We Shall All Be Reunited: Revisiting Bristol / Var We Shall All Be Reunited: Revisiting Bristol / Var CD

EU collection. We Shall All Be Reunited: Revisiting The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928 casts new light on an old story - that of the 1927 Bristol sessions. Conducted by Victor Records A&R producer Ralph Peer, this seminal event from the early years of commercial recording in the 1980s was nicknamed 'the Big Bang of Country Music,' while the city in which the event occurred - Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia - was officially dubbed 'the Birthplace of Country Music.' Featuring 15 key recordings made in Bristol during late July and early August 1927 - including first-ever recordings by the now-legendary Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers as well as recordings by several important early country musicians, including Ernest Stoneman, Henry Whitter, Blind Alfred Reed, and others - 'We Shall All Be Reunited' revisits and reinterprets that 1927 event. To provide a holistic portrayal of Peer's recording work in Bristol, this album includes 11 stand-out selections - including several classic recordings of old-time and gospel music by such musicians as Uncle Eck Dunford, Ernest Phipps, and Alfred Karnes - from Peer's overlooked but equally worthy October and November 1928 recordings in Bristol.

1. Sweeping Through the Gates - Ernest V Stoneman ; His Dixie Mountaineers 2. The Wreck of the Virginian (Take 2) - Blind Alfred Reed 3. Narrow Gauge Blues - El Watson 4. The Soldier's Poor Little Boy - Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats 5. Oh Molly Dear - BF Shelton 6. Black-Eyed Susie - JP Nester 7. Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners 8. The Poor Orphan Child - the Carter Family 9. I'm Redeemed - Alcoa Quartet 10. Rain Crow Bill - Henry Whitter 11. Susanna Gal - Dad Blackard's Moonshiners 12. Sleep Baby Sleep - Jimmie Rodgers 13. The Longest Train I Ever Saw - Tenneva Ramblers 14. Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy - West Virginia Coon Hunters 15. Standing on the Promises - Tennessee Mountaineers 16. My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth County Ramblers 17. Shine on Me - Ernest Phipps ; His Holiness Singers 18. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Howard - Peak (The Blind Musicians) 19. Little Bunch of Roses - Clarence Greene 20. Old Shoes and Leggin's - Uncle Eck Dunford 21. My Mother Is Waiting for Me in Heaven Above - Smith Brothers 22. We'll Sing on That Shore - the Palmer Sisters 23. Unknown Blues - Tarter ; Gay 24. New Orleans Is the Town I Like Best - Carolina Twins 25. I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark ; Family 26. We Shall All Be Reunited - Alfred G Karnes