New Lost City Ramblers American Moonshine And Prohibition Songs CD

Longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers perform 17 period songs about liquor, bootlegging, and Prohibition (1917-1933) in the traditional style of southern mountain string bands. As Rambler member Mike Seeger observes in the liner notes, many of the songs appear to have been written by people who knew drink well and were familiar with it's effects. Several of the songs consist of new lyrics commemorating the virtues or evils of alcohol set to familiar melodies of the time. Rambler member John Cohen also contributed to the liner notes, which include an informal history of prohibition in America as well as song lyrics and photos.

1. Virginia Bootlegger 2. Kentucky Bootlegger 3. Bootlegger's Story 4. The Drunken Driver 5. Moonshiner 6. Drunkard's Hiccups 7. I Saw a Man at the Close of Day 8. Goodbye Old Booze 9. Prohibition Is a Failure 10. The Old Home Brew 11. I've Still Got 99 12. Whiskey Seller 13. The Teetotals 14. Al Smith for President 15. Intoxicated Rat 16. Wreck on the Highway 17. Down to the Stillhouse to Get a Litter Cider