Comments on: Granny’d sing us her Christmas carol, "Brightest and Best" http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/12/grannyd-sing-us-her-christmas-carol.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave Tabler http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/12/grannyd-sing-us-her-christmas-carol.html#comment-1151125 Dave Tabler Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:16:39 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/12/granny%e2%80%99d-sing-us-her-christmas-carol-brightest-and-best/#comment-1151125 Dave, Smithsonian’s Folkways label has a recording of the song by the Ritchie family, from 1958. Might be the one you’re after:
http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=2516

]]> By: Dave Peterson http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/12/grannyd-sing-us-her-christmas-carol.html#comment-1150674 Dave Peterson Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:51:05 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/12/granny%e2%80%99d-sing-us-her-christmas-carol-brightest-and-best/#comment-1150674 Hi!
I am tryong to find a recording of “Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning” by Jean Ritchie that Studs Terkel used on his 1961 program “Christmas Memories”.
Can you help me?

Thanks!
Dave Peterson

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