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These largely unheard recordings were made in ’62 in Greenwich Village. Doc’s father-in-law, fiddler Gaither Carlton, rarely played outside North Carolina; you can hear the remarkable chemistry and intuition between the two family members on these instrumentals and ballads featuring Doc’s vocals and guitar/banjo mastery: "Handsome Molly," "Goin’ Back to Jericho," "Corrina," "Bonaparte’s Retreat," "The Blue Ridge Mountain Blues," "Reuben’s Train," "Willie Moore" and more. Soon after this recording, Doc began his rise to worldwide fame; these precious early recordings come to you now on CD or vinyl! Smithsonian Folkways.