American Roots: The Essential Album

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Man of Constant Sorrow
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys2:53
2Big Rock Candy Mountain
guitar:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock
vocals:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (in 1928)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock32:19
3You Are My Sunshine
recording of:
You Are My Sunshine (on 1941-06-18)
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
Gene Autry2:26
4Get in Line Brother
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1951-10-24)
double bass [string bass]:
Jody Rainwater (American bluegrass bassist) (on 1951-10-24)
fiddle:
Howdy Forrester (on 1951-10-24)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1951-10-24)
mandolin:
Everett Lilly (on 1951-10-24)
vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1951-10-24), Everett Lilly (on 1951-10-24), Jody Rainwater (American bluegrass bassist) (on 1951-10-24) and Earl Scruggs (on 1951-10-24)
recording of:
Get in Line Brother (on 1951-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Lester Flatt
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys2:25
5Keep on the Sunny Side
autoharp and guitar:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records (defunct "His Master’s Voice" imprint, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Keep on the Sunny Side (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist:
Ada Blenkhorn and A.P. Carter
composer:
A.P. Carter and J Howard Entwisle
The Carter Family52:51
6This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie42:19
7In the Jailhouse Now
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-02-15)
banjo:
Ellsworth T. Cozzens (Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1928-02-15)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now (on 1928-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Jimmie Rodgers53:21
8Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
guitar:
Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10)
vocals:
Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10)
Skip James3:24
9Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing Me
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:20
10Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:04
11Take Me Back to Happy Valley
Bailey Brothers2:40
12Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me
Mississippi John Hurt3:08
13Freight Train Boogie
producer:
Henry Glover
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (in 1946-09)
background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (fka King Records, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-09)
recording of:
Freight Train Boogie (in 1946-09)
writer:
Bob Nobar and Jim Scott
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Vidor Publications Inc.
The Delmore Brothers2:46
14Take Me to the Mountains
Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals3:21
15My Better Years
banjo:
Tom Adams (US bluegrass banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Earl Yager
fiddle:
Eddie Stubbs
guest fiddle [harmony fiddle]:
Warren Blair
guitar and tenor vocals:
Dudley Connell
mandolin:
David McLaughlin (US bluegrass musician)
lead vocals:
Dudley Connell and David McLaughlin (US bluegrass musician)
recording of:
My Better Years
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
The Johnson Mountain Boys3:27
16Leaving Cottondale
Alison Brown3:12
17I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash4.152:43
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