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The Oldest Was Born First

by Dave Ruch

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited edition compact disc comes with twelve pages of stories about the music and notes on Dave's sources for the material. Much of this music was "rescued" from unpublished archival sources through considerable research, and the stories behind the songs are fascinating.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Oldest Was Born First via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

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    releases

    Get all 5 Dave Ruch releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Season of Light, Wah Hoo!, Live in Concert: Traditional Music of New York State, Live on Bound For Glory 4/22/12, and The Oldest Was Born First. , and , .

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1.
The Ballad of Blue Mountain Lake 03:43
2.
Cabbage Head (Our Goodman) 02:32
3.
Montreal Reel/La Bastringue 06:18
4.
Wisconsin 04:38
5.
The E-ri-o Canal (Erie Canal Song) 03:28
6.
Rickett's Hornpipe 02:52
7.
Bald Headed End of the Broom 02:38
8.
Roslyn Castle (Two Ways) 05:23
9.
Oh! Dat Low Bridge! 03:21
10.
Ball and Pin Hornpipe/Vic Kibler's Tune 04:55
11.
The Barefoot Boy With Boots On 02:01
12.
Shove Your Grog Around 01:40
13.
The Year of Jubilo 02:10

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Dave’s classic solo recording! This release features venerable old folk songs, ballads, dance tunes and ditties from rural New York State interpreted tastefully with guitar, mandolin, jew’s harp, 5-string & tenor banjo, concertina, fiddle, spoons, voice and more. Erie Canal songs, music from the Adirondack lumberwoods and much more.

"A fascinating recording." - SingOut! Magazine

"Well done! This is a very nice record." - Rod Stradling, Musical Traditions Magazine, UK

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released December 8, 2020

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Dave Ruch Buffalo, New York

As a researcher and performer of regional traditional music, Dave Ruch's work has been featured on American Public Media, PBS, CBS, in Emmy-winning documentaries, and on stages across North America and the U.K.

He is also an active musician out of Western NY playing with electric jam band Organ Fairchild and the Canal Street String Band. ... more

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