The New Lost City Ramblers -- the quartet of John Cohen, Tom Paley, Tracy Schwarz and Mike Seeger -- were the East Coast's ultimate old-timey revivalists. As well as being a great musical group they were active folklorists, as crate diggers, song-catchers and concert promoters, helping broaden and define the scope and flow of the 1960s folk revival... As a band, the Ramblers recorded many classic albums, and each member went on to create equally compelling solo work... Here's a quick look at their music...
The New Lost City Ramblers "Old Time Music" (Vanguard Records, 1994)
A collection of early '60s live performances from the Newport Folk Festival...
The New Lost City Ramblers "The Early Years: 1958-1962" (Folkways Records, 1991)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Out Standing In Their Field -- Volume II: 1963-1973" (Smithsonian Folkways, 1993)
The New Lost City Ramblers "There Ain't No Way Out" (Folkways Records, 1997)
The New Lost City Ramblers "40 Years Of Concert Performances" (Rounder Records, 2001)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Earth Is Earth Sung By The New Lost City Bang Boys" (Folkways Records, 1961) (LP)
An 8-song EP of racy "hokum" songs, including one, "When Lulu's Gone," which Roy Acuff once recorded under an assumed name -- The Bang Boys -- back in the '30s; he used an alias because the Opry regular didn't want his name to be associated with smutty material. The Ramblers keep up the joke, dubbing themselves "Wilbur Seeger," "McKinley Cohen" and "Delmore Paley."
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers" (Folkways Records, 1958) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. II" (Folkways Records, 1959) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Songs From The Depression" (Folkways Records, 1959) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Old-Timey Songs For Children" (Folkways Records, 1959) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. III" (Folkways Records, 1961) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "...Sing Songs Of The New Lost City Ramblers" (Folkways Records, 1961) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers" (Folkways Records, 1961) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Earth Is Earth Sung By The New Lost City Bang Boys" (Folkways Records, 1961) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. 4" (Folkways Records, 1962) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "American Moonshine And Prohibition" (Folkways Records, 1962) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. 5" (Folkways Records, 1963) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Gone To The Country" (Folkways Records, 1963) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Radio Special #1" (EP) (Folkways Records, 1963) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "String Band Instrumentals" (Folkways Records, 1964) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Old Timey Music" (Disc Records, 1964) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Rural Delivery No. 1" (Folkways Records, 1965) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Remembrance Of Things To Come" (Folkways Records, 1966) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Modern Times" (Folkways Records, 1968) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "...With Cousin Emmy" (Folkways Records, 1968) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "On The Great Divide" (Folkways Records, 1973) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "20th Anniversary Concert" (Flying Fish Records, 1978) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "20 Years: Concert Performances" (1978) (LP)
The New Lost City Ramblers "Tom Paley, John Cohen, And Mike Seeger Sing Songs Of The New Lost City Ramblers" (Folkways Records, 1978) (LP)