One Rough Life, Ted Ashlaw Burdick Artist: Douglas Wooster

Artist: Douglas Wooster

by weaving historical facts and tales of the human condition

Overall dimensions 16”x 12”

The family gathers regularly to sing both traditional Scottish and Irish songs handed down through the generations

One Rough Life, Ted Ashlaw Burdick Artist: Douglas WoosterOne Rough Life, Ted Ashlaw: Adirondack Lumber Camp and Barroom Singer Robert D. Bethke, author A TAUNY Publications in Regional Folkways book This is the first book devoted to a northern New York State lumberjack who was an unaccompanied traditional singer of folk ballads and other songs. The author draws upon his interviews and audio recordings during the 1970s to establish the place of Ted Ashlaw among the likes of "Yankee John" Galusha and Lawrence