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