Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937 ( AUDIO CD )

Many rural fiddlers, guitarists, and banjo players from the state of Kentucky were taped while the recording industry was in its infancy. This interesting and valuable two-volume set, numbering 53 songs in all, presents a wide-ranging set of old-timey folk styles by artists who are known only to scholars in the field. Much of the material is taken from the famed Bristol sessions of the late '20s, and the late-'30s field recordings by renowned folklorist Alan Lomax. The roots of much modern country, folk, and even blues can be heard in these heartfelt, occasionally stirring performances of great conviction, religious or otherwise. Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1-2 is not just a history lesson, and it's a lot more accessible to modern-day listeners than many would assume.

CONDITION: NEW! Mark down notch lower left corner.

TRACK LISTING

1 –Alfred Karnes* Called To The Foreign Field 3:10
2 –B.F. Shelton Pretty Polly 4:27
3 –W.M. Stepp* The Ways Of The World 1:24
4 –Kentucky Ramblers The Unfortunate Brakeman 2:26
5 –Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Quartet I Want To Go Where Jesus Is 2:56
6 –Alex Hood's Railroad Boys* L And N Rag 2:37
7 –Alfred Karnes* I Am Bound For The Promised Land 3:12
8 –W.M. Stepp* Bonaparte's Retreat 1:53
9 –Kentucky Ramblers With My Mother Dead And Gone 2:47
10 –Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers A Little Talk With Jesus 2:50
11 –Walker's Corbin Ramblers Ned Went A Fishin 2:44
12 –B.F. Shelton Darling Cora 3:49
13 –W.M. Stepp* Callahan 2:03
14 –Kentucky Ramblers Ginseng Blues 2:49
15 –Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers If The Light Has Gone Out Of Your Soul 3:00
16 –Alfred Karnes* We Shall All Be Reunited 2:58
17 –W.M. Stepp* And Mae Puckett The Old Hen She Cackled 1:29
18 –Kentucky Ramblers Do Not Wait Till I'm Laid Beneath The Clay 2:37
19 –B.F. Shelton Oh Molly Dear 3:01
20 –Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Quartet Don't Grieve After Me 3:09
21 –W.M. Stepp* And Walter Williams (5) Mud Fence 1:50
22 –Alfred Karnes* Where We'll Never Grow Old 3:16
23 –Walker's Corbin Ramblers Ruffles And Bustles 2:45
24 –Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers Shine On Me 3:05
25 –W.M. Stepp* Silver Strand 2:24
26 –Kentucky Ramblers Glory To The Lamb 2:36