COUNTRY,
BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIMEY
Old Timey & Early Country Collections
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B.A.C.M. 030 |
The Panachord Label - Early Country Music |
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24 tracks, 72 mins, recommended. Excellent and varied
collection of country sides issued on the British Panachord label in the
30s. These releases drew on the ARC, Decca, Brunswick and Gennett catalogs
and this collection includes a Montana Slim cut recorded for Decca but only
issued in the U.K. on Panachord. It also features one cut by the British
group The Hill Billies under the pseudonym of The Prairie Serenaders. Among
the artists featured here are Otto Gray & The Oklahoma Cowboys, Al Bernard
with Carson Robison, Sons Of The Pioneers, Fileds & Hall, Gene Autry & Jimmy
Long (with some fine steel guitar from Frankie Marvin), The Texas Drifter
(aka Goebel Reeves - a riotous performance with some outrageous yodeling),
The McCravy Brothers, Phil & Frank Luther, The Pickard Family, Floyd Turner
& His Hometowners, Hank Keene & The Connecticutt Hillbillies, W.Lee
O'Daniels's Light Crust Dough Boys and others. (FS)
GENE AUTRY & JIMMY LONG: Missouri I'm Calling/ AL BERNARD: The Preacher &
The Bear/ WILF CARTER: How My Yodeling Days Began/ BILL COX: Lay My Head
Beneath A Rose/ FIELDS & HALL: Funny Old World Rolls Along/ OTTO GRAY &
OKLAHOMA COWBOYS: I Was Born Four Thousand Years Ago/ HANK KEENE & THE
CONNECTICUT HILLBILLIES: Runaway Boy/ BRADLEY KINCAID: Red River Valley/
PHIL & FRANK LUTHER: Jacob's Ladder/ FRANK LUTHER & CARSON ROBISON TRIO:
Ninety Nine Years/ FRANK LUTHER & CARSON ROBISON: Twenty One Years/ FRANKIE
& JOHNNY MARVIN: I Want My Boots On When I Die/ THE MCCRAVY BROS.: Why Can't
We Be Sweethearts/ MCFARLAND & GARDNER: When The Moon Comes Over The
Mountain/ W. LEE O'DANIELS' LIGHT CRUST DOUGH BOYS: Please Come Back To Me/
THE PICKARD FAMILY: She Never Came Back/ THE PRAIRIE SERENADERS: Last Of The
Texas Rangers/ GLEN RICE & HIS BEVERLY HILL BILLIES: Ragtime Cowboy Joe/
CARSON ROBISON & HIS PIONEERS: Hot Time In New Orleans Tonight/ THE SONS OF
THE PIONEERS: Our Old Age Pension Check/ TEXAS DRIFTER: Reckless Tex/ FLOYD
TURNER & HIS HOMETOWNERS: Ida Red/ She Wore A Yeller Ribbon/ MARC WILLIAMS:
Old Montana
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County 3502 |
Rural String Bands Of Virgina |
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16 tracks, 51 minutes, recommended. This great collection of
old time music proves that there was a lot more to the Virginia rural music
scene in the late 1920's than the Carter Family. Virginia has a very long
tradition of fiddlers and banjo players and these instruments are featured
most prominently on the Victor recording sessions from which these
instrumentals and vocal numbers are taken. Selections include familiar
chestnuts like The Girl I Left Behind Me by Dr. Lloyd & Howard Maxey
and Soldier's Joy by the Blue Ridge Highballers. Uncle Eck Dunford &
Hattie Stoneman (Ernest's wife) provide comic relief on What Will I Do,
For My Money is All Gone. Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party features
great harmony work and harmonica by the Floyd County Ramblers. The tour de
force though is Old Virginia Reel by the Fiddlin' Powers Family.
Originally recorded in two parts, it runs over 6 minutes. After a spoken and
picked introduction by each instrument the band launches into a rousing
medley of fiddle tunes that includes Flop Eared Mule, among others.
Overall the playing and singing is excellent and if the sound is a little
raw, believe me, you will not care! (DP)
DAD BLACKARD'S MOONSHINERS: Suzanna Gal/ THE BLUE RIDGE HIGHBALLERS:
Soldier's Joy/ THE BULL MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS: Johnny Goodwin/ UNCLE ECK
DUNFORD & HATTIE STONEMAN: What Will I Do, For My Money Is All Gone/ THE
FLOYD COUNTY RAMBLERS: Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party/ THE GRANT BROTHERS: The
Johnson Boys/ KELLY HARRELL & THE VIRGINIA STRING BAND: My Name Is John
Johanna/ BELA LAM & THE GREENE COUNTY SINGERS: See That My Grave Is Kept
Green/ DR. LLOYD & HOWARD MAXEY: The Girl I Left Behind Me/ J.P. NESTOR:
Train on the Island/ RED PATTERSON'S PIEDMONT LOG ROLLERS: The Sweet Sunny
South/ FIDDLIN' POWERS FAMILY: Old Virginia Reel/ THE ROANOKE JUG BAND:
Triangle Blues/ THE SALEM HIGHBALLERS: Going On To Town/ SPANGLER & PEARSON:
Midnight Serenade/ CROCKETT WARD & HIS BOYS: Sugar Hill
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County 3504 |
Old-Time Mountain Ballads |
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18 cuts, 55 min, essential. More glorious old-timey and early
country music from the fine folks at County, focusing on the venerated, but
evolving tradition of mountain ballads. All songs were recorded from
1926-29, with early singers such as G.B Grayson, B.F Shelton, Buell Kazee,
and others urged to compact their songs to 3 minutes, and to sing it with a
guitar, banjo, or fiddle. This gave rise to powerful & emotional ballads,
some from archaic sources and some newly composed, but all rooted in the
"high lonesome" sound that permeated the mountains of the Southeast. Songs
such as Dark Holow/Rose Conley/Darling Cora/Ellen Smith/Willie Moore/John
Henry/& Wagoner's Lad have continued to thrive in the folk revival and
blugrass, but it is wonderful to hear them sung by such unique performers as
Clarence Ashley, Uncle Dave Macon, Ernest Stoneman, Burnett & Rutherford,
Blind Alfred Reed, & banjoist John Hammond. Fine notes by Charles Wolfe &
superb sound round out an exemplary CD of some of America's finest music.
(JM)
CLARENCE ASHLEY: Dark Hollow blues/ GREEN BAILEY: The fate of Ellen Smith/
BURNETT AND RUTHERFORD: Pearl Bryan/ Willie Moore/ GRAYSON AND WHITTER: I'll
never be yours/ Rose Conley/ JOHN HAMMOND: My mamma always talked to me/
KELLY HARRELL: Charles Guiteau/ THE HICKORY NUTS: Louisville burglar/ FRANK
JENKINS' PILOT MOUNTAINEERS: The burial of Wild Bill/ BUELL KAZEE: The
wagoner's lad/ UNCLE DAVE MACON: Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)/
BYRD MOORE: Frankie Silvers/ AULTON RAY: Dixie cowboy/ THE RED FOX CHASERS:
Wreck on the mountain road/ BLIND ALFRED REED: The fate of Chris Lively and
wife/ RUTHERFORD AND FOSTER: Six months ain't long/ B.F. SHELTON: Darling
Cora
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County 3506 |
Echoes Of The Ozarks, Vol. 1 |
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22 tracks, 66 min, recommended. CD version of a compilation
first put together by Dave Freeman in 1969, featuring 22 examples of old time
country recordings from the mysterious Ozark Mountain region of America
during the late 20s and early 30s, featuring such outstanding outfits as The
Morrison Twin Brothers Band (some real, uh, twin fiddling here on
outstanding versions of Dry and Dusty and The Ozark Waltz), Pope's Arkansas
Mountaineers, Luke Highnight's Ozark Strutters, George Edgin's Corn Dodgers,
Fiddling Sam Long, Ashley's Melody Men, and especially Ted Sharp, whose
fiddle workouts on Pike's Peak and Robinson County are awe inspiring. This
collection and volume two hold special treasures for the dedicated
traditional country music fan, especially fans of great country fiddling.
(RP)
ASHLEY'S MELODY MEN: Searcy County Rag/ GEORGE EDGIN'S CORN DODGERS: Corn
Dodger #1 Special/ My Ozark Mountain Home/ LUKE HIGHNIGHT'S OZARK STRUTTERS:
Bailey Waltz/ Ft. Smith Breakdown/ Sailing on the Ocean/ There's No Hell in
Georgia/ Walk Along John/ FIDDLIN' SAM LONG: Echoes of the Ozarks/ Sandy
Land/ Seneca Square Dance/ THE MORRISON BROTHERS BAND: Dry and Dusty/ Ozark
Waltz/ POPE'S ARKANSAS MOUNTAINEERS: Cotton Eyed Joe/ George Washington/ Get
Along Home Miss Cindy/ Hog Eye/ Jaw Bone/ TED SHARP, HINMAN & SHARP: Old
Grey Horse/ Pike's Peak/ Robinson County
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County 3507 |
Echoes Of The Ozarks, Vol. 2 |
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21 tracks, 62 min, recommended. This volume continues the
documentation of recorded music from The Ozarks, circa 1928. Volume 2
celebrates the recordings of such stalwart groups as Dr. Smith's Champion
Hoss Hair Pullers, Reaves White County Ramblers, Arkansas Barefoot Boys, A. E.Ward & His Plowboys, and The Fiddlin' Bob Larkin Family. My favorite group
here is The Grinell Giggers; their Duck Shoes Rag, Ruth's Rag, and Plow Boy
Hop are all lively, syncopated pieces that move things along in a sprightly
fashion. As with volume one, authoritative, well researched notes by
traditional music authority Charles K. Wolfe. (RP)
THE ARKANSAS BAREFOOT BOYS: Eighth of January/ BIRKHEAD & LANE: Robinson
County/ HITER COVIN: Indian War Whoop/ Rabbit Up a Gum Stump/ THE GRINNELL
GIGGERS: Duck Shoes Rag/ Plow Boy Hop/ Ruth's Rag/ FIDDLIN' BOB LARKAN & HIS
MUSIC MAKERS: Higher Up The Monkey Climbs/ Kansas City Reel/ Saturday Night
Waltz/ FIDDLIN' BOB LARKAN FAMILY: Prairie County Waltz/ REAVES WHITE COUNTY
RAMBLERS: Arkansas Traveler/ Drunkard's Hiccoughs/ Flying Engine/ Rattler
Treed a Possum/ Shortenin' Bread/ Ten Cent Piece/ DR. SMITH'S CHAMPION HOSS
HAIR PULLERS: Going Down The River/ In The Garden Where The Irish Potatoes
Grow/ A.E. WARD & HIS PLOWBOYS: Going to Leave Old Arkansas/ The Old Dinner
Bell
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County 3511 |
Rural String Bands Of Tennessee |
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18 tracks from the 20s and early 30s.
MR. AND MRS. J.W. BAKER: On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee/ CHARLIE BOWMAN
AND HIS BROTHERS: Forked Deer/ Moonshiner And His Money/ WARREN CAPLINGER'S
CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN ENTERTAI: Saro/ HOMER DAVENPORT AND THE YOUNG BROTHERS:
The Old Hen Cackled/ THE GRANT BROTHERS: Johnson Boys/ GRAYSON AND WHITTER:
Going Down The Lee Highway/ LINDSEY AND CONDER: Boll Weevil/ THE MCCARTT
BROTHERS AND PATTERSON: Green Valley Waltz/ THE PERRY COUNTY MUSIC MAKERS:
I'm Sad And Blue/ RIDGEL'S FOUNTAIN CITIANS: Baby Call Your Dog Off/ THE
ROANE COUNTY RAMBLERS: Alabama Trot/ Everybody Two-Step/ THE TENNESSEE
RAMBLERS: Preacher Got Drunk And Laid His Bible Down/ VANCE'S TENNESSEE
BREAKDOWNERS: Tennessee Breakdown/ Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase/ WEEMS
STRING BAND: Davy/ Greenback Dollar
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County 3512 |
Old-Time Mountain Guitar |
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18 tracks, 54 mins, essential. Beautiful collection of
country guitar instrumentals from the period 1926-1931. This is an expanded,
remastered version of an old County LP and if a lot of the tunes sound
familiar it's because many guitarists learned tunes from
the original LP version of this collection. Lots of bluesy
and ragtimey tunes from performers like Sam McGee, David Miller, Frank
Hutchison, Melvin Dupree, The South Georgia Highballers, David Fletcher &
Gwen Foster, Roy Harvey & Jess Johnson and others. Beautiful sound,
informative notes - the real thing! (FS)
JOHNNIE CROCKETT/ALBERT CROCKETT: Fresno Blues/ JOHN DILLESHAW & THE STRING
MARVEL: Spanish Fandango/ MELVIN DUPREE: Augusta Rag/ Norfolk Flip/ DAVID
FLETCHER/GWEN FOSTER: Charlotte Hot-Step/ Red Rose Rag/ ROY HARVEY & JESS
JOHNSON: Guitar Rag/ Jefferson Street Rag/ ROY HARVEY & LEONARD COPELAND:
Back To The Blue Ridge/ Greasy Wagon/ Lonesome Weary Blues/ FRANK HUTCHISON:
Logan County Blues/ SAM MCGEE: Buck Dancer's Choice/ Franklin Blues/ DAVID
MILLER: Jailhouse Rag/ BAYLESS ROSE: Jamestown Exhibition/ THE SOUTH GEORGIA
HIGHBALLERS: Blue Grass Twist/ LOWE STOKES & HIS NORTH GEORGIANS: Take Me To
The Land Of Jazz
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County 3513 |
Mississippi String Bands |
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First of two volumes featuring traditional fiddle music from
Mississippi recorded in the 20s and 30s.
THE CARTER BROTHERS & SON: Cotton Eyed Joe/ Jenny On The Railroad/ Miss
Brown/ Nancy Rowland/ Old Joe Bone/ Saddle Up The Grey/ THE LEAKE COUNTY
REVELERS: Dry Town Blues/ Mississippi Breakdown/ Old Hat, The/ FLOYD MING'S
PEP STEPPERS: Indian War Whoop/ Tupelo Blues/ THE MISSISSIPPI POSSUM
HUNTERS: Last Shot Got Him, The/ Mississippi Breakdown/ Possum On A Rail/
Rufus Rastus/ NARMOUR & SMITH: Avalon Quickstep/ Sweet Milk & Peaches/ THE
RAY BROTHERS: Choctaw County Rag/ Jake Leg Wobble/ Mississippi Echoes
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County 3514 |
Mississippi String Bands, Vol. 2 |
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| CLARDY AND CLEMENTS: Little Black Mustache/ FREELY'S BARN DANCE BAND:
Croquet Habit/ Don't You Remember The Time?/ Mississippi Square Dance/
FREENY'S BARN DANCE BAND: Sally Anne/ Sullivan's Hollow/ THE LEAKE COUNTY
REVELERS: Johnson Gal/ Lonesome Blues/ Molly Put The Kettle On/ Wednesday
Night Waltz/ NARMOUR & SMITH: Captain George, Has Your Money Come?/ Carroll
County Blues/ Charleston #1/ Mississippi Breakdown/ THE NATIONS BROTHERS: Bankhead Blues/ Magnolia Two-Step/ Negro Suppertime/ Sales Tax Toddle/ THE
NEWTON COUNTY HILLBILLIES: Going To The Wedding To Get Some Cake/ Little
Princess' Footsteps
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County 3518 |
Old-Time Music Of West Virginia, Vol. 1 |
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First of two albums featuring recordings of some of the
great and obscure rural musicians from West Virginia who recorded in the 20s
and early 30s.
CORN COB CRUSHERS: Ragtime Annie/ FRUIT JAR GAZZLERS: Kentucky Bootlegger/
FRUIT JAR GUZZLERS: Stack-o-lee/ HARVEY & COPELAND: Beckley Rag/ Underneath
The Sugar Moon/ FRANK HUTCHISON: The Miner‘s Blues/ West Virginia Rag/
JARVIS & JUSTICE: Muskrat Rag/ JUSTICE & JARVIS: Poca River Blues/ THE
KESSINGER BROS: Garfield March/ Sally Goodin/ LEFTWICH & LILLY: Lonesome
Road Blues/ MCCLUNG BROS: Liza Jane/ BLIND ALFRED REED: Explosion In The
Fairmount Mines/ You‘ll Miss Me/ TWEELDY BROS: Home Brew Rag/ WEST VIRGINIA
NIGHT OWLS: Sweet Bird/ WILLIAMSON BROS & CURRY: Gonna Die With My Hammer In
My Hand/ WILLIAMSON BROS & CURY: Waterfield
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County 3519 |
Old-Time Music Of West Virginia, Vol. 2 |
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19 more sides from Frank Hutchison, The Kessinger Brothers,
Tweedy Brothers, Fruit Jar Guzzlers, Williamson Brothers & Curry, Dick
Justice, Mostsville String Ticklers, West Virginia Ramblers and more.
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County 3521 |
Nashville - The Early String Bands, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
19 gorgeous sides from 1927 through 1938.Great sound and 16 page booklet has detailed notes by Charles
Wolfe and rare photos.
DR. HUMPHREY BATE AND THE POSSUM HUNTERS: Eighth Of January/ Green Backed
Dollar Bill/ My Wife Died Saturday Night/ Throw The Old Cow Over The Fence/
BINKLEY BROTHERS' CLODHOPPERS: Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents/ I'll Rise When
The Rooster Crows/ UNCLE DAVE MACON: Oh Baby, You Done Me Wrong/ Railroadin'
And Gamblin'/ I'm Goin' Away In The Morn/ SAM MCGEE: Chevrolet Car/ MCGEE
BROTHERS: Charming Bill/ Salt Lake City Blues/ GRADY MOORE: Old Joe/ ARTHUR
SMITH TRIO: Fiddler's Dream/ Stood On The Bridge At Midnight/ Sugar Tree
Stomp/ BUNT STEVENS: Candy Girl/ PAUL WARMACK & HIS GULLY JUMPERS: Robertson
County/ Stone Rag
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County 3522 |
Nashville - The Early String Bands, Vol. 2 |
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| DEFORD BAILEY: Alcoholic Blues/ Ice Water Blues/ John Henry/ Muscle Shoal
Blues/ CROOK BROTHERS STRING BAND: Going Across The Sea/ Jobbin Gettin'
There/ Love Somebody/ THERON HALE & BAND: Fire In The Mountain/ THERON HALE
& DAUGHTERS: Hale's Rag/ Jolly Blacksmith/ UNCLE DAVE MACON: Over The Road
I'm Bound To Go/ Bake That Chicken Pie/ BLIND JOE MANGRUM: Bacon And
Cabbage/ Bill Cheatham/ SAM & KIRK MCGEE: Brown's Ferry Blues/ MCGEE
BROTHERS: Old Master's Runaway/ UNCLE JIMMY THOMPSON: Billy Wilson/ Karo/
Uncle Jimmy's Favourite Fiddling Pieces: Flying Clouds/leather Breeches
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County 3523 |
Old-Time Music Of South-West Virginia |
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More great old time music from the 20s and early 30s from
County - this time focusing on the music of South-West Virginia featuring
APPALACHIAN VAGABOND: Hard For To Love/ The Peddlar And His Wife/ ERMY
ARTHUR: Careless Love/ Reuben Oh Reuben/ She Lied To Me/ Short Life Of
Trouble/ DOCK BOGGS: Country Blues/ Danville Girl/ Down South Blues/ Old Rub
Alcohol Blues/ Pretty Polly/ DYKES' MAGIC CITY TRIO: Callahan's Reel/ Free
Little Bird/ Hook And Line/ Huckleberry Blues/ Shortening Bread/ BYRD MOORE:
Bed Bugs Makin' Their Last Go-round/ Careless Lover/ FIDDLIN' POWERS &
FAMILY: Callahan's Reel/ Old Virginia Reel Pt. 2/ Patty On The Turnpike/
ROBINETTE & MOORE: Favorite Two-step/ Last Days In Georgia/ Mama Don't Allow
No Low Down Hangin' Around/ That Old Tiger Rag
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County 3524 |
Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 1 - Texas
Farewell |
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Another collection of great early string band recordings -
this time from Texas.
THE EAST TEXAS SERENADERS: Acorn Stomp/ Three-in-one Two-step/ OSCAR HARPER:
Beaumont Rag/ Terrell Texas Blues/ Twinkle Litte Star/ PRINCE ALBERT HUNT'S
TEXAS RAMBLERS: Blues In A Bottle/ Houston Slide/ Wake Up Jacob/ LEWIS
BROTHERS: Bull At The Wagon/ Sally Johnson/ When Summer Comes Again/ FIDDIN'
JIM PATE: Prisoner Boy/ Texas Farewell/ RED HEADED FIDDLERS: Cheat 'em/ Far
In The Mountain/ Texas Quickstep/ ECK ROBERTSON: Arkansas Traveler/ Great
Big Taters/ There's A Brown Skin Gal Down The Road Somewhere
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County 3525 |
Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 2 - Dallas
Bound |
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| CAPTAIN M.J. BONNER: Dusty Miller/ Ma Ferguson/ Yearling's In The Canebrake
The Gal On The Log/ THE EAST TEXAS SERENADERS: Babe/ Combination Rag/ Deacon
Jones/ Sweetest Flower/ OSCAR HARPER: Billy In The Low Ground/ Bitter Creek/
Dallas Bound/ Sally Johnson/ JOE HUGHES: Ragtime Annie/ Sally Johnson/ RED
HEADED FIDDLERS: Fatal Wedding/ RED HEADED FIDDLER: Paddy On The Hand Care/
Steeley Rag/ HUGH RODEN & HIS TEXAS NIGHT HAWKS: Crazy Rag/ Possum Rag/
SMITH'S GARAGE FIDDLE BAND: Beaumont Rag/ Cuban Two-step/ Tom And Jerry
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Country Stars 55472 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
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"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" strikes again! This 20 track
collection features vintage recordings of some of the songs made popular in
the movie along with other miscellaneous American roots music. Includes the
the title song by The Stanley Brothers (among the greatest musical
performances of the 20th century), Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues by
Skip James, I'll Fly Away by The Humbard Family, Indian War Whoop
by Hoy Ming & His Pep-Steppers, Sandy Land by Fiddlin' Sam Long,
Way Down The Old Plank Road by Uncle Dave Macon, Country Blues by
Dock Boggs plus tracks by The Carter Family, Jimmie davis, Jimmie Rodgers,
Blind Willie Johnson, Bessie Smith and others.
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Document DOCD 8009 |
Mississippi String Bands, Vol. 1 : 1928-1935 |
● CD $15.98 |
The complete recorded works in chronological order.
THE CARTER BROTHERS & SON: Cotton Eyed Joe/ Give Me A Chaw Of Tobacco/ Give
The Fiddler A Dram/ Jenny On The Railroad/ Leather Breeches/ Liza Jane/ Miss
Brown/ Nancy Rowland/ Old Joe Bone/ Saddle Up The Grey/ THE FREENY
HARMONIZERS: Podunk Toddle/ Travellin' Blues/ FREENY'S DANCE BAND: Croquet
Habits/ Don't You Remember The Time/ Mississippi Square Dance - Part 1/
Mississippi Square Dance - Part 2/ Sullivan's Hollow/ The Leake County Two
Step/ FLOYD MING & HIS PEP STEPPERS: Indian War Whoop/ Old Red/ Tupelo
Blues/ White Mule/ RED WHITEHEAD & DUTCH COLEMAN: Booneville Stomp/ Dad's
Getting Fuzzy
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Document DOCD 8021 |
Georgia Stringbands, Vol. 1 1927-1930 |
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The complete recorded works in chronological order.
CARROLL COUNTY REVELERS: Georgia Bound/ Georgia Wobble Blues/ Rome/ THEO. &
GUS CLARK: Barrow County Stomp/ Wimbush Rag/ COFER BROTHERS: Because He
Loved Her So/ How Long?/ Keno, The Rent Man/ Rock That Cradle Lucy/ The All
Go Hungry Hash House/ The Georgia Hobo/ The Great Ship Went Down/ Where The
Morning Glories Grow/ THE GEORGIA CRACKERS: Diamond Joe/ I've Got A Gal In
Baltimore/ Riley The Furniture Man/ Stockade Blues/ The Coon From Tennessee/
The Georgia Black Bottom/ THE SPOONEY FIVE: Chinese Rag/ My Little Girl/
WATKINS BAND: Bob Murphy/ Gideon Little/ Girl, You Know I Love You/ Tom's
Rag
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Document DOCD 8024 |
Georgia Songsters |
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22 tracks, 68 mins, recommended Entertaining collection of
novelty and sentimental songs by two obscure Georgia performers. Oscar
Ford's 14 sides were recorded between 1927 and 1930 and are a mostly
delightful upbeat numbers like Down In The Old Home Town/ Old Folks, Get
In Bed/ Henry Ford's Model A/ Riding In A Chevrolet Six/ The Farmer's Dream
and others with excellent accompaniments often featuring members of The
Skillet Lickers (Bert Layne, Riley Puckett, etc). Walter Morris recorded 8
tracks between 1926 and '27 with fiddle accompaniment. He is a less
impressive singer and his emphasis on sentimental songs makes his
performances less interesting to me. Sound is generally very good and notes
by Tony Russell are of his usual high standard. (FS)
OSCAR FORD JR.: Down In The Old Home Town/ Georgia Is My Home/ Henry Ford's
Model A/ Hide Away/ Kiss Me, Cindy/ Little Nan/ Married Life Blues/ Me And
My Gal/ Old Folks Get In Bed/ Race Between A Ford And Chevorlet/ Riiding In
A Chevrolet Six/ Sweetest Girl In Town/ The Farmer's Dream/ The Girl I Love
In Sunny Tennessee/ WALTER MORRIS: Betsey Brown/ Crazy Coon/ In The Time Of
Long Ago/ Lulu Walsh/ Mother's Face I Long To See/ Sweet Marie/ Take Back
Your Gold/ The Railroad Tramp
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Document DOCD 8028 |
Mississippi String Bands, 1928-1930 |
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22 tracks, 62 mins, essential. Mississippi bands are known
for their gentle funk and, especially, for their uniquely smooth, liquid
fiddling, and these five bands don't disappoint. Standouts here are the four
tracks by the Mississippi Possum Hunters and the ten by the great Ray
Brothers: both groups play a brand of hillbilly music that's shot through
with echoes of the blues and the minstrel music that came before it. Also
good to have are the beautiful waltzes fiddled by Gene Clardy, who had
taught Willie Narmour (Mississippi's finest fiddler). Sound is clean. (DW)
STAN CLEMENTS: Black Mustache/ Flow Rain Waltz/ Harvest Home Waltz/
Moonlight Clog/ Sleeping Time Waltz/ Slow Time Waltz/ MAGNOLIA RAMBLERS:
Evening Shade Waltz/ Northeast Texas/ MISSISSIPPI POSSUM HUNTERS: 'possum On
The Rail/ Mississippi Breakdown/ Rufus Rastus/ The Last Shot Got Him/ RAY
BROTHERS: Choctaw County Rag/ Friday Night Waltz/ Got The Jake Leg Too/ Home
Town Waltz/ Honeysuckle Waltz/ Jake Leg Wobble/ Mississippi Echoes/ The
Folks Back Home/ Tuzcaloosa Waltz/ Winona Rag
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Document DOCD 8032 |
Alabama Stringbands |
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24 tracks, 69 mins, recommended. For whatever reason, the
only state in Dixie to contribute less to the recorded legacy of old time
music is its neighbor, Florida. While that makes these records rare and
precious, it doesn't necessarily make them great. The exceptions here are
Dr. Dix D. Hollis, one of the oldest and earliest fiddlers to record, whose
8 dimly-recorded solo sides are a window into an America already dead and
gone, two glorious 1937 sides by the Dixie Ramblers--one of the last
old-time string bands to record--and the legendary (and very rare)
Hamilton's Special Breakdown, by Y. Z. "Wyzee" Hamilton. (Other acts:
the Short Creek Trio; Akins Birmingham Boys.) (DW)
AKINS BIRMINGHAM BOYS: I Walked And Walked/ There Ain't No Flies On Auntie/
THE DIXIE RAMBLERS: Franklin County Blues/ WYZEE HAMILTON: Because He Was
Only A Tramp/ Cornbread (with Luther Patrick, Vcl)/ Fifty Years Ago/
Grandfather's Liver (ain't What It Used To Wus) (with Luther Patrick, Vcl)/
Hamilton's Special Breakdown/ Old Sefus Brown/ DR. D.D. HOLLIS: Dixie And
Yankee Doodle/ Glory On The Big String/ Lone Indian/ None Greater Than
Lincoln/ The Girl Slipped Down/ Turkey In De Straw/ Walking In The Parlor/
Whistlebe/ THE SHORT CREEK TRIO: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane/ Huntin' Me A
Home (with Ruben Burns)/ Nobody's Business (with Ruben Burns)/ The Buckin'
Mule (with Cliff Click)/ The Burglar Man (with Ruben Burns)/ The Old Hen
Cackled And The Rooster Crowed
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Document 8037 |
Nashville, 1928 |
● CD $15.98 |
23 tracks, 68 mins, highly recommended This CD pulls
together the results of a Victor field trip to record a selection of Opry
acts. The six heard here are mostly second-string--Uncle Dave Macon and Dr.
Humphrey Bate, among others, having already recorded elsewhere--but capable
of some fine, driving playing for all that. And there's one absolutely
essential track, the Binkley Brothers' I'll Rise When the Rooster Crows:
Jack Jackson, a singer added at Victor's insistence, turns in one of the
greatest vocal performances in hillbilly music. (Other acts: Paul Warmack &
His Gully Jumpers; Theron Hale & Daughters; Poplin-Woods Tennessee String
Band; Crook Brothers; Blind Joe Mangrum.) Sound is better than Document's
average. (DW)
BINKLEY BROTHERS' DIXIE CLODHOPPERS: All Go Hungry Hash House/ Give Me Back
My Fifteen Cents/ I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows/ In The Lane/ It'll Never
Happen Again/ Little Old Log Cabin/ When I Had But Fifty Cents/ CROOK
BROTHERS STRING BAND: Going Across The Sea/ Jobbin Gettin' There/ Love
Somebody/ My Wife Died On Friday Night/ THERON HALE & DAUGHTERS: Beautiful
Valley/ Hale's Rag/ Jolly Blacksmith/ Listen To The Mocking Bird/ Turkey
Gobbler/ BLIND JOE MANGRUM & FRED SHRIVER: Bacon And Cabbage/ Bill Cheatam/
POPLIN-WOODS TENNESSEE STRING BAND: Are You From Dixie?/ Dreamy Autumn
Waltz/ PAUL WARMACK & HIS GULLY JUMPERS: Behind The Train/ Robertson County/
Stone Rag/ Tennessee Waltz/ The Little Red Caboose
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Document 8038 |
Texas Fiddle Bands, Vol. 1 : 19250130 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks.
CAPTAIN M.J. BONNER: Dusty Miller/ Ma Ferguson/ Yearling's In The Canebrake/
The Gal On The Log/ RED HEADED FIDDLERS: Cheat 'em/ Far In The Mountain/
Fatal Wedding/ Never Alone Waltz/ Paddy On The Hand Car/ Ragtime Annie/ St.
Jobe's Waltz/ Texas Quick Step/ Texas Waltz/ The Steeley Rag/ SMITH'S GARAGE
FIDDLE BAND: Beaumont Rag/ Cuban Two-step Rag/ Dill Pickle Rag/ Done Gone/
Lime Rock/ Miss Jola/ Ragtime Annie/ The Gray Eagle/ Tom And Jerry/ Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star/ SOLOMON & HUGHES: Ragtime Annie/ Sally Johnson
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Fremeaux & Associates 065 |
Hillbilly Blues, 1928-1946 |
● CD $25.98 |
Another of those fine 2 CD sets from Fremeaux - this one
featuring blues as played by country performers.
THE ALLEN BROTHERS: New Deal Blues/ CHET ATKINS: Guitar Blues/ MILTON BROWN:
Somebody's Been Using That Thing/ Texas Hambone Blues/ SPADE COOLEY: You
Better Do It Now/ BUSTER COWARD: Driftin' Texas Sand/ DARBY & TARLTON:
Freight Train Ramble/ Heavy Hearted Blues/ JIMMIE DAVIS: Arabella Blues/
Easy Rider Blues/ Sewing Machine Blues/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Going Back to
the Blue Ridge Mountain/ Lonesome Jailhouse Blues/ JACK GUTHRIE: The Clouds
Rained Trouble Down/ HARTMAN'S HEARTBREAKERS: Grandma and Grandpa/ No Huggin'
or Kissin'/ ADOLPH HOFNER: I'll Keep My Old Guitar/ HELEN HUNT: Married Man
Blues/ BUDDY JONES: Mean Old Lonesome Blues/ BILL MONROE: Blue Yodel #4/
MOON MULLICAN: Lay Me Down Beside My Darling/ LES PAUL: Midnight Special/
RILEY PUCKETT: Chain Gang Blues/ THE RAMBLING RANGERS: Gettin' Tired/ JIMMIE
RODGERS: Blue Yodel/ THE SHELTON BROTHERS: Somebody Baby/ GENE SULLIVAN:
Kansas City Blues/ THE SUNSHINE BOYS: What's the Matter with Deep Elm?/
Worried Man's Blues/ MERLE TRAVIS: That's All/ ERNEST TUBB: Fort Worth Jail/
Mean Mama Blues/ T-TEXAS TYLER: T. Texas Blues/ BOB WILLS: Honey What You
Gonna Do?/ Swing Blues #1/ JOHNNIE LEE WILLS: Milk Cow Blues
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Global Village 1002 |
Virginia Traditions - Ballads From British
Tradition |
● CD $16.98 |
Field and commercial recordings - Polly Johnson, S.F. "Sam"
Russell, Dan Tate, Texas Gladden, Dorothy Rorick, Dock Boggs, Ernest
Stoneman, The Stanley Brothers, etc.
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Global Village 1004 |
Virginia Traditions - Native Virginia
Ballads |
● CD $16.98 |
CD issue of BRI 004. Another in the excellent series
originally issued by the Blueridge Institute Of Ferrum College, Virginia.
This one features traditional songs mostly about people and events in
Southwest Virginia. Recordings from between 1927 and 1980 taken from
commercial and field recordings. Includes Claude Allen by Hobart
Smith, The Vance Song by Uncle Branch W. Higgins, The Wreck Of The
1256 by Vernon Dalhart, The Story Of Freeda Bolt by Floyd County
Ramblers, The Story Of The Flood by The Stanley Brothers, Highway
'52 by Little "Doc" Raymond & The Comena Pardners plus more from Spencer
Moore, Ernest V. Stoneman, The Carter Family, Jim Marshall and others. Four
page booklet is condensation of the original 20 page booklet which is still
available separately from BRI. (FS)
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Global Village 1010 |
Early Roanoke Country Radio |
● CD $16.98 |
A remarkable documentation of live country music programming
in the Roanoke, Va. area from 1929 to 1952. Side 1 consists of snippets of
radio shows, from 5 minutes to 55 seconds (Paddy on the Turnpike by
the Dixie Playboys from 1951). All forms of country music are represented
here, from jug bands and old time country hoedowns and fiddle tunes to
cowboy balladeers and Bob Wills inspired Western Swing. Most bands here
represented achieved only regional notoriety, and would likely be forgotten
if not for this exhaustive documentation. Side 2 presents two 15 minute
country shows, a common format of the time. Roy Hall and the Blue Ridge
Entertainers from 1941 feature some first rate old time country, including
some hot fiddling by Roy Magness. The show is complete with commercials and
rather amazing claims for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. Side 2 concludes with some
fine 1947 sides by Magness and his band, the Orange Blossom Boys. The sound
is not not the best, but acceptable for this fascinating document of early
country radio. (RP)
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Old Hat 1001 |
Music From The Lost Provinces, 1927-31 |
● CD $15.98 |
Wonderful collection of old time country music from Ashe
County, North Carolina and vicinity. Excellent sound and
excellent 24 page booklet with detailed notes and rare photos.
FRANK BLEVINS AND HIS TAR HEEL RATTLERS: Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind/ Fly
Around My Pretty Little Miss/ I've Got No Honey Babe Now/ Nine Pound Hammer/
Old Aunt Betsy/ Sally Ann/ THE CAROLINA NIGHT HAWKS: Governor Al Smith for
President/ GRAYSON AND WHITTER: Handsome Molly/ I've Always Been A Rambler/
Short Life of Trouble/ Train 45/ THE HILL BILLIES: Cluck Old Hen/ THE NORTH
CAROLINA RIDGE RUNNERS: Be Kind to a Man When He's Down/ Nobody's Darling/
JACK REEDY & HIS WALKER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND: Chinese Breakdown/ Ground Hog/
SMYTH COUNTY RAMBLERS: My Name is Ticklish Reuben/ Way Down in Alabama/
EPHRAIM WOODIE AND THE HENPECKED HUSBANDS: Last Gold Dollar/ The Fatal
Courtship/ THE WOODIE BROTHERS: Chased Old Satan Through the Door/ Likes
Likker Better Than Me
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RCA 65131 |
The Bristol Sessions, Vol. 1 |
● CD $11.98 |
18 tracks, 56 mins, essential First of what we hope will be
series devoted to the recordings made in July and August 1927 at one of the
most important series of recording sessions in the early history of country
music. These sessions were held in Bristol, Tennessee on the Tennessee/
Virginia border under the supervision of Victor talent scout Ralph Peer.
These sessions featured the debut of two of the most important artists in
early country music - Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family - artists whose
music still resonates today. They are featured here with two tracks each.
The rest of the CD features lesser known but superb artists including
singer/ banjo player B.F. Shelton doing an early recording of the much
recorded Pretty Polly, the magnificent Alfred G. Karnes - a superb
gospel singer who accompanied himself on the rare harp-guitar, The Tenneva
Ramblers - a string band that Jimmie Rodgers had previously been a member
of, harmonica player El Watson - the only African-American artist recorded
at these sessions and others. Sound quality featuring remastering from
original metal parts by Doug Pomeroy is superb and the booklet features
informative notes by Rich Kienzle and discographical info. Some years ago
the Country Music Foundation issued a two CD set devoted to these recordings
- hopefully this series will include all the titles that were not included
in that set. (FS)
THE ALCOA QUARTET: Remember Me O Mighty One/ THE CARTER FAMILY: Single Girl,
Married Girl/ The Storms Are On The Ocean/ UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: What Will I
Do, For My Money's All Gone/ THE JOHNSON BROTHERS: Just A Message From
Carolina/ ALFRED G. KARNES: Called To The Foreign Field/ J.P. NESTOR: Train
On The Island/ BLIND ALFRED REED: You Must Unload/ JIMMIE RODGERS: Sleep,
Baby, Sleep/ The Soldier‘s Sweetheart/ THE SHELOR FAMILY: Big Bend Gal/ B.F.
SHELTON: Pretty Polly/ ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Sweeping
Through The Gates/ ERNEST STONEMAN, KAHLE BREWER & WALTER MOONEY: Dying
Girl's Farewell/ THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS: At The River/ THE TENNEVA
RAMBLERS: Miss Liza, Poor Gal/ EL WATSON: Narrow Gauge Blues/ THE WEST
VIRGINIA COON HUNTERS: Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy
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Rounder 0394 |
Kentucky Old-Time Banjo |
● CD $15.98 |
38 tracks, 70 minutes, recommended. Lovely compilation of old
time banjo tunes played by Kentucky musicians. A variety of techniques are
represented in this generous collection including older styles like
"frailing" or clawhammer, "drop thumbing", as well as various forms of 2 and
3 finger picking. Instrumentals predominate with a good number of vocals
heard as well and several banjo / violin duets, with most selections 2
minutes or less in length. Fans of this music will recognize Roscoe Holcomb
and maybe Reverend Buell Kazee but most of those appearing here were new to
me. It was especially nice to see a number of talented women players
represented such as Blanche Coldiron and Dora Mae Wagers. Selections are a
mix of traditional tunes and self penned compositions including Sugar in the
Gourd, Cripple Creek, John Henry, Hot Corn, Turkey in the Straw, John hardy,
Devil's Dream, and many others. If you haven't had your fill of traditional
banjo music after this one, check out the Mile Seeger disk reviewed
elsewhere in this issue! (DP)
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Rounder 0404 |
WPAQ - The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains |
● CD $15.98 |
Wonderful collection of radio transcriptions broadcast over
WPAQ in Mount Airy, North Carolina between 1948 and 1952. A selection of
bluegrass and old timey music by mostly local performers - though most the
names are unfamiliar the music is of a very high quality and gives us some
insight to how many outstanding musicians never made it on to commercial
recordings. Includes The Gurney Thomas Band, Lee & Juanita Moore, Reid
Rakes, The Skyline Serenaders, Charlie Bowman and others. Sound quality is
excellent and there are extensive notes in the enclosed booklet.
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Rounder 0435 |
Traditional Fiddle Music Of The Ozarks, Vol.
1 |
● CD $15.98 |
First in a series of three albums fetauring some of the
finest traditional musicians heard in the Ozark region of the USA covering
the area from Salem, Missouri down through the Northern Counties of
Arkansas.
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Rounder 0436 |
Traditional Fiddle Music Of The Ozarks, Vol.
2 |
● CD $15.98 |
39 tracks, 71 minutes, recommended This is volume 2 of a 3
volume series documenting the fiddle styles of the Ozarks. Here the focus is
on music played in the neighborhood of Springfield , Missouri. Traditional
fiddle tunes here are generally played at slower tempos with a technique
known as shuffle bowing along with the heavy use of drones. Music from the
southern portion of this region was more influenced by pre ragtime African
American influences and is played on this collection by artists such as Art
Galbraith and Ray Curbow. Fiddlers from further north tend to play in a
purer Anglo-American tradition, as heard here by Bill Mustain, Bill Graves,
and Earl Ball. What you hear here is mostly solo fiddle, with a rhythm
guitar keeping time discretely in the background. Tunes include familiar
fare like Soldier's Joy, Greenback Dollar, and Leather
Britches, along with many less well known ones including Frisky Jim,
Minnie Put the Kettle On, Spotted Pony, Crystal Stream
Waltz, and many more. These recordings were mostly made in the middle to
late 1990's and the sound quality is excellent. (DP)
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Rounder 0437 |
Traditional Fiddle Music Of The Ozarks, Vol.
3 |
● CD $15.98 |
35 tracks, 71 minutes, recommended The third and last volume
in this series features old time fiddlers from the southern counties of
Missouri. Their playing, while quite individualistic, is characterized by a
"riffing" style delivered in a more brisk manner with much snap. Performers
include Jim Beeler, Alton Jones, Jim herd, and Noel Scott. Again the tracks
feature solo fiddle with guitar backing and an occasional vocal tossed in,
on tunes like Jeff City/ Knock around the Kitchen/ The Branston Rag/
Finely Creek Blues/ Johnny Pass the Jug, and Old Fort Smith.
Sound quality is excellent on these recent recordings. (DP)
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Rounder 0439/40 |
The North Carolina Banjo Collection |
● CD $23.98 |
Two CD tribute to some of the many great banjo players who
have made North Carolina their home including Odell Thompson, Dink Roberts,
Tommy Jarrell, Frank Jenkins, Dock Walsh, Snuffy Jenkins, Wade Mainer and
many others.
JAMES ALLGOOD: American and Spanish Fandango/ WALTER RALEIGH BABSON: Hello
Coon/ ETTA BAKER: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad/ CARROLL BEST: The Nut
Medley: Chinquapin Hunting/Acorn Hill Breakdown/ J.G. & JERRY WAYNE BRITT:
Missouri Waltz/ SAMANTHA BUMGARNER: The Worried Blues/ GAITHER CARLTON:
Rambling Hobo/ FRED COCKERHAM: Roustabout/ ELIZABETH COTTEN: Low Baked a Hoe
Cake/ KYLE CREED: Lost Indian/ GLENN DAVIS: Blue Ridge Mountain Home/ BERTIE
DICKENS: Cleveland's Marching to the White House/ CLAY EVERHART: Arkansas
Traveler/Old Black Joe/Sweetheart, Would You Care?/ MARVIN GASTER: The Old
Doctor That Fell in the Well/ ERNEST HELTON: Royal Clog/ FISHER HENDLEY:
Shuffle, Feet, Shuffle/ TOMMY JARRELL: John Henry/ FRANK JENKINS: Babtist
Shout/ SNUFFY JENKINS: Nancy Rowland/ STELLA KIMBLE: Cotton Eyed Joe/
CHARLIE LOWE: Cripple Creek/ BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD: Mr. Garfield/ WADE
MAINER: Short Life and Its Trouble/ CARLIE MARION: Under the Double Eagle/
CARL NANCE: Italian Waltz/ A.C. OVERTON: Railroad/ GEORGE PEGRAM: I Left My
Old Home in the Mountains/ CHARLIE POOLE: There'll Come a Time/ FRANK
PROFFITT: Cumberland Gap/ OLA BELLE REED: Going to Write Me a Letter/ BABE
REID: Corinna/ DINK ROBERTS: Fox Chase/ KELLY SEARS: Little Log Cabin in the
Lane/ JOHN SNIPES: Snow a Little, Rain a Little/ ODELL THOMPSON: Georgia
Buck/ DOCK WALSH: Come Bathe in that Beautiful Pool/ ARNOLD WATSON:
Biscuits/ DOC WATSON: Reuben's Train/ WILMER WATTS: Cotton Mill Blues/
HOBBIE WHITENER: Whoa, Mule, Whoa/ SCOTTY WISEMAN: Sugar Babe/ MACK
WOOLBRIGHT: The Man Who Wrote `Home Sweet Home' Never Was a Married Man
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Rounder 1143 |
Train 45 - Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900s |
● CD $15.98 |
Terrific collection of country and blues songs from the
1920s through the 50s about the railroad. Excellent sound and 20 page booklet with extensive notes by Norm
Cohen, the leading authority on the railroad in folk song.
THE ARIZONA WRANGLERS: Wreck Of The 97/ ANDREW AND JIM BAXTER: K.C. Railroad
Blues/ CAPTAIN APPLEBLOSSOM: Time Table Blues/ LEW CHILDRE: Riding The
Elevated Train/ CONVICTS OF BELLWOOD PRISON CAMP: Longest Train/ CONVICTS OF
CUMMINS FARM: Rock Island Line/ THE CROWDER BROTHERS: Depot Blues/ GEORGE
EDGIN: Pine Knot Cannonball/ CURLEY FOX: Wreck Of The 1256/ THE GOLDEN GATE
JUBILEE QUARTET: Golden Gate Gospel Train/ GRAYSON AND WHITTER: He Is Coming
To Us Dead/ Red And Green Signal Lights/ HOMER AND JETHRO: Poor Little Liza
Poor Girl/ JERRY AND SKY: Orange Blossom Special/ THE JOLLY TWO: Railroad
Stomp/ STEVE LEDFORD, WADE MAINER, ZEKE MORRIS: Riding On That Train 45/ JOE
"CANNONBALL" LEWIS: Train Whistle Nightmare/ THE LULLABY LARKERS: True And
Trembling Brakeman/ UNCLE DAVE MACON: Death Of John Henry/ WADE MAINER & THE
SONS OF THE MOUNTAINEERS: Old Ruben/ PALMER MCABEE: McAbee's Railroad Piece/
HARRY MCCLINTOCK: Jerry Go Ile That Car/ SAM MCGEE: Railroad Blues/ GENE
MCNULTY: Lighting Express/ PULLMAN PORTERS QUARTETTE: Pullman Passenger
Train/ T.C.I. SECTION CREW: Section Gang Song
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Rounder 1518 |
American Fiddle Tunes |
● CD $15.98 |
Reissue of Library of Congress LP AFS L62 originally issued
in 1971. Compiled by folklorist and fiddler Alan Jabbour it was a pioneering
survey of survey throughout America. 28 tracks drawn from field recordings
made for the Library in the 30s and 40s. Comes with 74 page booklet with
extensive notes, great photos and scads of reference material.
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Rounder 1707 |
Southern Journey, Vol. 7 : Ozark Frontier |
● CD $15.98 |
Ballads and old timey music recorded by Alan Lomax.
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Rounder 11510 |
Rounder Old-Time Music |
● CD $15.98 |
Old-timey and bluegrass sampler, drawing from various
Rounder recordings by Norman Blake, Ricky Skaggs, Ola Belle Reed, Bashful
Brother Oswald, The Blue Sky Boys, Mark O'Connor, The Louvin Brothers and
many, many more. 26 tracks in all!
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Smithsonian Folkways 40077 |
Mountain Music Of Kentucky |
● CD $26.98 |
2 discs, 68 tracks, 130 mins, essential Beautiful, powerful
and moving music recorded in the hills of East Kentucky in 1959 by
folklorist and musician John Cohen. Cohen found a vigorous and living
tradition of music steeped in the past but part of the regular daily life of
the working class people in this area and reflecting the harsh life they
lived whether in the fields or the mines. Originally issued as an LP in 1960
the recordings have been supplemented with more than 60 minutes of
additional recordings for this double CD. Among the many great performers
here are the first recordings of the incredible Roscoe Holcomb - a singer/
banjo player and guitarist who must rate among the greatest traditional
musicians to be discovered in that era. His high, intense, vocal style is
drenched with emotion - his music was steeped in blues, traditional ballads
and the Baptist church and carry an emotional charge that has few parallels
- Robert Johnson is one that springs to mind! There are many other superb
performers here including singer/ banjo player Bill Cornett who has one of
the few topical songs here Old Age Pension Blues, as well as one of
the most effective versions I've heard of Pretty Polly. Also included
are J.D. Cornett, Marion Sumner, Martha Hall, Mr. & Mrs Sams and others
including two very different church groups the unaccompanied Old Baptist
Church and the raucous Holiness Church. Beautifully remastered the set comes
with a 38 page booklet with new notes by Cohen on the music, the musicians,
the social environment and his experiences in collecting along with a
number of atmospheric photos. If you have any interest in American
traditional music this is a must - the very antithesis of "easy listening"
this music stays with you long after you hear it and gains new significance
with each listening. (FS)
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Smithsonian Folkways 40097 |
Close To Home - Old Time Music From Mike
Seeger's Collection |
● CD $15.98 |
38 tracks, 76 min., recommended A delightful compilation of
field recordings made by Mike Seeger between 1952 and 1967. The program, as
you might well expect, is composed of the traditional guitar, fiddle, and
banjo numbers of the rural American South. The artists range from the well
known - such as Elizabeth Cotten, Ernest Stoneman, Dock Boggs, and Sara and
Maybelle Carter - to the obscure - such as Pearly Davis, Wade Ward, Emmett
Cole, and Scott Boatright. But the music is consistently high quality and
interesting. Among my favorites are Lost Train Blues by V. L. Sutphin,
Shortening Bread by Vernon and Cleve Sutphin, He Will Set Your
Fields on Fire by Kirby Snow on the autoharp, Last Gold Dollar by
Edsel Martin and Bill McElreath, Three Nights Drunk by the Blue Ridge
Buddies, Going to Lay Down My Old Guitar by Snuffy Jenkins and Ira
Dimmery, and Black Mountain Rag, with a fiddle on lead, by Arthur
Smith, Sam McGee, and Kirk McGee. Sound quality is very good, there are
photos of most of the artists, and the liner notes are both copious and
intelligent. (DH)
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Trikont US 226 |
Black & White Hillbilly Music - Early
Harmonica Recordings |
● CD $21.98 |
Fabulous collection of country recordings from the 20s and
30s featuring harmonica. Only one of the artists is black - the great DeFord
Bailey. The rest is white country performers (and a couple of Cajuns) like
The Woodie Brothers, Floyd County Ramblers, Nelstone's Hawaiians, Riverside
Ramblers, Louisiana Rounders, Joe's Acadiens, Lonnie Glosson, George Wade &
Francum Braswell, Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters (including his
classic Ham Beats All Meat), The Crook Brothers' String Band and
others. Superb sound.
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Trikont US 267 |
Prayers From Hell |
● CD $21.98 |
Wonderful collection of old time country music from 1927 to
1940 featuring white gospel music and white blues. Includes The Dixon
Brothers, Monroe Brothers, Dock Boggs, Frank Hutchison, Cliff & Bill
Carlisle, Byron Parker & His Mountaineers, Sherman & Edith Collins, The
Carter Family and The Carolina Ramblers String Band.
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Yazoo 2013 |
Music of Kentucky-1927-37:
Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
26 sides, 71 min, essential.
Wonderful old-time music from musicians based in eastern Kentucky, recorded
from 1927-37. The 5 lovely Holiness
gospel songs of Ernest Phipps are rousing paeans to rural church life, as
are Alfred Karnes 4 guitar-backed hymns. His friend B.F. Shelton contributes
3 nice ballads like Darling Cora & Pretty Polly, backed by fine
banjo. Two lively string bands, John Waler's Corbin Ramblers (2), and Elmer
Bird's Kentucky Ramblers (5) contribute some great breakdowns and songs like
Ginseng Blues/Unfortunate Brakeman. The other selections were
collected by Alan Lomax, during a 1937 trip to isolated Leslie County, near
Harlan. 5 lovely, archaic fiddle tunes by W.M. Stepp round out this fine
release of old-time music. Informative notes from Guthrie Meade. (JM)
ALEX HOOD AND HIS RAILROAD BOYS: L&N Rag/ ALFRED G. KARNES: Called To The
Foregn Field/ I Am Bound For The Promised Land/ We Shall All Be Reunited/
Where We'll Never Grow Old/ THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS: Do Not Wait Till I'm Laid
Beneath The Clay/ Ginseng Blues/ Glory To The Lamb/ The Unfortunate
Brakeman/ With My Mother Dead And Gone/ ERNEST PHIPPS & HIS HOLINESS
QUARTET: Don't Grieve After Me/ I Want To Go Where Jesus Is/ If The Light
Has Gone Out Of Your Soul/ Shine On Me/ B.F. SHELTON: Darling Cora/ Oh Molly
Dear/ Pretty Polly/ W.M. STEPP: Bonaparte's Retreat/ Callahan/ Silver
Strand/ The Ways Of The World/ Mud Fence/ The Old Hen She Cackled/ WALKER'S
CORBIN RAMBLERS: Ned Went A Fishin'/ Ruffles And Bustles
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Yazoo 2014 |
Music Of Kentucky-1927-37:
Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
27 sides, 73 min, essential More excellent fiddle and banjo
music retrieved from Alan Lomax's 1937 trip to eastern Kentucky. Excellent,
modally based fiddle tunes from Luther strong (7) contrast nicely from W.M.
Stepp's numbers on vol. 1. Monroe Gevedon makes a valiant attempt at 3
ballads, while Basil May contributes a gripping Lady Of Carlisle. The
rest are from commercial recordings by Emry Arthur, with 4 fine ballads
backed by guitar, and Hayes & Bill Shepherd, in 4 intense, "high-lonesome"
ballads & blues with banjo and fiddle, as well as 5 jumping string band
numbers by the Carver Boys and 3 banjo tunes from the fine John Hammond. An
excellent start to a series which promises to make available and safeguard
classics of early American rural music. (JM)
EMRY ARTHUR: I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow/ Reuben Oh Reuben/ She Lied To Me/
THE CARVER BOYS: I'm Anchored In Love Divine/ Sisco Harmonica Blues/
Sleeping Lula/ The Brave Engineer/ Tim Brook/ MONROE GEVEDON: The Romish
Lady/ The Two Soldiers/ Two Italians/Red Bird/ JOHN HAMMOND: Little Birdie/
My Mama Always Talked To Me/ Purty Polly/ BASIL MAY: The Lady Of Carlisle/
BILL SHEPHERD: Bound Steel Blues/Aunt Jane Blues/ HAYES SHEPHERD: Hard for
Me to Love/ The Peddler & His Wife/ LUTHER STRONG: Bonaparte's Retreat/
Glory In The Meeting House/ Hickory Jack/ Nig Inch Along/ The Hog Eyed Man/
The Hog Went Through The Fence Yoke And All/ The Last Of Sizemore
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Yazoo 2045 |
The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
First of two volumes featuring recordings from
the 20s and 30s of early American rural music - square dances, fiddling
concerts, school house exhibitions and the like. 22 tracks in all.
JIM BAKER: Forty Drops/ BINKLEY BROTHERS' CLODHOPPERS: I'll Rise When The
Rooster Crows/ CALLOWAY'S WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS: The Cornshuckers
Frolic/ CATJUICE CHARLIE: On Our Turpentine Farm/ JAMES COLE'S STRING BAND:
Bill Cheatham/ COON'S JOY BOYS: Husking Bee/ CROCKETT'S KENTUCKY
MOUNTAINEERS: Little Rabbit And Rabbit Where's Your Mammy?/ FIDDLIN' POWERS:
Old Virginia Reel, Pt. 1/ Old Virginia Reel, Pt. 2/ FREENY'S BARN DANCE
BAND: Mississippi Square Dance, Pt. 2/ WINSTON HOLMES: Kansas City Hall/
LEWIS BROTHERS: Bull At The Wagon/ BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD: Kidder Cole/
MCCLAIN: Old Hen Cackle/ HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN: Way Down In Arkansas/
CHARLIE PARKER: Rabbit Chase/ RED HEADED FIDDLERS: Fire In The Mountain/
REEVES WHITE COUNTY RAMBLERS: Flying Engine/ SEVEN FOOT DILLY AND HIS DILL
PICKLES: Sand Mountain Drag/ STONEMAN'S BLUE RIDGE CORNSHUCKERS: Serenade In
The Mountains, Pt. 2/ JUDGE STURDY'S ORCHESTRA: Moselle/ TAYLOR'S KENTUCKY
BOYS: Soldier's Joy/ HENRY THOMAS: Old Country Stomp
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Yazoo 2046 |
The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
Another 23 fine sides from the 20s and 30s.
ANDREW & JIM BAXTER: Georgia Stomp/ BLIND BLAKE: Blind Arthur's Breakdown/
BLUE RIDGE HIGHBALLERS: Darneo/ CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS: Mule Get Up In The
Alley/ BILL CHITWOOD AND HIS GEORGIA MOUTAINEERS: Kitty Hill/ COFER
BROTHERS: Rock That Cradle Lucy/ DA COSTA WOLTZ'S SOUTHEN BROADCASTERS: John
Brown's Dream/ JOHN DILLESHAW: A Fiddler's Tryout In Georgia (pt. 1)/ A
Fiddler's Tryout In Georgia (pt. 2)/ FIDDLIN' POWERS & FAMILY: Old Molly
Hare/ PEG LEG HOWELL: Beaver Slide Rag/ BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON: Hot Dogs/
EARL JOHNSON AND HIS CLODHOPPERS: They Don't Roost Too High For Me/ THE
LEAKE COUNTY REVELERS: Leather Britches/ MASSEY FAMILY: Durang's Hornpipe/
MEMPHIS JUG BAND: Memphis Shakedown/ BOB MILLER AND HIS HINKY DINKERS:
Practice Night At Chicken Bristle (pt. 2)/ BILLY MILTON: Old Fashioned
Square Dance/ STEVE AND HIS HOT SHOTS: The Grape Vine Twist/ FRANK STOKES:
You Shall/ STONEMAN'S BLUE RIDGE CORNSHUCKERS: Possum Trot School Exhibition
(pt. 2)/ HENRY THOMAS: Charmin' Betsy/ UNCLE JIMMY THOMPSON: Lynchburg
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Yazoo 2049 |
The Half Ain't Never Been Told, Vol. 1 |
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23 tracks, 70 mins, highly recommended. A superb collection
of religious music from the 20s and 30s drawing on both black and white
traditions. It opens with an all time classic - Alfred G. Karnes' sublime
I'm Bound For The Promised Land - after you hear this you'll want to get
Document 8013 ("Kentucky Gospel") which has all of Karnes' recordings. Other
highlights include Washington Phillips' exquisite A Mother's Last Word To
Her Daughter featuring the ethereal sound of his dulceola, Blind Willie
Johnson's monumental Let You Light Shine On Me, wonderful sacred harp
singing by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, superb gospel quartet singing
from the Pace Jubilee Singers, a spine chilling performance of I'll Lead
A Christian Life by Golden P. Harris with modal fiddle accompaniment
only, and many more fine performances from The Virginia Dandies,
Hendersonville Double Quartet, Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers,
Rev. H.B. Jackson, Mrs L. Reed & Mrs T.A. Duncans, The Jones Brothers Trio,
Lubbock Texas Quartet, Primitive Baptist Choir of North Carolina, Bryant's
Jubilee Quartet, Rev. B.J. Hill and others. Sound is superb and my only
complaint is the complete absence of biographical or discographical
information in the enclosed booklet (FS)
ALABAMA SACRED HARP SINGERS: Religion Is A Fortune/ The Christian's Flight/
BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET: I'll Be Satisfied/ ELDER CURRY AND CONGREGATION:
The Good Lord Has Set Me Free/ REV. W. MCKINLEY DAWKINS: Is Not This The
Land Of Beulah/ MRS.T.A. DUNCANS: Don't Make It Too Late/ FA SOL LA SINGERS:
Happy On The Way/ ROOSEVELT GRAVES & BROTHER: I'll Be Rested/ GOLDEN P.
HARRIS: I'll Lead A Christian Life/ HENERSONVILLE DOUBLE QUARTET: I Want My
Life To Testify/ REV. B.J. HILL: Lower My Dying Head/ REV. H.B. JACKSON:
He's The One/ BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON: Let Your Light Shine On Me/ JONES
BROTHERS TRIO: I'm Gonna Sail Away/ ALFRED G. KARNES: I Am Bound For The
Promised Land/ KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN CHORUSTERS: We'll Unerstand It Better Bye
And Bye/ LUBBOCK TEXAS QUARTET: Turn Away/ UNCLE DAVE MACON & HIS FRUIT JAR
DRINKERS: Shall We Gather At The River?/ PACE JUBILEE SINGERS: Certainly
Lord/ WASHINGTON PHILLIPS: A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter/ ERNEST
PHIPPS & HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: I Know That Jesus Set Me Free/ PRIMITIVE
BAPTIST CHOIR OF NORTH CAROLINA: Blessed Be The Tie That Binds/ VIRGINIA
DANDIES: There's A Beautiful City Called Heaven
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Yazoo 2050 |
The Half Ain't Never Been Told, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
23 tracks, 69 mins, highly recommended. The second volume is
not quite as strong as the first but is still full of great and moving
performances.
(FS)
ALLISON'S SACRED HARP SINGERS: Journey Home/ BIDDLEVILLE QUINTETTE: Coming
To Christ/ CAROLINA GOSPEL SINGERS: Beyond The River/ CLEVE CHAFFIN: Babylon
Is Fallen Down/ DIXIE SACRED TRIO: Don't You Want To Go/ REV. J.M. GATES:
Baptize Me/ HOWARD HANEY: If Jesus Leads This Army/ THE HEAVENLY GOSPEL
SINGERS: Have You Got Good Religion?/ HENDERSON QUARTET: Take Time To Be
Holy/ BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON: Nobody's Fault But Mine/ ELDER OTIS JONES: O
Lord I'm Your Child/ KENTUCKY RAMBLERS: Glory Glory Glory Glory To The Lamb/
BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD: Dry Bones/ REV. MCGHEE: Leaning On The Everlasting
Arms/ MEGGINSON FEMALE QUARTETTE: Oh, What A Change Took Place In My Heart/
MIDDLE GEORGIA SINGING CONVENTION #1: I Am Going Home/ CHARLEY PATTON:
Prayer Of Death, Pt. 1/ WASHINGTON PHILLIPS: Mother's Last Word To Her Son/
PRICE FAMILY SACRED SINGERS: We Are Journeying On/ BLIND JOE TAGGART: Been
Listening All The Day/ The Half Ain't Never Been Told/ UTICA INSTITUTE
JUBILEE SINGERS: Leaning On The Lord/ VIRGINIA DANDIES: God's Getting
Worried
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Yazoo 2051 |
The Story That The Crow Told Me |
● CD $15.98 |
First of two volumes featuring recordings from the 20s and
30s of rural children's songs.
GENE AUSTIN: Cindy/ HOMER BRIERHOPPER: I Am Just What I Am/ BILL CARLISLE:
Barnyard Tumble/ CAROLINA BUDDIES: The Story That The Crow Told Me/ BO
CARTER: Sue Cow/ LEW CHILDRE: Horsie Keep Your Tail Up/ COUSIN EMMY: Johnny
Booker/ DIXIE CRACKERS: The Old Bell Cow/ UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Skip To Ma Lou,
My Darling/ DYKES MAGIC CITY TRIO: Free Little Bird/ FOUR WANDERERS: Animals
Coming In/ FRUIT JAR GUZZLERS: Sourwood Mountain/ FISHER HENDLEY & HIS
ARISTOCRATIC PIGS: Hop Along Peter/ BRADLEY KINCAID: Liza Up In The Simmon
Tree/ Pretty Little Pink/ CHUBBY PARKER: King Kong Kitchie Kithcie Ki-me-o/
THE PICKARD FAMILY: The Old Grey Goose Is Dead/ POPE'S ARKANSAS
MOUNTAINEERS: George Washington/ RILEY PUCKETT: Old Molly Hare/ RIDGEL'S
FOUNTAIN CITIANS: The Nick Nack Song/ THREE GEORGIA CRACKERS: Poor Little
Thing Cried Mammy/ UTICA INSTITUTE JUBILEE SINGERS: Angels Watching Over Me/
VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOOMERS: Say Darling Say
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Yazoo 2052 |
The Story That The Crow Told Me, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
| BUCKLEBUSTERS: Cluck Old Hen/ BILL CARLISLE: Little Honey Bee/ THE CAROLINA
TAR HEELS: Somebody's Tall And Handsome/ LEROY CARR: Carried Water For The
Elephant/ JULIETTA CONOVA: The Froggie Went A-courtin'/ VERNON DALHART:
Jesus Loves Me/ FORD & GRACE: Kiss Me Sindy/ KELLY HARRELL: Charley, He's A
Good Old Man/ LAKE HOWARD: Chewing Chewing Gum/ BRADLEY KINCAID: Paper Of
Pins/ Sourwood Mountain/ THE LEAKE COUNTY REVELERS: Molly Put The Kettle On/
MCGEE BROTHERS: Charming Bill/ WALKER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND: Ground Hog/ LAND
NORRIS: I Love Somebody/ NORTH CAROLINA COOPER BOYS: Daniel In The Den Of
Lions/ CHUBBY PARKER: Get Away Old Maids Get Away/ THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS:
Beaver Creek/ JOE REED: Little David, Play On Your Harp/ SEVEN FOOT DILLY &
HIS HOT PICKLES: The Old Ark's A Moving/ THE SKILLET LICKERS: Devilish Mary/
ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH: Pig At Home In The Pen/ HENRY THOMAS: The
Little Red Caboose
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Yazoo 2200 |
Kentucky Mountain Music |
● CD $84.98 |
Seven CDs, 167 tracks, approx 8 hrs, 20 mins, essential. Wow!
This is, I believe, the first ever box set devoted to old time country music
and it's a killer. Seven beautifully remastered CDs featuring recordings
made in the 20s and 30s by musicians from Kentucky - a state that featured
perhaps the widest range of old time music styles - solo ballad singers,
fiddlers, banjo players, string bands and more. Many of the musicians and
songs featured here have had an indelible effect on American music. The
compilers of this collection have included both commercial recordings and
field recordings made for the Library Of Congress - the latter includes some
ballad singers that may not have been saleable enough for commercial record
companies and gives us a better picture of music in the state. Some artists
may be familiar to the casual fan like Burnett & Rutherford, Rutherford &
Foster, Buell Kazee, Doc Roberts, Pete Steele and Asa Martin but most of the
names are little known to all but the diehard collector and there are
wonderful performances from artists like Crockett's Family Mountaineers,
Jimmy Johnson's String Band, The Walter Family (a wonderful group with
fiddle, piano, banjo, guitar, washboard & jug), James Howard (a remarkable
ballad singer who accompanied himself on violin and is featured on the very
unusual ballad The Old Fish Song), J.W. Day, Jimmy Johnson's String
band, Green Bailey, The Kentucky String Ticklers, Walter Williams (a
stunning banjo player and fine ballad singer), Justis Begley, McVay &
Johnson (wonderful old time gospel with guitar, banjo & fiddle), Bill Stepp,
Rev. Sherwin Sizemore & Church Of The Ten Elders, Kentucky Mountain
Chrorusters, The Oaks Family, Kentucky Woodchoppers, Mangrum & Shriver,
Green Maggard, The Hatton Brothers, George Roark. Ted Chesnut and many more.
The sound quality on these 70 year old recordings is astounding with
cloarity and presence and a minimum of surface noise and crackle. The set
comes with a 32 page 5"x11" booklet and this brings me to my only criticism
of the set. The introductory notes by Rich Nevins and Charles Wolfe are
excellent and there are some wonderful vintage photos but the discographical
presentation is confusing with no dates or indications as to which are
commercial and which are field recordings. Some of this information is in
the introductory essays but it would be more useful to have it with the
track list for quick reference. Still, a minor quibble since it's the music
that really counts and that is incomparable. Once you've absorbed this set
you'll probably want to check out Yazoo's two single albums of Kentucky
music - Yazoo 2013 and 2014 ($15.98 each) (FS)
BOYD ASHER: Hickory Jack/ Old Christmas/ GREEN BAILEY: If I Die A Railroad
Man/ Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine/ The Fate Of Ellen Smith/ GREEN BAILY: Is
Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground/ HENRY L. BANDY: Five Up/ Going Across The
Sea/ Sail Away Ladies/ JUSTIS BEGLEY: Golden Willow Tree/ I've Been All
Around This World/ Run Banjo/ The Roving Boy/ BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINEERS: Old
Flannigan/ Old Voile/ MAYNARD BRITTON: I Came To This Country/ BILL BUNDY:
Poison In A Glass Of Wine/ BURNETT & RUTHERFORD: All Night Long Blues/ Billy
In The Low Ground/ Curley Headed Woman/ I'll Be With You When The Roses
Bloom Again/ Ladies On The Steamboat/ Little Stream Of Whiskey/ Lost John/
Pearl Bryan/ Rambling Rickless Hobo/ Willie Moore/ TED CHESTNUT: He's Only A
Miner Killed In The Ground/ The Rowan County Feud/ CROCKETT FAMILY
MOUNTAINEERS: Bile Dem Cabbage Down/ Buffalo Gals (medley)/ Little
Rabbitt/rabbitt Where's Your Mammy/ Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes, Part 1/
Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes, Part 2/ Sugar Hill/ Sugar In My Coffee
(medley)/ J.W. DAY: Forked Deer/ Grand Hornpipe/ Little Boy Working On The
Road/ The Wild Wagoner/ Way Up On Clinch Mountain/ ROBERT L. DAY: The Rowan
County Crew/ FORT THOMAS GROUP: The Red Hill Special/ TED GOSSETT'S BAND:
Bow Legged Irishman/ Eighth Of January/ Fire On The Mountain/ Fox Chase/
Going To Jail/ Rocky Mountain Goat/ GREEN'S STRING BAND: Pickaway/ CLIFFORD
GROSS: Leather Breeches/ Rocky Mountain Goat/ Run Them Coons In The Ground/
HACK'S STRING BAND: Kentucky Plowboy's March/ Wink The Other Eye/ HATTON
BROTHERS: Hook And Line/ Wish I Had My Time Again/ DAW HENSON: Lady Margaret
And Sweet William/ Swafford Branch Stills/ The Moonshiner/ Wallins Creek
Girls/ THEOPHILUS HOSKINS: Ellen Smith/ Hog Eyed Man/ JAMES HOWARD: My
Little Carpenter/ The Old Fish Song/ The Peddler And His Wife/ HOWARD &
PEAK: I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart/ Three Black Sheep/ JIMMY JOHNSON'S STRING
BAND: Ching Chow/ Drink More Cider/ Gate To Go Through/ Jenny Baker/ Old
Blind Dog/ Shipping Port/ Soap In The Washpan/ Washington Quadrille/ BUELL
KAZEE: I'm Rolling Along/ Short Life Of Trouble/ The Butcher's Boy (the
Railroad Boy)/ The Cowboy Trail/ The Dying Soldier/ The Orphan Girl/ The
Roving Cowboy/ The Sporting Bachelors/ KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN CHORUSTERS: The
Great Reaping Day/ We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye/ KENTUCKY STRING
TICKLERS: Crooked John/ Leaving Here Blues/ Tipple Blues/ KENTUCKY
WOODCHOPPERS: New Harmony Waltz/ Pine Tree/ LONESOME LUKE & HIS FARM BOYS:
Dogs In The Ashcan/ Wild Hog In The Woods/ MADISONVILLE STRING BAND: B Flat
Rag/ My Pretty Snow Deer/ Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love/ GREEN
MAGGARD: Come All Ye Fair And Handsome Girls/ Lord Daniel/ MANGRUM &
SHRIVER: Bacon And Cabbage/ Bill Cheatham/ ASA MARTIN: Gentle Annie/ My
Cabin Home Among The Hills/ MARTIN & HOBBS: I Must See My Mothers/ MARTIN &
ROBERTS: Hot Corn/ Lillie Dale/ MCVAY & JOHNSON: Ain't Going To Lay My Armor
Down/ I'l Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes/ ED MORRISON: A Western Union
Telegram/ Blackberry Blossom/ We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes
Blind/ J.M. MULLINS: Working's Too Hard/ OAKS FAMILY: Wake Up You Drowsy
Sleepers/ Will It Pay/ You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone/ GEORGE ROARK: I Ain't A
Bit Drunk/ SHORTBUCKLE ROARKE & FAMILY: I Truly Understand You Love Another
Man/ My Mother's Hands/ DOC ROBERTS: And The Cat Came Back/ Deer Walk/
Martha Campbell/ New Money/ Rye Straw/ Waynesburgh/ Honeymoon Stomp/
RUTHERFORD, MOORE & BURNETT: Cumberland Gap/ RUTHERFORD & FOSTER: I'm As
Freee Little Birdie As Can Be/ Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her/ Richmond Blues/
RUTHERFORD, MOORE & BURNETT: She's A Flower From The Fields Of Alabama/
RUTHERFORD & FOSTER: Six Months Ain't Long/ Storms May Rule The Ocean/
Taylor's Quickstep (monroe County Quickstep)/ There's More Pretty Girls Than
One/ There's No One Like The Old Folks/ Two Faithful Lovers/ REV. SHERWIN
SIZEMORE & THE CHURCH OF THE TEN ELDERS: Jesus Walking Through The Land/
PETE STEELE: Johnny O Johnny/ Lack Fol Diddle I Day/ Little Birdie/ Payday
At Coal Creek/ Pretty Polly/ Rambling Hobo/ BILL STEPP & WALTER WILLIAMS:
Wild Horse/ TAYLOR'S KENTUCKY BOYS: Forked Deer/ Gray Eagle/ Maxwell Girl/
Soldier's Joy/ Sourwood Mountain/ The Dixie Cowboy/ TAYLOR, MOORE & BURNETT:
Grandma's Rag/ Knoxville Rag/ MARVIN THORNTON & FORT THOMAS GROUP: The
Soldier And The Lady/ MARION UNDERWOOD: Coal Creek March/ WALTER FAMILY:
Flying Cloud Waltz/ Shaker Ben/ That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It/ Walter
Family Waltz/ CLAY WALTERS: Come All You Roving Cowboys/ TOM WEST: The
Valentine/ WALTER WILLIAMS: (fragment)/ East Virginia/ John Hardy/
Mississippi Sawyer/ Pass Around The Bottle/ ALICE & MARTHA WILLIAMS &
ELIZABETH FLATT: The Last Appeal/ CHARLIE WILSON & HIS HILLBILLIES: Cuttin
At The Point/ Shelvin Rock
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