Allan Block and Martha Burns, 1986

The New York Times obituary   Allan Block Allan Forrest Block b. October 6, 1923 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin d. October 23, 2013 in Francestown, New Hampshire discography

source: Front cover of Living Folk LFR 104 photographer: Michael Coughlin

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1964	Old Time Banjo Project Allan Block, Bill Vanaver, Ralph Smith, Rory Block - Old Molly Hare John Cohen, Penny Cohen - John Booker Bill Vanaver - Ramblin' Hobo Bob Siggins, Allan Block - Old Jimmy Sutton Hank Schwartz - Brighter Day Peter Siegel - Waterbound Allan Block, Walter Gundy, Bill Vanaver, Eric Thompson - Chicken Reel John Cohen - Pateroller Song Hank Schwartz - Johnson & Dixon Winnie Winston - Twinkle, Twickle, Little Star Bob Siggins - Skillet Good And Greasy Winnie Winston, Walter Gundy, Eric Thompson - Reuben's Train Peter Siegel, Allan Block, Ralph Smith Mississippi Sawyer Winnie Winston - Spanish Fandango Peter Siegel, John Cohen - Bill Mason Bill Vanaver, Allan Block, Rory Block - Colored Aristocracy Peter Siegel - Soldier's Joy John Cohen, Penny Cohen - John Johanna Winnie Winston - John Henry Bob Siggins, Bill Vanaver - Don't You Cry, Melinda Hank Schwartz, John Cohen - Banging Breakdown Peter Siegel, John Cohen I Don't Reckon That'll Happen Again John Cohen - Last Chance Bill Vanaver, Ralph Smith - Paddie On The Turnpike Elektra EKL-276 (mono) = EKS-7276 (stereo)
2	196?	String Band Project Uncle Willie's Brandy Sniffers - Hellelujah To The Lamb - The Burial Of Wild Bill Stu Jamieson Boys - All Aroound The Mountain - Been All Around The World Phil Boroff - Cocaine The Dry City Scat Band - Baldheaded End Of The Broom - Jealous Uncle Willie's Brandy Sniffers - What Will I Do For My Money's All Gone - I Got A Gal In Baltimore John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Sugar Hill John Cohen with Bob Mamis - Chilly Winds John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Ragtime Annie The Mother Bay State Entertainers - Red Rockin' Chair - Billy In The Low Ground - Train On The Island The Spontaneous String Band (Allan Block, Peter Siegel, Richard Blaustein) - Ever See A Devil Uncle Joe - Goodbye Miss Liza Jane - Single Girl - Stoney Point Siegel - Grisman - Rose - Lowinger - Stoney Point cover art by Bob Pepper liner notes & 4-page leaflet by John Cohen Elektra EKL-292 (mono) = EKS-7292 (stereo)
3	1971	Allan Block & Ralph Lee Smith - Morpeth Rant - Sugar In The Gourd - Charliy's Neat - Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot - The Ways Of The World - Finger Ring - I've Been All Around This World - Speed The Plow - Polly Put the Kettle On - Mississippi Sawyer - The Cruel War Is Raging - Hawkins County Jail - Chorus Jig - Georgia Railroad - The Dying Ranger * - The Rose Tree - Roll On The Ground - Home Sweet Home rec. June 1971; * with Rob Fleder, g Meadowlands MS 1
4	197?	Allan Block: Alive And Well And Fiddling - Grub Springs - Flop Eared Mule # 2 - East Tennessee Blues - Hard To Love - Money Musk - Budded Roses - Cider Mill - Devil's Nine Questions - Bunch Of Rushes - Ain't No Use In Highhattin' Me - Johnson Gal - Rights Of Man - Temple House - Sandy River Belle - Paddy On The Turnpike - Two Brothers - Sunny Home in Dixie - Quince Dillon Living Folk LFR 104
5	1972	Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra - Farewell To Whiskey - Money Musk - Flight - Petronella - Kolendara Kolo - Coleraine - Prince William - Irish American Reel - Chorus Jig - Huntsman's Chorus - Petronella - Auretti's Dutch Skipper - Poor Old Woman - Yarmouth Reel - Maguinnis' Delight Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra consists of: Allan Block, fiddle Fred Breunig, fiddle Art Bryan, guitar Pete Colby, banjo, autoharp Larry DeLorier, flute, piccolo, pennywhistle Charlene Fagelman Morse, flute Dave Fuller, accordion Nicholas S. Howe, fiddle Dudley Laufman, fiddle, accordion, harmonica Ted Levin, fiddle Bob McQuillen, piano, accordion Vince O'Donnell, fiddle, electric guitar Jack Perron, fiddle Jack Sloanaker, string bass, piano Dick VanKleeck, French horn Jerry Weene, fiddle, mandolin, viola, banjo Farm & Wilderness FW-3
6	1973	The Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band Farm & Wilderness FW-4
7	1974	Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra Mistwold Farm & Wilderness FW-5
8	1974	Contra Dances: The Canterbury Orchestra - Brisk Young Lads / Two And Sixpenny Girl (jigs) - Starr Label Reel / Ned Kendall's Favorite (reels) 45 rpm Country Dance and Song Society CDS5
9	197?	Folkscene Live - Old-Timey Vol. 1 Allan Block & Bill Jones - Too Young To Marry - Boys Of Blue Hill - Grub Springs KPFK cassette
10	1976	Ebenezer: Tell It To Me - Barlow Knife - Ryestraw - From Heaven To Earth - Tell It To Me - Quindaro Hornpipe - Wagoner's Lad - Turkey Buzzard - Paddy On The Railroad - Fiddler's Choice - Dixie Beeline - Louis' First Tune - Hop Along Peter - Reel Of The Hanged Man - Little Liza Jane - Girl Of Constant Sorrow - Lynchburg Town - George Booker rec. at Cathedral Sound Studios in New York City; Ebenezer are: Nancy McDowell, George Wilson & Allan Block; prod. by Arnold S. Caplin cover drawing by Rory Block from an original photo by John Cohen notes by Anonymous Biograph RC-6007 Biograph Records discography
11	1976	Fox Hollow Lodge String Band Festival, Vol. 1   "Comin' Home" Hotmud Family - If You Don't Love Your Neighbor - Cumberland Gap - Whe I Stop Dreaming Delaware Water Gap - Golden Slippers - Richmond Cotillion Wretched Refuse String Band - Hell Among The Yearlings - Down Yonder Bottle Hill - The Shape I'm In - Brand New Tennessee Waltz - Morning Light - South Wind Dave Burgot - Temperance Reel Ebenezer - Growling Old Man And Woman - Molly Put The Kettle On notes by Joel Bernstein Biograph RC-6008 Biograph Records discography
12	1978	New England Contra Dance Music Strathspey - Hull's Victory The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Kitty McGee/Hundred Pipers Allan Block - Double File Strathspey - Medley: Ross's Reel/Batchelder's Reel George Wilson - Swing Away Strathspey - My Home Waltz The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Salhamanaca Reel/The Hunter's Purce/Tarbolten Strathspey - Medley: Turnpike Side/Tobin's Fancy The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Goin' Uptown/Avalon Quickstep Strathspey - Medley: Farewell To Whiskey/Mara's Wedding The Arm & Hammer String Band - Medley: Apples In Winter/Hitler's Downfall - Westphalia Waltz Strathspey - Mountain Ranger rec. August & November, 1977 at the Chelsea House Folklore Center, West Brattleboro, Vermont by Ira Wilner & Bill Gehman front cover woodcut by Mary Azarian notes by Richard Nevell and Bob Carlin Kicking Mule KM 216 Kicking Mule Records discography
13	2001	Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra - Earl Of Mansfield - Chorus Jig - Coleraine - Mistwold - Starr Label Reel, Ned Kendall - Maguinnis's Delight - Prince William II - Scotch Hornpipe - Glenn Towle - Reel de Jeunne Marie - Madame Bonaparte - Farewell To Whiskey, Money Musk - Prince William - Brisk Young Lads, 2 & 6 Penny Girl - Petronella - Irish American Reel - La Gondeuse - Poor Auld Woman - Huntsmen's Chorus - Petronella with calls - Meeting Of The Waters Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra consists of: Allan Block, fiddle; Fred Breunig, fiddle; Art Bryan, guitar; Pete Colby, banjo, autoharp; Larry DeLorier, flute, piccolo, pennywhistle; Charlene Fagelman Morse, flute; Dave Fuller, accordion; Nicholas S. Howe, fiddle; Dudley Laufman, fiddle, accordion, harmonica; Ted Levin, fiddle; Bob McQuillen, piano, accordion; Vince O'Donnell, fiddle,; electric guitar; Jack Perron, fiddle; Jack Sloanaker, string bass, piano; Dick VanKleeck, French horn; Jerry Weene, fiddle, mandolin, viola, banjo Farm & Wilderness FANDW-CD01 "Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra with Dudley Laufman" The best of three LPs and one 45-RPM single
additional info appreciated !!!

Allan Block with daughters Mona and Rory
source: Liner notes to Rory Block: Color Me Wild.- Alacazam! ALA 1003
Rory Block Official Life Story page

 

Nancy McDowell & Allan Block
source: Back cover of Living Folk LFR 104; photograper: Michael Coughlin

 

Allan Block (left) with Tom Stocky and John Kirk
source: John & Trish website

 

David Dowling's Music Musings on Allan Block
("If anyone deserves to be written about, it's him!")
("Allan tells me they hope to record a dad/daughter album before too long")
("Tonight Allan proudly told me he has recently become a great-grandfather")

www.roryblock.com

Doug Henkle's extensive Rory Block discography

Rory Block's early records

 

Allan Block
is member of the population of
Humbead's Revised Map of the World

 

Rory Block with son Thiele in front of her father's Sandal Shop. West 4th St., NY source: Front cover of 'Rory Block - The Early Tapes 1975 / 1976'; photography: David Gahr "Perhaps because of its proximity to the Square and the MacDougal Street clubs, perhaps because of the footwear of the time, Allan Block's Sandal Shop became a late afternoon hangout for anybody who knew where it was and what was going on there. As the singing faded in the Square, the hard core would gather at this comfy workplace to hear Mr. Block and friends play some music. These friends were the cream of the crop of touring traditional musicians - Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, a musical feast, with a menu that changed each week. Every time I managed to get in, I learned something ..." source: John Sebastian's liner notes to 'Rory Block: High Heeled Blues'