VA - Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings from the 1920s & 1930s [7CD Box Set] (2003)

Title: Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings from the 1920s & 1930s
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Yazoo [2200]
Genre: Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Americana
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans) / WAV (tracks, scans)
Total Time: 8:07:17
Total Size: 1.10 gb / 1.73 gb / 4.81 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

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.

"This 7 CD box set contains 167 all-time great performances by some of the finest country musicians who ever lived -- it is a treasure trove of Americana. Since all the recordings are from the 1920's and 1930's, it's as close to the ultimate sources as anything can be. Included in this box set is a 32 page 5" x 11" booklet containing stunning period photos of many of the musicians and copious background notes."

:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc: 1
1. Ladies On The Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
2. The Dying Soldier - Buell Kazee
3. Little Rabbit/Rabbit Where's Your Mammy - Crockett Family Mountaineers
4. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roarke & Family
5. Eighth Of January - Ted Gossett's Band
6. All Night Long Blues - Burnett & Rutherford
7. Shipping Port - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
8. The Rowan County Crew - 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 & Burnett
14. The Old Fish Song - James Howard
15. The Red Hill Special - 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 - Justis Begley
22. We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters

Disc: 2
1. Curley Headed Woman - Burnett & Rutherford
2. Gate To Go Through - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
3. Hot Corn - Martin & Roberts
4. Grandma's Rag - Taylor, Moore & Burnett
5. I'm As Free Little Birdie As Can Be - Rutherford & Foster
6. Rocky Mountain Goat - Ted Gossett's Band
7. Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine - Green Bailey
8. Sugar In My Coffee (Medley) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
9. The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy) - Buell Kazee
10. New Money - Doc Roberts
11. Pearl Bryan - Burnett & Rutherford
12. Crooked John - Kentucky String Ticklers
13. The Moonshiner - Daw Henson
14. Forked Deer - J.W. Day
15. The Dixie Cowboy - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
16. Mississippi Sawyer - Walter Williams
17. Six Months Ain't Long - Rutherford & Foster
18. Blackberry Blossom - Ed Morrison
19. Ellen Smith - Theophilus Hoskins
20. Five Up - Henry L. Bandy
21. Payday At Coal Creek - Pete Steele
22. Golden Willow Tree - Justis Begley
23. The Last Appeal - Alice & Martha Williams & Elizabeth Flatt

Disc: 3
1. Way Up On Clinch Mountain - J.W. Day
2. Going To Jail - Ted Gossett's Band
3. Richmond Blues - Rutherford & Foster
4. Soap In The Washpan - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
5. Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down - McVay & Johnson
6. Old Voile - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
7. Gentle Annie - Asa Martin
8. Billy In The Low Ground - Burnett & Rutherford
9. Lady Margaret - Daw Henson
10. And The Cat Came Back - Doc Roberts
11. Pass Around The Bottle - Walter Williams
12. Coal Creek March - Marion Underwood
13. Johnny O Johnny - Pete Steele
14. Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep) - Rutherford & Foster
15. I've Been All Around This World - Justis Begley
16. Jenny Baker - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
17. Come All You Roving Cowboys - Clay Walters
18. Soldier's Joy - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
19. I Came To This Country - Maynard Britton
20. Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Part 1 (Husking Bee/Old Molly Hare/Wild Horse/Soldier's Joy/Arkansas Traveller) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
21. Rambling Reckless Hobo - Burnett & Rutherford
22. Wild Horse - Bill Stepp & Walter Williams
23. Old Christmas - Boyd Asher
24. The Rowan County Feud - Ted Chesnut
25. Wish I Had My Time Again - Hatton Brothers

Disc: 4
1. Old Flannigan - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
2. Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford
3. The Wild Wagoner - J.W. Day
4. My Cabin Home Among The Hills - Asa Martin
5. Bow Legged Irishman - Ted Gossett's Band
6. There's No One Like The Old Folks - Rutherford & Foster
7. Old Blind Dog - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
8. The Sporting Bachelors - Buell Kazee
9. Sourwood Mountain - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
10. The Roving Boys - Justis Begley
11. Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Part 2 (Sourwood Mountain/Sally In The Garden/Sally Goodin) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
12. Lack Fol Diddle I Day - Pete Steele
13. Lost John - Burnett & Rutherford
14. There's More Pretty Girls Than One - Rutherford & Foster
15. Shaker Ben - Walter Family
16. Jesus Walking Through The Land - Rev. Sherwin Sizemore & Church Of The Ten Elders
17. Pickaway - Green's String Band
18. Wallins Creek Girls - Daw Henson
19. We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes Blind - Ed Morrison
20. John Hardy - Walter Williams
21. Wink The Other Eye - Hack's String Band
22. Lack Fol Diddle I Day - Pete Steele
23. Working's Too Hard - J.M. Mullins
24. Sail Away Ladies - Henry L. Bandy
25. The Great Reaping Day - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters

Disc: 5
1. Buffalo Gals (Medley) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
2. Three Black Sheep - Howard & Peak
3. Run Them Coons In The Ground - Clifford Gross
4. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Green Baily
5. Fire On The Mountain - Ted Gossett's Band
6. Wake Up You Drowsy Sleepers - Oaks Family
7. Cuttin At The Point - Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
8. The Cowboy Trail - Buell Kazee
9. Drink More Cider - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
10. Two Faithful Lovers - Rutherford & Foster
11. Maxwell Girl - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
12. Swafford Branch Stills - Daw Henson
13. Wild Hog In The Woods - Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
14. The Soldier And The Lady - Marvin Thornton & Fort Thomas Group
15. Pine Tree - Kentucky Woodchoppers
16. Lord Daniel - Green Maggard
17. Leaving Here Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
18. The Peddler And His Wife - James Howard
19. Waynesburgh - Doc Roberts
20. Little Stream Of Whiskey - Burnett & Rutherford
21. Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love - Madisonville String Band
22. Little Birdie - Pete Steele
23. Hog Eyed Man - Theophilus Hoskins
24. (Fragment) - Walter Williams
25. I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes - McVay & Johnson

Disc: 6
1. Bill Cheatam - Mangrum & Shriver
2. Short Life Of Trouble - Buell Kazee
3. B Flat Rag - Madisonville String Band
4. The Fate Of Ellen Smith - Green Bailey
5. Washington Quadrille - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
6. Storms May Rule The Ocean - Rutherford & Foster
7. Gray Eagle - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
8. Bile Dem Cabbage Down - Crockett Family Mountaineers
9. Martha Campbell - Doc Roberts
10. I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again - Burnett & Rutherford
11. Shelvin Rock - Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
12. The Roving Cowboy - Buell Kazee
13. Fox Chase - Ted Gossett's Band
14. Dogs In The Ashcan - Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
15. Come All Ye Fair And Handsome Girls - Green Maggard
16. Rambling Hobo - Pete Steele
17. Leather Breeches - Clifford Gross
18. Poison In A Glass Of Wine - Bill Bundy
19. The Valentine - Tom West
20. Flying Cloud Waltz - Walter Family
21. A Western Union Telegram - Ed Morrison
22. My Little Carpenter - James Howard
23. Hook And Line - Hatton Brothers
24. Will It Pay - Oaks Family

Disc: 7
1. Rocky Mountain Goat - Clifford Gross
2. The Orphan Girl - Buell Kazee
3. Honeymoon Stomp - Doc Roberts Trio
4. I Ain't A Bit Drunk - George Roark
5. Bacon And Cabbage - Mangrum & Shriver
6. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Howard & Peak
7. Little Boy Working On The Road - J.W. Day
8. I Must See My Mothers - Martin & Hobbs
9. New Harmony Waltz - Kentucky Woodchoppers
10. Sugar Hill - Crockett Family Mountaineers
11. Kentucky Plowboy's March - Hack's String Band
12. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Oaks Family
13. Tipple Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
14. He's Only A Miner Killer In The Ground - Ted Chesnut
15. Rye Straw - Doc Roberts
16. She's A Flower From The Fields Of Alabama - Rutherford, Moore & Burnett
17. Ching Chow - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
18. My Mother's Hands - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
19. My Pretty Snow Deer - Madisonville String Band
20. Walter Family Waltz - Walter Family
21. Going Across The Sea - Henry L. Bandy
22. Knoxville Rag - Taylor, Moore & Burnett
23. I'm Rolling Along - Buell Kazee

From the sticker: "As the Mississippi Delta is to blues, Kentucky is to fiddle music, banjo playing, and classic old ballads and songs. No other state comes even close in both terms of amazing diversity of styles and just pure prodigious amounts of great classic performances."

Set includes commercial recordings and field recordings (recorded by Alan Lomax) of the 1920s and 1930s.

Original recordings from the collections of Richard Nevins, Frank Mare, Joe Bussard, Dave Freeman, Chris King and John Coffey.

℗ 2003 Yazoo, a division of Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

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