Sparky Rucker - Cold and Lonesome On a Train (JA-017)
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James "Sparky" Rucker has been singing songs and telling stories from the American tradition for over forty years. Sparky accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, and spoons, and has released twelve recordings. During Sparky's career as a folksinger and social activist, he has been on the boards of Sing Out! magazine, the John Henry Memorial Foundation, and the Southern Folk Cultural Revival Project. He also toured throughout the South with the SFCRP for several years with such luminaries as John D. Loudermilk, Johnny Shines, Ola Belle Reed, Dewey Balfa, Dock Boggs, Anne Romaine, Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens, Nimrod Workman, Hedy West, Mike Seeger, and Bessie Jones & the Georgia Sea Island Singers. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife, musician Rhonda Rucker, with whom he has performed throughout the U.S.
Recordings for the 1977 release JA017, Cold & Lonesome On A Train, were engineered and mixed by Jack Wright, Jeff Kiser and Sparky Rucker at the June Appal Studio in Whitesburg, KY. "Crossroads," "Here Rattler Here," "Love in Vain," "Diving Duck Blues," and "Gospel Train" were engineered and mixed by Don Person of Cathedral Sound in Albany, NY in 1975. Musicians included Sparky Rucker on vocals and guitar; John Davis on harmonica; Roger Hall on banjo; John McCuutcheon on fiddle; Fred Park on harmonica; and the Little Kingdom Choir.
This audio collection consists of 1/2-inch recordings, ¼-inch production masters, preservation DVD-R masters and CD-R access copies.
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- Full Release on Bandcamp