Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.
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Taj Mahal
Fishin' Blues
The Best Of Taj Mahal
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John Sebastian
Jug Band Music
Chasin' Gus' Ghost
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Cannon's Jug Stompers
Bring it with You When You Come
Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5
Cannon's Jug Stompers
Going To Germany
The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6
Dick Justice
Little Lulie
Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7
Dick Justice
Brown Skin Blues
Hillbilly Blues
8
Geeshie Wiley
Last Kind Words
Mississippi Masters
9
Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas
Pick Poor Robin Clean
Mississippi Masters
10
Luke Jordan
Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)
Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11
Tommie Bradley
Nobody's Business if I Do
Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12
Mississippi John Hurt
Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13
Mississippi John Hurt
Frankie
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14
Mississippi John Hurt
Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15
Frank Stokes
How Long
Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
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Frank Stokes
I Got Mine
Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
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Henry Thomas
Bull Doze Blues
Roots of Rock
18
Luke Jordan
Church Bell Blues
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
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Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys
Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
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Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys
Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
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Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
Burleskin' Blues
Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
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Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
The Spasm
Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
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Sweet Papa Stovepipe
All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me
Cluck Old Hen
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Pink Anderson
He's In the Jailhouse Now
Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25
Will Bennett
Railroad Bill
Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
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Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"
Railroadin' Some
Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
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Rory Block
Railroadin' Some
Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28
Papa Charlie Jackson
Drop That Sack
Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Skoodle-Um-Skoo
Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
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Jim Jackson
I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop
Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1
We’ll revisit the third decade of the 20th century where the social and cultural watershed events following the first World War were more than one could have anticipated. The Jazz Age; Prohibition; Radio and the Victrola meant entertainment could be had in the front room, replacing the family and neighborhood parlor entertainment. While the Great Depression loomed on the horizon, the music that found the middle was hopeful and full of man-meets-girl songs were all the rage…even if signs of hard times to come were easily spotted. Listen in for a chronological selection that includes the sounds of Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, and the peerless pop icons Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.
Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.
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Steve Earle
Guitar Town
Just an American Boy Disc 1
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Walter Hurdt
Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild
Classic Field Recordings
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Jimmie Rodgers
You And My Old Guitar
Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
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Jorma Kaukonen
More Than My Old Guitar
River Of Time
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Jimmy Murphy
That First Guitar of Mine
1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
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The Seldom Scene
Grandpa Getcha Guitar
Like We Used To Be
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The Louvin Brothers
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Long Play Collection
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Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
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Hardrock Gunter
Guitar on the Mountain
Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
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Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Steel Guitar Rag
Legends of Country Music Disc 1
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Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers
Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar
Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
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Frank Crumit
Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar
Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
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The Brown Bombers of Swing
Guitar Swing
If You Take Me Back
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George Morgan
Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)
Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
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Jerry Byrd
Hilo Steel Guitar
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
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Les Paul
Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
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Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Yodeling Guitar
Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
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Duane Eddy
Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar
Dance With The Guitar Man
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Bo Diddley
Bo's Guitar
Go Bo Diddley
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Johnny Powers
Me and My Rhythm Guitar
The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
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Johnny Cash
I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
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Johnny Cash & June Carter
Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man
Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24
Kitty Wells
Amigo's Guitar
Greatest Songs
25
Waylon Jennings
Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune
Clean Shirt
26
Willie Nelson
Guitar In the Corner
Band of Brothers
27
George Jones
Best Guitar Picker
The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29
Merle Haggard
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
Capitol Collector's Series
30
Freddie King
Me And My Guitar
Texas Cannonball
31
Tony Rice
Me and My Guitar
Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32
Lucinda Williams
Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings
I just finished an excellent book by an excellent writer. I’d like to say this happens more than twice a year but I’m very picky about my writers and more picky about how they can turn a phrase. The book I read was “Devil Sent The Rain” by Tom Piazza, a frequent contributor to the cherished Oxford American magazine. The title is based on the poorly recorded, almost unintelligible, song performed by Charley Patton. The book is a collection of essays, liner notes, and articles that Piazza has assembled to tell stories of American culture that are both personal and powerful. He takes us from Hurricane Katrina to Jimmy Martin, then from Charley Patton to Charlie Chan, then into the worlds of Norman Mailer and Bob Dylan; and oh yes, a little bit of further reflection on the writings of Gustav Flaubert. His excerpt from “True Adventures With the King of Bluegrass” is poignant and worth the price of the book.
One short passage intrigued me because it is extremely relatable in terms of what my own show, Deeper Roots, is all about. Tom Piazza grew up on the East Coast and, for lack of a better term, was an aficionado (if not a connoisseur) of jazz music. His sun rose and set on the be-bop and modern jazz music he was exposed to in the clubs of New York City. While eventually settling in New Orleans (experiencing Hurricane Katrina firsthand), his first real escape into middle America was to settle for a time in Iowa, attending and graduating from the famed Iowa Writer’s Workshop.
Before he left, a friend (and clearly a friend to be remembered) put together a collection of vintage recordings on cassette that Tom would listen to on his drive west. The recordings were of Jimmie Rodgers, Charley Patton, Blind Boy Fuller, Clarence Ashley, and countless others, a collection of some of the most important influences and reflections of the many different cultures that are like so many microclimates spread across the American landscape.
It evidently changed his view of culture and music. While attending the Workshop he would go onto describe this music’s importance to him. “I listened to those tapes the whole three years I was in Iowa. It was like having a giant ham in the refrigerator. You’d just go in and cut yourself another slice”. Could not have said it any better.
American composer Cole Porter wrote words and music for over thirty stage and film musicals. His works were typically a model of sophistication, humor, and charm that would change popular musical theater. Deeper Roots takes a look at this songwriter whose music influenced generations of the American patchwork of styles including country, rock, pop, and R&B. We’ll hear from the torch vocals of Betty Carter, playful LA country from Michael Nesmith, the cool evening jazz of Julie London, rocking R&B from Roy Brown, and the contemporary country sounds of the Texoma All-Stars. And more, of course.
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Ella Fitzgerald
It's De-Lovely
Cocktails With Cole Porter
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Texoma All-Stars
Don't Fence Me In [*]
Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
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Gene Autry
Don't Fence Me In
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
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Michael Nesmith
Begin The Beguine
Tropical Campfires
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Les Paul Trio
Begin The Beguine
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
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k.d. lang
So in Love
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
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Elvis Presley
True Love
The King Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters [Disc 3]
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The Flamingos
In the Still of the Night
Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
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Roy Brown
Love For A Sale
Good Rockin' Tonight
11
Six Hits & A Miss
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
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John Reischman
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
North of the Border
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Chet Atkins
You Do Something To Me
Almost Alone
14
Billie Holiday
Easy To Love
First Issue: Great American Song Book [Disc 1]
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Lena Horne;Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra
At Long Last Love
The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
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Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) [From in Paris]
Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
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Julie London
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Cocktails With Cole Porter
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Arthur Lyman Group
Love for Sale
Music for a Bachelor's Den
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Blossom Dearie
Give Him The Ooh-La-La
Give Him The Ooh-La-La
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Peggy Lee
Always True To You In My Fashion
Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
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Dinah Shore
It's All Right With Me
Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
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Betty Carter/Ray Charles
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
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Ann Miller
Too Darn Hot
The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
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Martha Tilton With Dean Elliott And His Orchestra
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
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Ethel Merman with Fairchild & Carroll & Their Orchestra
Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)
You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930 [Disc 3]
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Mary Martin
My Heart Belongs To Daddy – from Night And Day
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
27
Ginny Simms, Cary Grant
You're The Top – from Night And Day
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
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Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra
Well Did You Evah?
Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 1
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Fred Astaire
All Of You
That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!
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Mavis Staples
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Your Good Fortune (EP)
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Jorma Kaukonen
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Ain't In No Hurry
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Jorma Kaukonen
Sweet Fern
Ain't In No Hurry
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Darryl Holter
California Stars
Radio Songs
6
Darryl Holter
Do Re Mi
Radio Songs
7
Jonathan Edwards
Mole
Tomorrow's Child
8
Hamilton County Ramblers
Hard Times
Hamilton County Ramblers
9
Emmylou Harris
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
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Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers
Train On The Island
Orthophonic Joy
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The Cox Family
Cash On The Barrelhead
Gone Like The Cotton
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Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Footprints in the Snow
Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
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Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
T For Texas
Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
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Asleep at the Wheel
Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller)
Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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Asleep at the Wheel
Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers)
Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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Robbie O'Connell
Pretty Saro
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
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Happy Traum
Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian)
Just For the Love Of It
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Happy Traum
I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta)
Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.
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Alan Lomax
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
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Dock Boggs
Cumberland Gap
Bound For Glory
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Kelly Harrell
I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
Archive.org
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Pat Carrolls
Single Girl
Songcatcher
6
The Haden Triplets
Single Girl
The Haden Triplets
7
Jimmie Driftwood
Rattlesnake Song
Americana, Vol. 1
8
Joan Baez
John Riley [*]
Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks]
9
The Stonemans
Shady Grove
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
10
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Sally Goodin
Bill Monroe: Anthology
11
Andy Griffith
Cindy
Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
12
Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Cripple Creek
The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
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Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
Cripple Creek
And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
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Coot Grant and Socks Wilson
Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
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The Bently Boys
Down On Penny's Farm
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
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David McCarn
Cotton Mill Colic
Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
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Jimmy Martin
Roll on Buddy, Roll On
First Time Together
18
Lonzo and Oscar
Last Ole Dollar
1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
19
Darby & Tarlton
Birmingham Jail
compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
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Slim Whitman
Down In The Valley
Country Greats #2
21
Darby & Tarlton
Rising Sun Blues
Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3]
22
Don Reno/Red Smiley
Mule Skinner Blues
Together Again
23
Merle Travis
Dark As A Dungeon
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
24
Bill Morrissey
Pay Day
Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
25
Carolina Tar Heels
Peg And Awl
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2
26
Etta Baker & Taj Mahal
Johnson Boys
Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
27
Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling
The Wagoner's Lad
Bluegrass Roots
28
Richard Hawley
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
Coles Corner
29
The Whitstein Brothers
I'm Troubled
Old Time Duets
30
Rosanne Cash
Fair And Tender Ladies
Songcatcher
31
Flatt & Scruggs
On Top of Old Smokey
Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
32
Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band
Charles Giteau
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
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Bobby Bare
Tom Dooley
Darker Than Light
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Tom Dula
Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
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Doc Watson
Omie Wise
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
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Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers
John Hardy
My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1