Old Time is a 2014 self-released album by the Lonesome Ace Stringband, a Toronto-based Canadian trio comprising Chris Coole (banjo, vocals), John Showman (fiddle, vocals), and Max Heineman (double bass, vocals). The group grew from old-time music sessions and brunch performances at Toronto's Dakota Tavern, developing into one of Canada's foremost ensembles in the pre-bluegrass Appalachian string band tradition. Coole, a widely respected clawhammer banjo player and instructor in the Canadian folk and old-time community, anchors a sound rooted in the pre-commercial mountain repertoire that fed into bluegrass without belonging to it. The album presents traditional songs and tunes performed in the spare, unadorned style of the pre-war string band era that inspired the trio's formation.
Tracklist
- 1 Hold Your Lying Tongue 3:12
- 2 Cherry River Line/Gauley Junction 4:32
- 3 Fox Hunt 3:37
- 4 Traditional 3:20
- 5 Don't Get Trouble in Mind 3:40
- 6 Skipping in the Mississippi Dew 3:13
- 7 Femme Indigene 2:02
- 8 Hills of Mexico alt version 4:38
- 9 Katy Hill alt version 2:41
- 10 Green Sleeve 3:31
- 11 44 Gun 4:10
- 12 Waynesboro/Wolf Creek 3:33
