Logan English b. November 11, 1928 in Henderson, Kentucky d. 1983 at Saratoga Springs, New York discography

source: cover of Century Fox TFM 3126   photographer: Norman C. Vershay

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Logan English LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 1 1957 Logan English Kentucky Folk Songs and Ballads - Bangum And The Boar - East Virginia - Little Cory - Bold Robington's Courtship - Wild Bill Jones - William And Dinah - A Railroader For Me - Bruton Town - Old Doc Jones - Love Henry - The Lady And The Glove - Durant Jail 10" LP notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein Folkways FA 2136 www.smithsonianglobal sound.org 2 1957 Logan English The Days of '49: Songs of the Gold Rush - What Was Your Name In The States? - Sacramento - A Ripping Trip - Sweet Betsy From Pike - Crossing The Plains - Prospecting Dream - Life in California - I Often Think Of Writing Home - The Days Of '49 - He's The Man For Me - Clementine - The Gambler - Joe Bowers - The California Stage Company - California Bloomer - Sacramento Gals rec. by Kenneth S. Goldstein notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein Folkways FH 5255 = Chants Du Monde FWX-M-55255 (Fr) www.smithsonianglobal sound.org 3 1957 Logan English Gambling Songs - The Roving Gambler - The Texas Gambler - My Father Was A Gambler - Stewball - The California Gambler - Duncan & Brady - Spotty & Doodie - I Got Mine - Jack O' Diamonds - John Hardy - My True Love Is A Gambler - Stackerlee - Little Brown Bulls - The Coon-Can Game - A Hearty Good Fellow notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein Riverside RLP 12-643 4 1961 The LIFE Treasury Of American Folk Music Gene Bluestein - Skada At America Fort Wingate Indian School Children - Song Of Happiness Navajo Chorus - Riding Song Alan Mills - Ballad Of New Scotland Gene Bluestein - Ah, Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser Hermes Nye - Constitution And Guerriere Pete Seeger - The Knickerbocker Line Alan Mills & Shanty Men - Lowlands Cisco Houston - The E-R-I-E Canal Alan Mills & Shanty Men - Rio Grande Mickey Miller & Bess Hawes - Rosewood Casket Alan Mills & Shanty Men - Shenandoah Hermes Nye - I'm A Good Old Rebel Huddie (Leadbelly) Ledbetter - Ha Ha This A-Way Hermes Nye - Bonnie Blue Flag Cisco Houston - Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill Woody Guthrie - Billy The Kid Logan English - Sacramento Woody Guthrie - Hard Work Hermes Nye - Bonnie And Clyde "Kid" Clayton & His Orchestra - Gettysburg March Life L-1001 5 1962 The World Of Folk Music, Show # 144 guest: Logan English (back side: Show # 145, Josef Marais & Miranda) 6 196? The World Of Folk Music, Show # 215 guest: Logan English (back side: Show # 214, Susan Reed) This series of 15-minute radio program shows (hosted by Oscar Brand) was presented by the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Social Security Administration and featured interviews and performances by the guests, sometimes in duets with the host 7 1962 Monitor Presents Logan English American Folk Ballads - Roll On Columbia - The Dewy Dens Of Yarrow - Mule Skinner Blues - Red Clay Country - Buck-Eye Jim - Shenandoah - The Talking Fishing Blues - The Dance Set - Little Brown Dog - He's In The Jailhouse Now - The Kentucky Moonshiner - My Last Old Dollar Is Gone - Pretty Saro - Mole In The Ground - King's Highway rec. at Fine Studios, New York; engineer: John Quinn; Logan English, voc, g; Eric Weissberg, voc, bj, g, mand; Marshall Brickman, voc, fiddle, b; Martin Lorin, voc cover photo by Norman Vershay notes by Logan English Monitor MF 388 www.smithsonianglobal sound.org 8 196? The Folksingers Of Washington Square Anne Bird, guitar & autoharp Alexander "Sandy" Bull, five-string banjo Logan English, guitar Bruce Langhorne, guitar, fiddle, harmonica Martin Lorin, guitar Molly Scott, guitar Continental CLP-4010 Side One Introduction - This Land (Guthrie) and Narration (The Six Folksingers     Speaker: Kelsey Marechal) Big Ball In Nashville (Bird, Bull, English, Langhorne) C.C. Rider (Bruce Langhorne, playing guitar and harmonica (simultaneously!) The Sailor Boy (Anne Bird and Logan English, guitars) Hoe-Down Medley ("Sandy" Bull, banjo solo) Brooklyn John Henry (Martin Lorin, guitar) The E-ri-e Canal (Bull, English, Lorin, Scott) Side Two Meetin' At The Building (Molly Scott & Bruce Langhorne, guitars) Canon: "Non Nobis, Domine" (attributed to William Byrd, 1543-1623) ("Sandy" Bull, playing the banjo and whistling) I'm Sad And I'M Lonely (Molly Scott) Hard Trials ("Sandy" Bull, banjo and Martin Lorin, guitar) Wanderin' Boy (Anne Bird, autoharp) Talkin' Singin' Blues (Logan English, guitar) Grand Finale - This Land (Guthrie) (The Six Folksingers) 9 1963 All The Folk There Is recorded Live at the American Hootenanny Festival - The Land Is Your Land - entire company - The Alcoholic Rat - Logan English - Sing Hallelujah - Steel Singers - A Friend Of Mine - Judy Roderick - Salty Dog Blues - Greenbriar Boys - Marching To Pretoria - Lenny & Dick - Goodbye, Old Pal - Greenbriar Boys - Barb'ry Allen - Logan English - Follow The dringking Gourd - Steel Singers - Down In My Soul - Judy Roderick - Nancy Whisky - Lenny & Dick - So Long (It's Been Good To Know You) - entire company rec. live in Norwalk, CT 20th Century Fox TFM 3121 (mono) = TFS 4121 (stereo) = Stateside SL-10138 (1965) 10 1964 Logan English sings the Woody Guthrie songbag - Sally, Don't You Grieve - Talkin' Dust Bowl - Jackhammer John - Lay Down, Little Dogies - The Ladie's Auxiliary - Pastures Of Plenty - This Land Is Your Land - Dead Or Alive - Ramblin' Round - Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee) - East Texas Red - Hard Work (Woody's Rag) - So Long, It's Been Good To Know You rec. at Gotham Sudios, NYC; Logan English, voc, g; Milt Hinton, b; John Herald, Bob Yellin, Ralph Rinzler, g, bj & mandolin; "and a young lady we can't name"; prod. by Fred Hertz for Joseph Csida Enterprises, Inc. notes by Fred Hertz 20th Century Fox TFM 3126 (mono) = TFS 4126 (stereo) 11 1971 2 LP set Medicine, Mind And Music - The McBurney Square (Appendectomy--Country Style) CBS Legacy Collection L2X 30680 12 1974 Woody Guthrie's Children's Songs sung by Logan English - Make A Blobble - I Want It Now - Bling Blang - Needle Song - Ocean Go - Merry-Go-Round - I'll Write 'N Draw - Pick It Up - The Mailman - The Little Seed - My Dolly - Wild Animal - Sleep Eye notes by Logan English Folkways FC 7503 www.smithsonianglobal sound.org 13 1996 The Riverside / Folklore Series Vol. 3: Singing the New Tradition Songs, Singers, and Instrumentalists of the Folk Revival - The Roving Gambler rec. 1955-1958 Riverside RCD-9911-2 more info   Additional information appreciated !!!   source of left column: cover of Monitor MF 388; photographer: Norman Vershay     Logan English 1950s / 1970s (sources: notes to Folkways FA 2136 / Folkways FC 7503)   Logan English is member of the population of Humbead's Revised Map of the World   1979 autobiographical poem "No Land Where I Have Traveled: A Kentucky Poem" reprinted 2001 by Larkspur Press   Kentucky Poetry Review vol. 19, no. 2, Fall 1983 Logan English Memorial Issue   The Logan English Family Papers at University of Kentucky

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