American Roots Music (3-CD)
by Various Artists

Down Beat: 4 out of 5 stars - "...An impressive collection, telling America's story quite accurately via context and song..."
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Released: February 12, 2016
  • Originally Released: 2015
  • Label: Rockbeat Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 11/16/01, p.136
"...A stripped-to-the-bone, primer to some of the most vital music of the 20th century..." - Rating: B+
Down Beat - May 2002, p.58
4 out of 5 stars - "...An impressive collection, telling America's story quite accurately via context and song..."
Mojo (Publisher) - 7/02, p.117
"...Features most of the genres key players and seminal songs...plus some archival rarities and some new traditionalist songs..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds
  • 2.Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
  • 3.Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
  • 4.Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
  • 5.Too Tight Blues No. 2 - Blind Blake
  • 6.Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
  • 7.Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
  • 8.Pony Blues - Charlie Patton
  • 9.Dirty No-Gooder's Blues - Bessie Smith
  • 10.Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair, The - Sleepy John Estes
  • 11.Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
  • 12.Got the Blues Can't Be Satisfied - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 13.Walkin' Blues - Son House
  • 14.Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
  • 15.I'm So Glad - Skip James
  • 16.Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
  • 17.When the Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
  • 18.I Want You to Know - Bo Carter
  • 19.Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
  • 20.C&A Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
  • 21.Good Morning Little School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson I
  • 22.Mr. Johnson Swing - Lonnie Johnson
  • 23.Romance in the Dark - Lil Green
  • 24.Bedroom Blues - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings / Sippie Wallace
  • 25.Kid Man Blues - Memphis Minnie

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Arkansas Traveler - Henry C. Grilland
  • 2.Darling Cora - B.F. Shelton
  • 3.Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - North Carolina Ramblers / Charlie Poole
  • 4.Worthy of Estimation - Uncle Dave Macon
  • 5.Dance All Night With a Bottle in Your Hand - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers / Riley Puckett
  • 6.Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family
  • 7.Blue Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers
  • 8.K.C. Blues - Frank Hutchison
  • 9.Blue Railroad Train - The Delmore Brothers
  • 10.I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana / The Prairie Ramblers
  • 11.Somebody's Been Using That Thing - Milton Brown & His Brownies
  • 12.Banjo Pickin' Girl - Coon Creek Girls
  • 13.Peacock Rag - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
  • 14.Cool Water - The Sons of the Pioneers
  • 15.Mule Skinner Blues - Bill Monroe
  • 16.Time Changes Everything - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • 17.I Ain't Goin' Honkey Tonkin' anymore - Ernest Tubb
  • 18.Fireball Mail - Roy Acuff
  • 19.1942 Turkey in the Straw - Carson J. Robison
  • 20.Ruby - Cousin Emmy
  • 21.Little Glass of Wine - Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys
  • 22.Tramp on the Street - Molly O'Day
  • 23.Guitar Blues - Chet Atkins / Chester Atkins & the All-Star Hillbillies
  • 24.George's Playhouse - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
  • 25.I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
  • 26.Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb - Johnnie & Jack

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.House Carpenter, The - Clarence Ashley
  • 2.Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
  • 3.Old Gray Horse, The - Obed Pickard
  • 4.Sur le Borde de L'Eau - Blind Uncle Gaspard
  • 5.Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
  • 6.Religion Is a Fortune - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  • 7.Two White Horses in a Line - The Two Poor Boys
  • 8.Indian War Whoop - Floyd Ming's Pep Steppers
  • 9.Shake Mother's Hand for Me - Golden Eagle Gospel Singers
  • 10.Down in the Willow Garden - Texas Gladden / Hobart Smith
  • 11.Glory in the Meetinghouse - Luther Strong
  • 12.Another Man Done Gone - Vera Hall
  • 13.Rock Island Line - Kelly Pace / Charlie Porter
  • 14.Goodnight Irene - Lead Belly
  • 15.Mullingar Lee / The Star of Munster, The - Hugh Gillespie
  • 16.Blues de Basile - Denus McGee / Am,d, Ardoin
  • 17.Kozak Zawydija - Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla Humeniuk
  • 18.Chicharronera Polka - Narciso Mart¡nez / Santiago Almeida
  • 19.Nedem Geldem Amerikaya (When I Came to America) - Achilleas Poulos
  • 20.Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
  • 21.Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Burl Ives
  • 22.Song for John Doe - Peter Seeger / Almanac Singers
  • 23.Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie
  • 24.Uncle Sam Says - Josh White
  • 25.I Want Two Wings - Elder Utah Smith
  • 26.Dark as a Dungeon - Merle Travis
  • 27.Hammer Song, The - Paul Robeson
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