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Kentucky Mountain Music-Classic Recordings Of T - Kentucky Mountain Music / Various [7 CD]

Kentucky Mountain Music-Classic Recordings Of T - Kentucky Mountain Music / Various [7 CD]

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Maybe it's something in the air, maybe it's something in the water, and MAYBE it's something in the whiskey, but Kentucky is to fiddle music, banjo playing and classic old ballads what the Mississippi Delta is to blues, and this 7-CD box contains almost 200 all-time great performances by some of the finest country performers of the '20s and '30s-the most comprehensive collection of early roots music ever assembled! a thick 5" x 11" booklet breaks it all down with amazing period photos and copious notes. Includes some of the earliest known recorded performances of songs that have become a big piece of our American musical heritage: The Roving Boy Justis Begley; Buffalo Gals Crockett Family Mountaineers; Fire on the Mountain Ted Gossett's Band; I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Green Bailey; There's More Pretty Girls than One Rutherford & Foster; Pretty Polly Pete Steele; You'll Miss Me when I'm Gone Oaks Family, and more.

Tracklist:

  1. Ladies on the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
  2. Dying Soldier, The - Buell Kazee
  3. Medley - Crockett Family
  4. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Fa
  5. Eight of January - Ted Gossett's Band
  6. All Night Long Blues - Burnett & Rutherford
  7. Shipping Port - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  8. Rowan County Crew, The - Robert L. Day
  9. Deer Walk - Doc Roberts
  10. Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her - Rutherford/Foster
  11. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It - Walter Family
  12. Lillie Dale - Martin & Roberts
  13. Cumberland Gap - Rutherford/Moore
  14. Old Fish Song, The - James Howard
  15. Red Hill Special, The - Fort Thomas Group
  16. If I Die a Railroad Man - Green Bailey
  17. Grand Hornpipe - J.W. Day
  18. East Virginia - Walter Williams
  19. Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  20. Pretty Polly - Pete Steele
  21. Run Banjo - Various Artists
  22. We'll Understand It Better Bye and Bye - Kentucky Mountain Choru
  23. Curley Headed Woman - Burnett & Rutherford
  24. Gate to Go Through - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  25. Hot Corn - Martin/Roberts
  26. Grandam's Rag - Taylor/Moore
  27. I'm as Free Little Birdie as Can Be - Rutherford/Foster
  28. Rocky Mountain Goat - Ted Gossett's Band
  29. Shut up in Coal Creek Mine - Green Bailey
  30. Sugar in My Coffee (Medley) - Crockett Family
  31. Butcher's Boy, The (The Railroad Boy) - Buell Kazee
  32. New Money - Doc Roberts
  33. Pearl Bryan - Burnett & Rutherford
  34. Crooked John - Kentucky String Ticklers
  35. Moonshiner, The - Daw Henson
  36. Forked Deer - J.W. Day
  37. Dixie Cowboy, The - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  38. Mississippi Sawyer - Walter Williams
  39. Six Months Ain't Long - Rutherford/Foster
  40. Blackberry Blossom - Eddie Morrison
  41. Ellen Smith - Theophilus Hoskins
  42. Five Up - Henry Bandy
  43. Payday at Coal Creek - Pete Steele
  44. Golden Willow Tree - Justis Begley
  45. Last Appeal, The - Alice & Martha Williams/Elizabeth Flatt
  46. Way up on Clinch Mountain - J.W. Day
  47. Going to Jail - Ted Gossett's Band
  48. Richmond Blues - Rutherford & Foster
  49. Soap in the Washpan - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  50. Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down - McVay & Johnson
  51. Old Voile - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
  52. Gentle Annie - Asa Martin
  53. Billy in the Low Ground - Burnett & Rutherford
  54. Lady Margaret and Sweet William - Daw Henson
  55. And the Cat Came Back - Doc Roberts
  56. Pass Around the Bottle - Walter Williams
  57. Coal Creek March - Marion Underwood
  58. Johnny O Johnny - Pete Steele
  59. Taylor's Qickstep (Monroe County Quickstep) - Rutherford & Foste
  60. I've Been All Around This World - Justis Begley
  61. Jenny Baker - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  62. Come All You Roving Cowboys - Clay Walters
  63. Soldier's Joy - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  64. I Came to This Country - Maynard Britton
  65. Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes Part 1: Husking Bee / Old Molly H
  66. Rambling Reckless Hobo - Burnett & Rutherford
  67. Wild Horse - Walter Williams
  68. Old Christmas - Boyd Asher
  69. Rowan County Feud, The - Ted Chesnut
  70. Wish I Had My Time Again - Hatton Brothers
  71. Old Flannigan - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
  72. Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford
  73. Wild Wagoner, The - J.W. Day
  74. My Cabin Home Among the Hills - Asa Martin
  75. Bow Legged Irishman - Ted Gossett's Band
  76. There's No One Like the Old Folks - Rutherford & Foster
  77. Old Blind Dog - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  78. Sporting Bachelors, The - Buell Kazee
  79. Sourwood Mountain - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  80. Roving Boy, The - Justis Begley
  81. Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes Part 2: Sourwood Mountain / Sally
  82. Lack Fol Diddle I Day - Pete Steele
  83. Lost John - Burnett & Rutherford
  84. There's More Pretty Girls Than One - Rutherford & Foster
  85. Shaker Ben - Walter Family
  86. Jesus Walking Through the Land - Reverand Sherwin Sizemore & Chu
  87. Pickaway - Green's String Band
  88. Wallins Creek Girls - Daw Henson
  89. We'll All Go to Heaven When the Devil Goes Blind - Eddie Morriso
  90. John Hardy - Walter Williams
  91. Wink the Other Eye - Hack String Band
  92. Hickory Jack - Boyd Asher
  93. Working's Too Hard - Boyd Asher
  94. Sail Away Ladies - Henry Bandy
  95. Great Reaping Day, The - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
  96. Bullalo Gals (Medley) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
  97. Three Black Sheep - Howard & Peak
  98. Run Them Coons in the Ground - Clifford Gross
  99. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Green Bailey
  100. Fire on the Mountain - Ted Gossett's Band
  101. Wake up You Drowsy Sleepers - Oaks Family
  102. Cuttin at the Point - Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
  103. Cowboy Trail, The - Buell Kazee
  104. Drink More Cider - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  105. Two Faithful Lovers - Rutherford & Foster
  106. Maxwell Girl - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  107. Swafford Branch Stills - Daw Henson
  108. Wild Hog in the Woods - Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
  109. Soldier and the Lady, The - Marvin Thornton & Fort Thomas Group/
  110. Pine Tree - Kentucky Woodchoppers
  111. Lord Daniel - Green Maggard
  112. Leaving Here Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
  113. Peddler and His Wife, The - James Howard
  114. Waynesburgh - Doc Roberts
  115. Little Stream of Whiskey - Burnett & Rutherford
  116. Next to Your Mother, Who Do You Love - Madisonville String Band
  117. Little Birdie - Pete Steele
  118. Hog Eyed Man - Theophilus Hoskins
  119. (Fragment) - Walter Williams
  120. I'll Be Ready When the Bridegroom Comes - McVay & Johnson
  121. Bill Cheatam - Mangrum & Shriver
  122. Short Life of Trouble - Buell Kazee
  123. B Flat Rag - Madisonville String Band
  124. Fate of Ellen Smith, The - Green Bailey
  125. Washington Quadrille - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  126. Storms May Rule the Ocean - Rutherford & Foster
  127. Gray Eagle - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
  128. Bile Dem Cabbage Down - Crockett Family Mountaineers
  129. Martha Campbell - Doc Roberts
  130. I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again - Burnett & Rutherfo
  131. Shelvin Rock - Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
  132. Roving Cowboy, The - Buell Kazee
  133. Fox Chase - Ted Gossett's Band
  134. Dogs in the Ashcan - Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
  135. Come All Ye Fair and Handsome Girls - Green Maggard
  136. Rambling Hobo - Pete Steele
  137. Leather Breeches - Clifford Gross
  138. Poison in a Glass of Wine - Bill Bundy
  139. Valentine, The - Tom West
  140. Flying Cloud Waltz - Walter Family
  141. Western Union Telegram, A - Eddie Morrison
  142. My Little Carpenter - James Howard
  143. Hook and Line - Hatton Brothers
  144. Will It Pay - Oaks Family
  145. Rocky Mountain Goat - Clifford Gross
  146. Orphan Girl, The - Buell Kazee
  147. Honeymoon Stomp - Doc Roberts Trio
  148. I Ain't a Bit Drunk - George Short Buckle Roark
  149. Bacon and Cabbage - Mangrum & Shriver
  150. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Howard & Peak
  151. Little Boy Working on the Road - J.W. Day
  152. I Must See My Mothers - Martin & Hobbs
  153. New Harmony Waltz - Kentucky Woodchoppers
  154. Sugar Hill - Crockett Family Mountaineers
  155. Kentucky Plowboy's March - Hack String Band
  156. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Oaks Family
  157. Tipple Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
  158. He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground - Ted Chesnut
  159. Rye Straw - Doc Roberts
  160. She's Flower From the Fields of Alabama - Rutherford/Moore/Dick
  161. Ching Chow - Jimmy Johnson String Band
  162. My Mother's Hands - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
  163. My Pretty Snow Deer - Madisonville String Band
  164. Walter Family Waltz - Walter Family
  165. Going Across the Sea - Henry Bandy
  166. Knoxville Rag - Taylor/Moore/Dick Burnett
  167. I'm Rolling Along - Buell Kazee

UPC: 016351220028
Label: Yazoo
Release Date: 3.11.03
Format: CD

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