The Roots of Country, a sampling…
Country sure ain’t what it used to be… tonight we explore some of the earliest recorded roots of the “Country” genre to try and flesh out some of long lost giants of a truly boundless time in American Music.
Playlist
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Jimmy Rodgers, “The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas (feat. The Carter Family) [Take 3]”
from The Carter Family (Doxy Collection)
2014
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McClendon Brothers & Georgia Dell, “Will There Be Any Fiddler's Up There”
from Will There Be Any Fiddler's Up There
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Kahle Brewer & Ernest Stoneman, “Lonesome Road Blues”
from Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 2
2006
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Uncle Dave Macon, “Jonah and the Whale (feat. Sid Harkreader)”
from Uncle Dave Macon (Doxy Collection)
1966
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Will Roseborough And Tie-Tamping Group, “The Dallas Railway”
from Deep River of Song - Black Texicans
1999
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Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers, “Little Rabbit / Rabbit Where's Your Mammy”
from Kentucky Mountain Music (Classic Recordings of the 1920s & 1930s)
Yazoo Records - 2003
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Kentucky Ramblers, “Ginseng Blues”
from The Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-37 Volume 1
2006
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Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles, “Sleepy Desert”
from Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 3
2005
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Oscar Harper's Texas String Band, “Sally Johnson”
from Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 2 - Dallas Bound
Rebel Records - 2005
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Lead Belly, “Western Cowboy (122-B)”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940)
2005
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The Girls Of The Golden West, “Whoopee-Ti-Yo Git Along Little Dogies”
from Whoopee-Ti-Yo Git Along Little Dogies
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Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies, “Rolling River”
from Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 6
2006
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Stripling Brothers, “Wolves Howling (Le Reel Du Charretier)”
from The Stripling Brothers Vol. 1 1928 - 1934
Document Records - 1997
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East Texas Serenaders, “Acorn Stomp”
from Old-Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 1 - Texas Farewell
Rebel Records - 2007