Constant Sorrow

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Bluegrass Roots 1925–1940
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow
Emry Arthur3:23
2Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-07-27)
banjo:
Charlie Poole (on 1925-07-27)
fiddle:
Posey Rorer (on 1925-07-27)
guitar:
Norman Woodlieff (on 1925-07-27)
vocals:
Charlie Poole (on 1925-07-27)
recording of:
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (on 1925-07-27)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4854)
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers2:55
3Going Back to Jericho
Dock Walsh2:24
4Backwater Blues
Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee3:16
5Hard For to Love
Hayes Shepherd3:14
6Sail Away Ladies
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-07)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07)
fiddle:
Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Mazy Todd (on 1927-05-07)
guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1927-05-07)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07), Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Sam McGee (on 1927-05-07)
recording of:
Sail Away Ladies (on 1927-05-07)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 17635)
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers2:59
7Carolina Stompdown
Aiken County String Band3:00
8Train 45
Grayson & Whitter3:06
9Go Along Mule
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers3:06
10Little Maggie With a Dram Glass in Her Hand
recording of:
Little Maggie (catch-all for arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5723)
Grayson & Whitter3:30
11All Night Long
Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers3:16
12Three Men Went A’Hunting
Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots2:37
13I’ll Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
recording of:
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Buster Carter & Preston Young3:00
14Seven and a Half
J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers3:09
15New River Train
producer:
Eli Oberstein
guitar and lead vocals:
Charlie Monroe (on 1936-02-17)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1936-02-17)
recorded at:
Southern Radio Building in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1936-02-17)
recording of:
New River Train (on 1936-02-17)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4568)
The Monroe Brothers3:42
16Short Life and It’s Trouble
recording of:
Short Life of Trouble
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3418)
Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris2:28
17I’m Bound to Ride
recorded in:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1937-08-03)
banjo:
Arthur Smith (on 1937-08-03)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1937-08-03)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1937-08-03)
vocals:
Arthur Smith (on 1937-08-03)
recording of:
I'm Bound to Ride (on 1937-08-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Arthur Smith and the Delmore Brothers2:23
18Two Italians… Red Bird
Monroe Gevedon and Family2:15
19I Won’t Be Worried
Wade Mainer and The Sons of the Mountaineers2:36
20Big at the Little, Bottom at the Top
Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Boys3:11
21Let Me Be Your Salty Dog
The Morris Brothers2:40
22Footprints in the Snow
Cliff Carlisle's Buckle Busters2:46
23Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
banjo:
Unknown, possibly Wade Mainer (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
fiddle:
J.E. Mainer
guitar:
Daddy John Love (u.s. old time music) and Zeke Morris
vocals:
Daddy John Love (u.s. old time music), J.E. Mainer and Zeke Morris
recording of:
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
lyricist and composer:
Cliff Hess
previously attributed to:
Bill Clifton (American bluegrass musician and singer) and Bill Monroe
J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers2:33
24When I Lay My Burden Down
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:58
25Orange Blossom Special
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Rouse Brothers2:58
▶ CD 2: Bluegrass Growth 1940–1955
▶ CD 3: Bluegrass Blossom The 1950s