Kentucky Mountain Music / Various Kentucky Mountain Music / Various CD

Maybe it's something in the air, maybe it's something in the water, and MAYBE it's something in the whiskey, but Kentucky is to fiddle music, banjo playing and classic old ballads what the Mississippi Delta is to blues, and this 7-CD box contains almost 200 all-time great performances by some of the finest country performers of the '20s and '30s-the most comprehensive collection of early roots music ever assembled! a thick 5" x 11" booklet breaks it all down with amazing period photos and copious notes. Includes some of the earliest known recorded performances of songs that have become a big piece of our American musical heritage: The Roving Boy Justis Begley; Buffalo Gals Crockett Family Mountaineers; Fire on the Mountain Ted Gossett's Band; I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Green Bailey; There's More Pretty Girls than One Rutherford & Foster; Pretty Polly Pete Steele; You'll Miss Me when I'm Gone Oaks Family, and more.

1. Ladies on the Steamboat Burnett ; Rutherford 2. The Dying Soldier Buell Kazee 3. Little Rabbit/Rabbit Where's Your Mammy Crockett Family Mountaineers 4. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man Shortbuckle Roarke ; Family 5. Eighth of January Ted Gossetts Band 6. All Night Long Blues Burnett ; Rutherford 7. Shipping Port Jimmy Johnsons String Ban 8. The Rowan County Crew Robert L. Day 9. Deer Walk Doc Roberts 10. Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her Rutherford ; Foster 11. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It Walter Family 12. Lillie Dale Martin ; Roberts 13. Cumberland Gap - Rutherford, Moore ; Burnett 14. The Old Fish Song James Howard 15. The Red Hill Special Fort Thomas Group 16. If I Die a Railroad Man Green Bailey 17. Grand Hornpipe J.W. Day 18. East Virginia Walter Williams 19. Forked Deer Taylors Kentucky Boys 20. Pretty Polly Pete Steele 21. Run Banjo Justis Begley 22. We'll Understand It Better Bye and Bye Kentucky Mountain Chorusters 23. Curley Headed Woman Burnett ; Rutherford 24. Gate to Go Through Jimmy Johnsons String Band 25. Hot Corn Martin ; Roberts 26. Grandma's Rag Taylor, Moore ; Burnett 27. I'm As Free Little Birdie As Can Be Rutherford ; Foster 28. Rocky Mountain Goat Ted Gossetts Band 29. Shut Up in Coal Creek Mine Green Bailey 30. Sugar in My Coffee (Medley) Crockett Family Mountaineers 31. The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy) Buell Kazee 32. New Money Doc Roberts 33. Pearl Bryan Burnett ; Rutherford 34. Crooked John Kentucky String Ticklers 35. The Moonshiner Daw Henson 36. Forked Deer J.W. Day 37. The Dixie Cowboy Taylors Kentucky Boys 38. Mississippi Sawyer Walter Williams 39. Six Months Ain't Long Rutherford ; Foster 40. Blackberry Blossom Ed Morrison 41. Ellen Smith Theophilus Hoskins 42. Five Up Henry L. Bandy 43. Payday at Coal Creek Pete Steele 44. Golden Willow Tree Justis Begley 45. The Last Appeal Alice ; Martha Williams ; Elizabeth Flatt 46. Way Up on Clinch Mountain J.W. Day 47. Going to Jail Ted Gossetts Band 48. Richmond Blues Rutherford ; Foster 49. Soap in the Washpan Jimmy Johnsons String Band 50. Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down McVay ; Johnson 51. Old Voile Blue Ridge Mountaineers 52. Gentle Annie Asa Martin 53. Billy in the Low Ground Burnett ; Rutherford 54. Lady Margaret and Sweet William Daw Henson 55. And the Cat Came Back Doc Roberts 56. Pass Around the Bottle Walter Williams 57. Coal Creek March Marion Underwood 58. Johnny O Johnny Pete Steele 59. Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep) Rutherford ; Foster 60. I've Been All Around This World Justis Begley 61. Jenny Baker Jimmy Johnsons String Band 62. Come All You Roving Cowboys Clay Walters 63. Soldier's Joy Taylors Kentucky Boys 64. I Came to This Country Maynard Britton 65. Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes - Part 1 - Husking Bee/Old Molly Hare/Wild Horse/Soldier's Joy/Arkansas Traveller) Crockett Family Mountaineers 66. Rambling Reckless Hobo Burnett ; Rutherford 67. Wild Horses Bill Stepp ; Walter Williams 68. Old Christmas Boyd Asher 69. The Rowan County Feud Ted Chesnut 70. Wish I Had My Time Again Hatton Brothers 71. Old Flannigan Blue Ridge Mountaineers 72. Willie Moore Burnett ; Rutherford 73. The Wild Wagoner J.W. Day 74. My Cabin Home Among the Hills Asa Martin 75. Bow Legged Irishman Ted Gossetts Band 76. There's No One Like the Old Folks Rutherford ; Foster 77. Old Blind Dog Jimmy Johnsons String Band 78. The Sporting Bachelors Buell Kazee 79. Sourwood Mountain Taylors Kentucky Boys 80. The Roving Boy Justis Begley 81. Of Old Time Dance Tunes - Part 2 (Sourwood Mountain/Sally in the Garden/Sally Goodin Crockett Family Mountaineers 82. Lack Fol Diddle I Day Pete Steele 83. Lost John Burnett ; Rutherford 84. There's More Pretty Girls Than One Rutherford ; Foster 85. Shaker Ben Walter Family 86. Jesus Walking Through the Land Rev. Sherwin Sizemore ; Church of the Ten Elders 87. Pickaway Greens String Band 88. Wallins Creek Girls Daw Henson 89. We'll All Go to Heaven When the Devil Goes Blind Ed Morrison 90. John Hardy Walter Williams 91. Wink the Other Eye Hacks String Band 92. Hickory Jack Boyd Asher 93. Working's Too Hard J.M. Mullins 94. Sail Away Ladies Henry L. Bandy 95. The Great Reaping Day Kentucky Mountain Chorusters 96. Buffalo Gals (Medley) Crockett Family Mountaineers 97. Three Black Sheep Howard ; Peak 98. Run Them Coons in the Ground Clifford Gross 99. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Green Bailey 100. Fire on the Mountain Ted Gossetts Band 101. Wake Up You Drowsy Sleepers Oaks Family 102. Cuttin at the Point Charlie Wilson ; His Hillbillies 103. The Cowboy Trail Buell Kazee 104. Drink More Cider Jimmy Johnsons String Band 105. Two Faithful Lovers Rutherford ; Foster 106. Maxwell Girl Taylors Kentucky Boys 107. Swafford Branch Stills Daw Henson 108. Wild Hog in the Woods Lonesome Luke ; His Farm Boys 109. The Soldier and the Lady Marvin Thornton ; Fort Thomas Group 110. Pine Tree Kentucky Woodchoppers 111. Lord Daniel Green Maggard 112. Leaving Here Blues Kentucky String Ticklers 113. The Peddler and His Wife James Howard 114. Waynesburgh Doc Roberts 115. Little Stream of Whiskey Burnett ; Rutherford 116. Next to Your Mother, Who Do You Love Madisonville String Band 117. Little Birdie Pete Steele 118. Hog Eyed Man Theophilus Hoskins 119. (Fragment) Walter Williams 120. I'll Be Ready When the Bridegroom Comes McVay ; Johnson 121. Bill Cheatam Mangrum ; Shriver 122. Short Life of Trouble Buell Kazee 123. B Flat Rag Madisonville String Band 124. The Fate of Ellen Smith Green Bailey 125. Washington Quadrille Jimmy Johnsons String Band 126. Storms May Rule the Ocean Rutherford ; Foster 127. Gray Eagle Taylors Kentucky Boys 128. Bile Dem Cabbage Down Crockett Family Mountaineers 129. Martha Campbell Doc Roberts 130. I'll Be with You When the Roses Bloom Again Burnett ; Rutherford 131. Shelvin Rock Charlie Wilson ; His Hillbillies 132. The Roving Cowboy Buell Kazee 133. Fox Chase Ted Gossetts Band 134. Dogs in the Ashcan Lonesome Luke ; His Farm Boys 135. Come All Ye Fair and Handsome Girls Green Maggard 136. Rambling Hobo Pete Steele 137. Leather Breeches Clifford Gross 138. Poison in a Glass of Wine Bill Bundy 139. The Valentine Tom West 140. Flying Cloud Waltz Walter Family 141. A Western Union Telegram Ed Morrison 142. My Little Carpenter James Howard 143. Hook and Line Hatton Brothers 144. Will It Pay Oaks Family 145. Rocky Mountain Goat Clifford Gross 146. The Orphan Girl Buell Kazee 147. Honeymoon Stomp Doc Roberts Trio 148. I Ain't a Bit Drunk George Roark 149. Bacon and Cabbage Mangrum ; Shriver 150. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart Howard ; Peak 151. Little Boy Working on the Road J.W. Day 152. I Must See My Mothers Martin ; Hobbs 153. New Harmony Waltz Kentucky Woodchoppers 154. Sugar Hill Crockett Family Mountaineers 155. Kentucky Plowboy's March Hacks String Band 156. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone Oaks Family 157. Tipple Blues Kentucky String Ticklers 158. He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground Ted Chesnut 159. Rye Straw Doc Roberts 160. She's a Flower from the Fields of Alabama Rutherford, Moore ; Burnett 161. Ching Chow Jimmy Johnsons String Band 162. My Mothers Hands Shortbuckle Roark ; Family 163. My Pretty Snow Deer Madisonville String Band 164. Walter Family Waltz Walter Family 165. Going Across the Sea Henry L. Bandy 166. Knoxville Rag Taylor, Moore ; Burnett 167. I'm Rolling Along Buell Kazee