rogers. The CD #FW03852, Copyright Smithsonian/Folkways, 2004, can be purchased by clicking here.
The First Kiss
George’s Story
The Gregory Family
The Hay Harvest
My Suit of Clothes
A Political Meeting
A Sandwich for Sentiment
The Skunk Story
A Frank Fisher, Sr. a contemporary of Grant Rogers. These recordings were owned by Francis "Loppy" Fisher. Permission granted by Marty Fisher.
Fiddle: reel
Song: “It’s the Loveliest Night of the Year”
Fiddle: "Money Musk"
Fiddle: “Redwing”
Fiddle: "Liberty," two step
Song: “Fraulein”
Band: song “There Goes My Everything”
Fiddle: "Silver Bells"
Fiddle: waltz
Fiddle: jig
Fiddle: reel
A major part of this Grant Rogers project is to interview folks who either knew Grant Rogers or who have some connection with the kind of music he played and sang. Below are excerpts from audio versions of the interviews. See Archives on this website for the complete written transcriptions of the recorded interviews.
Fran and Leona
Francis Fisher
Larry Jamieson
Wes St. Onge
Bruce Hoyt
Bob Moss
Kathy Shimberg
Jay Ungar
George Ward
Indian Summer Film Discussion
Bill Horne - Workshop on Improbable Community
Howard Neal Northrup
There are recordings of Edwin St. Onge playing the fiddle, the first 8 tracks recorded at a 1979 square dance, and tracks 9 - 14 at a 1986 family party. In track 1, Edwin's son Wes describes the two events. Permission granted by Wes St. Onge.
Wes' Description of His Father's Recordings
Dick Thompson calling "Devil's Dream"
Square Dance: "Down Yonder"
Dick Thompson calling "Flop Eared Mule"
Wes St. Onge calling "Jenny Lind Polka"
Dick Thompson calling "Ragtime Annie"
Wes St. Onge calling "Rose of San Antone"
"Red River Valley"
"Listen to the Mocking Bird"
"Chicken Reel"
"She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"
"Irish Washer Woman"
"Smash the Windows"
"Buffalo Gals"