Nothing beats a good old-fashioned smutty old-timey tune. Clarence Ashley was a versatile musician who worked the medicine show circuit for decades, and made his first recordings in the late 1920s. Like many of his peers, his recording career didn’t survive the Depression. The 1960s folk revival saw a renewed interest in his work, and he made some excellent recordings with Doc Watson and toured internationally.

My Sweet Farm Girl (MP3)

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