Hart Valley Drifters

Artist:  Hart Valley Drifters
Origin:  San Francisco, California, USA
Genre:  Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Traditional Folk, Folk Revival, Traditional Bluegrass

Original line-up:

Jerry Garcia:  Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
Robert Hunter:  Bass
Ken Frankel:  Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo
David Nelson:  Guitar
Norm Van Maastricht:  Dobro

Hart Valley Drifters was one of Jerry Garcia's early Folk Groups, and the first of his projects, formed in 1962 in San Francisco, consisted of Jerry Garcia (Banjo, Guitar, Vocals), Robert Hunter (Bass), Ken Frankel (Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo), David Nelson (Guitar), and Norm Van Maastricht (Dobro).  Later Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter would go on to become The Grateful Dead, and David Nelson would later join with Jerry Garcia in The New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

Title:  Folk Time  (2016)
Genre:  Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Traditional Folk, Folk Revival, Traditional Bluegrass
Label:  ATO Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Band Introductions  (1:13)
 2.  Roving Gambler  (3:46)
 3.  Ground Speed  (1:29)
 4.  Pig In A Pen  (2:16)
 5.  Standing In The Need Of Prayer  (2:10)
 6.  Flint Hill Special  (2:00)
 7.  Nine Pound Hammer  (2:42)
 8.  Handsome Molly  (2:19)
 9.  Clinch Mountain Backstep  (1:18)
10. Think Of What You've Done  (2:42)
11. Cripple Creek  (1:25)
12. All The Good Times Have Past And Gone  (3:09)
13. Billy Grimes, The Rover  (2:44)
14. Paddy On The Turnpike (Boys, My Money's All Gone)  (1:39)
15. Run Mountain  (4:12)
16. Sugar Baby  (3:54)
17. Sitting On Top Of The World  (3:37)

Personnel:

Jerry Garcia:  Banjo, Guitar, Lead Vocals
Robert Hunter:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Ken Frankel:  Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo
David Nelson:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Norm Van Maastricht:  Dobro

Folk Time is an album by The Hart Valley Drifters, was released on November 11, 2016 by ATO Records.  It was recorded in 1962 at the studios of KZSU, a radio station at Stanford University.