''Lazy Farmer'' is the 1975 album by

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group Lazy Farmer. This short-lived group consisted of pioneer

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musician

Wizz Jones Raymond Ronald "Wizz" Jones (25 April 1939 – 27 April 2025) was an English acoustic guitarist, and singer-songwriter. He performed from the late 1950s and recorded from 1965 until 2025. He possessed what was described as "unparalleled virtuo ...

, his wife Sandy Jones,

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and Jake Walton. The album was dedicated to

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banjo player John Burke, whose book "Fiddle Tunes for the Banjo" inspired the formation of Lazy Farmer. The album was recorded at Conny Plank's countryside studio in

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Track listing

#"Lazy Farmer" (Traditional) #"Standing Down in New York Town" (

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) #"Railroad Boy" (Traditional) #"Soldier's Joy/ Arkansas Traveller" (Traditional/

Sandford C. Faulkner Sandford C. Faulkner (March 3, 1803August 4, 1874), better known as Sandy Faulkner, was an American planter, raconteur and fiddler who personified the mid-19th century folk song " Arkansas Traveler," for which he received writing credit. It ha ...

) #"Turtle Dove" (Traditional) #"John Lover's Gone" (Traditional) #"Johnson Boys" (Traditional) #"Love Song" (

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) #"The Cuckoo" (

Clarence Ashley Clarence "Tom" Ashley (born Clarence Earl McCurry; September 29, 1895 – June 2, 1967) was an American musician and singer, who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar. He began performing at medicine shows in the Appalachia, Southern Appalac ...

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) #"Sally in the Garden/Liberty" (Traditional) #" Gypsy Davey" (Traditional/

Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered to be one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American Left, A ...

) #"When I Leave Berlin" (Wizz Jones)

Personnel

- acoustic guitar, vocals * Sandy Jones - banjo, vocals *

- guitar, flue, flageolet, vocals * Jake Walton - guitar, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, vocals * Don Coging - banjo

Production

*Producer: Carsten Linde/Wizz Jones *Recording Engineer:

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...

*Cover Design: Jerken Diederich/Annette Welke *Photography: Fern Mehring

References

{{Authority control Wizz Jones albums 1975 debut albums