Kentucky Mountain Music

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This 7 CD box set contains 167 all-time great performances by some of the finest country musicians who ever lived -- it is a treasure trove of Americana. Since all the recordings are from the 1920's and 1930's, it's as close to the ultimate sources as anything can be. Included in this box set is a 32 page 5" x 11" booklet containing stunning period photos of many of the musicians and copious background notes.

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Ladies on the Steamboat recorded in: Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-11-03) banjo and other vocals [vocal effect]: Richard D. Burnett (American folk singer, old-timer, banjo and guitar player) (on 1927-11-03) fiddle: Leonard Rutherford (old-time fiddle player from Kentucky) (on 1927-11-03)	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:14
2	The Dying Soldier	Buell Kazee		3:08
3	Little Rabbit Rabbit Where's Your Mammy	Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers		3:03
4	I Truly Understand You Love Another Man	Shortbuckle Roark & Family		2:38
5	Eighth of January	Ted Gosset's Band		2:45
6	All Night Long Blues	Burnett & Rutherford		3:16
7	Shipping Port	Johnny Johnson's Statler Pennsyvanians		2:48
8	The Rowan County Crew	Robert L. Day		5:32
9	Deer Walk	Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts		3:07
10	Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her	Rutherford & Foster		2:53
11	That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It	Walker Family Singers		3:38
12	Lillie Dale	Martin & Roberts		3:01
13	Cumberland Gap	Leonard Rutherford, Richard Burnett & Byrd Moore		2:56
14	The Old Fish Song	James Howard		4:17
15	The Red Hill Special	Fort Thomas Group		1:56
16	If I Die a Railroad Man	Green Bailey		2:45
17	Grand Hornpipe	Jilson Setters		3:18
18	East Virginia	Walter Williams		3:15
19	Forked Deer	Taylor's Kentucky Boys		2:48
20	Pretty Polly	Pete Steele		3:45
21	Run Banjo	Justus Begley		1:33
22	We'll Understand It Better Bye & Bye	Kentucky Mountain Chorusters		2:50

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Curley Headed Woman	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:09
2	Gate to Go Through	Jimmy Johnson String Band		2:55
3	Hot Corn	Martin & Roberts		2:45
4	Grandma's Rag banjo: Richard Burnett (American folk singer, old-timer, banjo and guitar player) fiddle: Dick Taylor (Kentucky old-timer fiddle player) guitar: Byrd Moore (old-timer guitar player)	Dick Taylor, Byrd Moore & Richard Burnett		3:11
5	I'm as Free Little Birdie as Can Be	Rutherford & Foster		3:10
6	Rocky Mountain Goat	Tod Gossett		2:58
7	Shut Up in Coal Creek Mine	Green Bailey		2:53
8	Sugar in My Coffee [Medley]	Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers		3:15
9	The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy) recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1928-01-16) five-string banjo: Buell Kazee (on 1928-01-16) vocals: Buell Kazee (on 1928-01-16) recording of: The Butcher Boy (or I Wish I Was a Maid Again) (on 1928-01-16) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 409) is based on: Died for Love	Buell Kazee	4	3:04
10	New Money	Doc Roberts		3:09
11	Pearl Bryan	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:07
12	Crooked John	Kentucky String Ticklers		3:29
13	The Moonshiner	Daw Henson		2:52
14	Forked Deer	J.W. Day		3:21
15	The Dixie Cowboy	Taylor's Kentucky Boys		2:52
16	Mississippi Sawyer	Walter Williams		1:26
17	Six Months Ain't Long	Rutherford & Foster		3:04
18	Blackberry Blossom	Ed Morrison		3:46
19	Ellen Smith	Theophilus Hoskins		2:42
20	Five Up	Henry L. Bandy		2:55
21	Payday at Coal Creek	Pete Steele		3:12
22	Golden Willow Tree	Justus Begley		4:12
23	The Last Appeal	Alice Williams/Elizabeth Lovell Flatt/Martha Williams		3:02

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Way Up on Clinch Mountain	J.W. Day		3:14
2	Going to Jail	Tod Gossett		2:53
3	Richmond Blues	Rutherford & Foster		3:02
4	Soap in the Washpan	Jimmy Johnson String Band		2:50
5	Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down	McVay and Johnson		3:10
6	Old Voile	Blue Ridge Mountaineers		3:02
7	Gentle Annie	Asa Martin		2:41
8	Billy in the Low Ground	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:14
9	Lady Margaret and Sweet William	Daw Henson		3:28
10	And the Cat Came Back	Doc Roberts		2:41
11	Pass Around the Bottle	Walter Williams		1:32
12	Coal Creek March	Marion Underwood		2:50
13	Johnny O Johnny	Pete Steele		2:51
14	Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep)	Rutherford & Foster		3:01
15	I've Been All Around This World	Justus Begley		3:57
16	Jenny Baker	Jimmy Johnson String Band		2:59
17	Come All You Roving Cowboys	Clay Walker		3:09
18	Soldier's Joy	Taylor's Kentucky Boys		2:56
19	I Came to This Country	Maynard Britton		1:30
20	Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes, Pt. 1: Husking Bee/Old Molly Hare/Wild	Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers		3:12
21	Ramblin' Reckless Hobo	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:35
22	Wild Horse	Bill Stepp & Walter Williams		1:21
23	Old Christmas	Boyd Asher		1:05
24	The Rowan County Feud	Ted Chestnut		3:13
25	Wish I Had My Time Again	Hatton Brothers		3:16

▼ CD 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Old Flannigan	Blue Ridge Mountaineers		3:02
2	Willie Moore recorded in: Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-11-03) fiddle: Leonard Rutherford (old-time fiddle player from Kentucky) (on 1927-11-03) five-string banjo: Richard Burnett (American folk singer, old-timer, banjo and guitar player) (on 1927-11-03) vocals: Richard Burnett (American folk singer, old-timer, banjo and guitar player) (on 1927-11-03) recording of: Willie Moore (on 1927-11-03) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4816)	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:15
3	The Wild Wagoner	J.W. Day		3:15
4	My Cabin Home Among the Hills	Asa Martin		2:44
5	Bow Legged Irishman	Tod Gossett		2:51
6	There's No One Like the Old Folks	Rutherford & Foster		2:44
7	Old Blind Dog	Jimmy Johnson String Band		2:53
8	The Sporting Bachelors	Buell Kazee		2:45
9	Sourwood Mountain	Taylor's Kentucky Boys		2:35
10	The Roving Boy	Justus Begley		2:15
11	Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes, Pt. 2: Sourwood Mountain/Sally in ...	Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers		3:06
12	Lack Fol Diddle I Day	Pete Steele		1:23
13	Lost John	Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford		3:06
14	There's More Pretty Girls Than One	Rutherford & Foster		2:41
15	Shaker Ben	Walker Family		3:25
16	Jesus Walking Through the Land	Reverand Sherwin Sizemore & Church Of The Ten Elders		1:58
17	Pick Away	Green's String Band		2:26
18	Wallins Creek Girls	Daw Henson		1:27
19	We'll All Go to Heaven When the Devil Goes Blind	Ed Morrison		4:33
20	John Hardy	Walter Williams		2:55
21	Wink the Other Eye	Hack's String Band		2:54
22	Hickory Jack	Boyd Asher		1:17
23	Working Too Hard	J.M. Mullins		2:11
24	Sail Away Ladies	Henry L. Bandy		2:59
25	The Great Reaping Day	Kentucky Mountain Chorusters		3:06

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ASIN:	US: B000087DR6 [info]
discography entry:	http://www.yazoorecords.com/2200.htm [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0003261231 [info]

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