The Johnson City Sessions: Can You Sing or Play Old-Time Music? (1928-1929)

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	My Boyhood Days	Shell Creek Quartet		?:??
2	Back Where the Old Home Stands	Shell Creek Quartet		?:??
3	When a Man Is Married	Grant Brothers & Their Music		?:??
4	Goodbye My Honey I'm Gone	Grant Brothers & Their Music		?:??
5	Tell It to Me	Grant Brothers & Their Music		?:??
6	Johnson Boy	Grant Brothers & Their Music		?:??
7	Home Town Blues	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
8	Southern No. 111	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
9	Step High Waltz	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
10	Tennessee Waltz	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
11	Goodbye Sweetheart	Renus Rich & Carl Bradshaw		?:??
12	Sleep Baby Sleep	Renus Rich & Carl Bradshaw		?:??
13	Pride of the Ball	Clarence Greene & Wise Brothers		?:??
14	Kitty Waltz	Clarence Greene & Wise Brothers		?:??
15	Johnson City Blues	Clarence Greene		?:??
16	Ninety-Nine Years in Jail	Clarence Greene		?:??
17	Lindy cello, guitar and mandolin: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-10-16) vocals: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-10-16)	Proximity String Quartet		?:??
18	Louise	Proximity String Quartet		?:??
19	Sing Me a Song of the Sunny South	Greensboro Boys Quartet		?:??
20	Sweet Little Girl of Mine	Greensboro Boys Quartet		?:??
21	The Battleship Maine	Richard Harold		?:??
22	The Fisher's Maid	Richard Harold		?:??
23	Sweet Bird	Richard Harold		?:??
24	Mary Dear	Richard Harold		?:??

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	My Old Kentucky Home	Bowman Sisters		?:??
2	Swanee River	Bowman Sisters		?:??
3	Roll on Buddy	Charlie Bowman and His Brothers		?:??
4	Gonna Raise the Ruckus Tonight	Charlie Bowman and His Brothers		?:??
5	You Shall Be Free	Bill & Belle Reed		?:??
6	Old Lady and the Devil	Bill & Belle Reed		?:??
7	I'll Be All Smiles Tonight	The Reed Children		?:??
8	I Once Did Have a Sweetheart	The Reed Children		?:??
9	Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down	McVay & Johnson		?:??
10	I'll Be Ready When the Bridegroom Comes	McVay & Johnson		?:??
11	Steamboat Man	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
12	When the Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
13	Poor Little Joe	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
14	We Parted at the Gate	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
15	I Ain't a Bit Drunk	George Roark		?:??
16	My Old Coon Dog	George Roark		?:??
17	A Storm on the Sea	Ed Helton Singers		?:??
18	My Old Cottage Home	Ed Helton Singers		?:??
19	Just Over the River	Garland Brothers & Grinstead		?:??
20	Beautiful	Garland Brothers & Grinstead		?:??
21	Green Valley Waltz	McCartt Brothers & Patterson		?:??
22	Over the Sea Waltz	McCartt Brothers & Patterson		?:??
23	Morning Star Waltz	Blalock & Yates		?:??
24	Pride of the Ball	Blalock & Yates		?:??
25	Flat Tire Blues	Jack Jackson		?:??
26	My Alabama Home	Jack Jackson		?:??

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Think a Little	George Wade & Francum Braswell		?:??
2	When We Go A-Courtin'	George Wade & Francum Braswell		?:??
3	In Our Little Home Sweet Home	Jack Johnson		?:??
4	I'm Just a Black Sheep	Jack Johnson		?:??
5	Free a Little Bird 1930 Model	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
6	Johnson City Rag	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
7	Callahan Rag	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
8	Alabama Trot recorded in: Johnson City, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-21) banjo: Howard Wyatt (Roane County Ramblers) (on 1929-10-21) fiddle: Jimmy McCarroll (Roane County Ramblers) (on 1929-10-21) guitar: Luke Brandon (Roane County Ramblers) (on 1929-10-21) mandolin: John Kelly (Roane County Ramblers) (on 1929-10-21)	Roane County Ramblers		?:??
9	Evalina	Wyatt & Brandon		?:??
10	Lover's Farewell	Wyatt & Brandon		?:??
11	Just Pickin'	Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland		?:??
12	Beckley Rag	Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland		?:??
13	Underneath the Sugar Moon	Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland		?:??
14	Lonesome Weary Blues	Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland		?:??
15	Sweet Peace the Gift of God's Love	Spindale Quartet		?:??
16	God Will Take Care of You	Spindale Quartet		?:??
17	Face to Face	Spindale Quartet		?:??
18	Lift Him Up	Spindale Quartet		?:??
19	The Virginian Strike of '23	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
20	The Policeman's Little Child	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
21	My Yodeling Sweetheart	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
22	I'm Longing to Belong to Someone	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
23	We Have Moonshine in the Vest VA. Hills	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
24	A Hobo's Pal	Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper		?:??
25	The West Virginia Hills	Moatsville String Ticklers		?:??
26	Moatsville Blues	Moatsville String Ticklers		?:??

▼ CD 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	You Came Back to Me	Weaver Brothers		?:??
2	Prison Sorrows	Weaver Brothers		?:??
3	Frankie Silvers	Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots		?:??
4	The Hills of Tennessee	Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots		?:??
5	Careless Love	Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots		?:??
6	Three Men Went A-Hunting	Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots		?:??
7	Nothing Like the Old Time Religion	Bateman Sacred Quartet		?:??
8	Some Day	Bateman Sacred Quartet		?:??
9	My Katie	Fred Richards		?:??
10	Danville Blues	Fred Richards		?:??
11	Dark Holler Blues	Clarence Ashley		?:??
12	The Coo-Coo Bird recorded in: Johnson City, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-11-23) banjo: Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23) vocals: Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23) recording of: The Cuckoo (on 1929-11-23) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 413)	Clarence Ashley	3.75	?:??
13	Little Sadie recording of: Little Sadie lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 780) version of: Badman's Blunder recording of: Little Sadie lyricist and composer: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)	Clarence Ashley		?:??
14	Naomi Wise	Clarence Ashley		?:??
15	Down on Penny's Farm	Bentley Boys		?:??
16	Henhouse Blues	Bentley Boys		?:??
17	Railroad Take Me Back	Bowman Sisters		?:??
18	Old Lonesome Blues	Bowman Sisters		?:??
19	The Last Gold Dollar	Ephraim Woodie & the Henpecked Husbands		?:??
20	The Fatal Courtship recorded in: Johnson City, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-24) banjo: Edison Nuckolls (US old-time banjo player) (on 1929-10-24) fiddle: Clay Reed (US old-time fiddler) (on 1929-10-24) guitar: Ephraim Woodie (US old-time guitarist and singer) (on 1929-10-24) vocals: Ephraim Woodie (US old-time guitarist and singer) (on 1929-10-24)	Ephraim Woodie & the Henpecked Husbands		?:??
21	Powder and Paint	Ira & Eugene Yates		?:??
22	Sarah Jane	Ira & Eugene Yates		?:??
23	Buttermilk Blues	Ellis Williams		?:??
24	Smokey Blues	Ellis Williams		?:??

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