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Various Artists: Mountain Music of Kentucky

Mountain Music of Kentucky (Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40077)

Mountain Music of Kentucky

Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40077 (2 CD, USA, 1996)

Produced by John Cohen;
Recording and field work by John Cohen in the 1950s;
Mastered by David Glasser;
Liner notes by John Cohen, edited by Carla Borden;
Design by Visual Dialogue

Liner notes (PDF) at Smithsonian Global Sound

Musicians

see the individual tracks

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Bill Cornett: Old Age Pension Blues (Roud 11573) (2.02)
  2. — : Hook and Line (Roud 13943) (1.04)
  3. — : John Henry (Roud 790; Laws I1) (4.01)
  4. — : Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (2.56)
  5. — : Old Reuben (Roud 3423) (1.42)
  6. James D. Cornett: The Spring of ’65 (Roud 7070) (2.30)
  7. — : Sally in the Garden (Roud 331) (0.33)
  8. — : Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (0.32)
  9. Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation: When We Shall Meet (Roud 17853) (6.13)
  10. — : Amazing Grace (Roud 5430; Sacred Harp 45t) (6.30)
  11. Roscoe Holcomb: Across the Rocky Mountain (Roud 11574) (3.45)
  12. — : Graveyard Blues (Roud 4946) (2.28)
  13. — : Cripple Creek (Roud 3434) (1.01)
  14. — : True Love (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (3.47)
  15. Marion Sumner: Sally in the Garden (Roud 331) (0.51)
  16. — : Lost Indian (0.54)
  17. — : Hollow Poplar (0.59)
  18. George Davis: The Death of the Blue Eagle (Roud 11579) (1.55)
  19. Willie Chapman: Little Birdie (1.21)
  20. — : Lost Indian (1.01)
  21. — : Jaw Bone (Roud 7728) (0.56)
  22. — : Bunker’s Hill (0.42)
  23. — : Cacklin’ Hen (Roud 11058) (0.51)
  24. — : Julie Ann (Roud 22359) (1.12)
  25. Bill Cornett: Born in Old Kentucky (Roud 3396) (2.24)
  26. — : Buck Creek Girls (Roud 3434) (1.03)
  27. — : Sweet Willie (Roud 11576) (1.56)
  28. — : Cluck Old Hen (Roud 4235) (1.25)
  29. Roscoe Holcomb: Coney Island (Roud 15989) (1.44)
  30. — : Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down (Roud 17850) (2.06)
  31. — : Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339; Sacred Harp 457) (3.09)

CD 2

  1. Roscoe Holcomb: Stingy Woman Blues (Roud 11575) (2.01)
  2. — : East Virginia Blues (Roud 3396) (3.30)
  3. — : I Wish I Were a Single Girl Again (Roud 436) (1.56)
  4. — : Black Eyed Suzy (Roud 3426) (1.27)
  5. — : Hills of Mexico (Roud 634; Laws B10) (2.55)
  6. Martha Hall: Foreign Lander (Roud 5711) (0.52)
  7. — : Kitty Alone (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (1.17)
  8. — : Young and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (0.42)
  9. Granville Bowlin: Charlie’s Neat (Roud 729; G/D 1:135) (0.46)
  10. — : Cotton Eyed Joe (Roud 942) (0.42)
  11. — : Little Sunshine (0.52)
  12. — : Wild Bill Jones (Roud 2246; Laws E10) (1.43)
  13. Holiness Church Congregation: Great Speckled Bird (Roud 7444) (1.34)
  14. — : Clap and Shout (Roud 17849) (1.30)
  15. — : Cry From the Cross (Roud 17851) (2.36)
  16. — : Clap, Shout and Shriek (Roud 17849) (1.26)
  17. Mr. and Mrs. John Sams: The Wagoner’s Lad (Roud 414) (2.33)
  18. — : The Absentee (Roud 17852) (1.54)
  19. — : The Coo.Coo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (1.20)
  20. James Crase: Marthis Campbell (1.29)
  21. — : Sally Goodin’ (Roud 739) (1.41)
  22. — : Give the Fiddler a Dram (Roud 3657) (2.13)
  23. — : Fox Chase (Roud 3443) (2.29)
  24. — : Old Joe Clark (Roud 3594) (2.26)
  25. — : Fire on the Mountain (Roud 4618) (1.45)
  26. — : Ways of the World (Roud V12208) (1.20)
  27. — : Inch Along (Roud 11685) (1.31)
  28. — : Skip to My Lou (Roud 3593) (1.57)
  29. Lee Sexton: St. Louis Blues (Roud 13982) (1.43)
  30. — : Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (2.14)
  31. — : Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Roud 5720) (0.52)
  32. — : Fox Chase (Roud 3443) (0.58)
  33. Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby: Ruby (Roud 3423) (2.05)
  34. — : No Letter in the Mail (Roud 11577) (2.33)
  35. — : Pretty Fair Miss in the Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471, H818) (5.20)
  36. — : John Henry (Roud 790; Laws I1) (1.12)
  37. — : Rocky Island (Roud 11578) (1.57)