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Known as InchThe Father of East Coast Bluegrass,Inch Roger Sprung was born in Manhattan in 1930. The variety of music he encountered in New York informs his banjo playing as he incorporates jazz, old time dance tunes, and the syncopations of Civil War-era fingerpicking. Doc Watson accompanies him on this album. Album Tracks 1. The Wildgoose Chase 2. Stars and Stripes Forever 3. Spinning Wheel 4. Big Banjo from Broadway 5. Whistling Rufus 6. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (This Matches the Audio) 7. Mack the Knife 8. Nellie Bly 9. Malaquena 10. Smokey Mokes 11. Greensleeves 12. Bye Bye Blues (This Matches the Audio)
