Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. It was one of the first modern music festivals in America, and remains a focal point in the expanding genre of folk music. The festival was held annually from 1959 to 1969, except in 1961 and 1962, returned to Newport in 1985, and has been held at Fort Adams State Park since then.
Vol. 1
Side A
1. East Virginia Blues
2. In The Evening
(Pete Seeger, accompanying himself on banjo)
3. Hieland Laddie
(Pete Seeger, accompanying himself on banjo, with vocal and guitar by Oscar Brand)
4. Hobo Blues (or Dusty Road)
5. Maudie
6. Tupolo (or Blackwater Blues)
(John Lee Hooker, accompanying himself on guitar, with Bili Lee, string bass)
7. A Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser
(Alan Mills, with Jean Carignan playing fiddle)
8. Le Reel Du Pendu - Instrumental
(Jean Carignan, fiddle solo)
9. I Know An Old Lady
(Alan Mills, unaccompanied vocal)
10. La Bastringue
(Alan Mills, with Jean Carignan playing fiddle)
Side B
1. Brian Boru - Instrumental
(Tom Makem, bagpipe solo)
2. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
3. The Whistling Gypsy
(Tom Makem, with Pete Seeger, banjo, and Eric Weisberg, guitar)
4. Old Joe Clark
(Jimmy Driftwood, accompanying himself on the bow, with Pete Seeger, banjo)
5. The Unfortunate Man
(Jimmy Driftwood, accompanying himself on guitar)
6. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
(The New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tom Paley and John Cohen, who also play the following instruments: Seeger, fiddle and autoharp; Paley, banjo; Cohen, guitar)
7. The Man Of Constant Sorrow
(Mike Seeger, of The New Lost City Ramblers, with autoharp)
8. Foggy Mountain Top
(The New Lost City Ramblers, as on No. 6)
Vol. 2
Side A
1. This Little Light Of Mine
2. Wayfaring Stranger
(Bob Gibson, accompanying himself on banjo, with Dick Rosmini, guitar, and Herb Brown, base)
3. You Can Tell The World
4. Well, Well, Well
(Bob Gibson, and Bob Camp, with Bob Gibson, accompanying on banjo, Dick Rosmini, guitar and Herb Brown, bass)
5. Railroad Bill
6. The Cat Came Back
(Cisco Houston, accompanying himself on guitar)
7. Hush, Little Baby
8. The Lavender Cowboy
9. Blood On The Saddle
(Ed McCurdy, accompanying himself on guitar)
Side B
1. Handsome Molly
2. Willie Moore
(Peggy Seeger, accompanying himself on banjo)
3. Lang A-Growing
(Ewan MacColl, vocal unaccompained)
4. The Ballad Of Springhill
(Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, with Peggy Seeger, banjo)
5. Salty Dog Blues
6. Before I Met You
7. Cabin On The Hill
8. Jimmy Brown
(Lester Flatt, vocal and guitar; Earl Scruggs, banjo (and guitar on "Cabin on the Hill"); and The Foggy Mountain Boys (Curly Sechler, mandolin; Paul Warren, fiddle; Uncle Josh, dobro guitar; Cousin Jake, bass fiddle)
