Kentucky Mountain Music

Kentucky Mountain Music

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Overview

Released in February 2003, Kentucky Mountain Music is the type of box set that will have old-time music lovers drawing up their holiday wish-list early. A roots music novice will probably question the size and scope of the set: Why would one state, after all, need seven full discs to document its music? But devotees know that (a) Yazoo wouldn't put out anything but a quality product and (b) Kentucky holds more old-time musical riches than most states. As Richard Nevins notes, "no other state comes even close in both terms of fascinating diversity of styles and prodigious amounts of great performances." Each disc contains 22-25 performances including fiddle tunes, string band music, and vocals from the 1920s and 1930s. A number of well-respected names make multiple appearances including Burnett and Rutherford, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts. There are a number of fine cuts from Jimmy Johnson String Band("Gate to Go Through" and "Drink More Cider"),and Taylor's Kentucky Boys ("The Dixie Cowboy" and "Forked Deer"). There's a fun, snappy version of "Hot Corn" by Martin and Roberts, and some nifty banjo work by Henry L. Bandy on "Five Up." There are also oddities like Bill Bundy's "Poison in a Glass of Wine," about a jealous boy who poisons both himself and his true love, and the whimsical instrumental by the Fiddlin' Doc Roberts trio called "Honeymoon Stomp." The overall sound quality is good, though, as the liner notes point out, old recordings offer their share of problems when it comes to fidelity. The field recordings in particular were poorly recorded, leaving less room for improvement. Many kinks, however, have been ironed out, and fans will be thankful to have these recordings. This massive set is supplemented by an attractive booklet featuring good photographs and solid liner notes by Nevins and Charles K. Wolfe. Kentucky Mountain Music is a lovingly completed box set that will prove the perfect present for old-time fanatics everywhere. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/11/2003
Label: Yazoo
UPC: 0016351220028
Rank: 84166

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Ladies on the Steamboat
  2. The Dying Soldier
  3. Little Rabbit/Rabbit Where's Your Mammy
  4. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man
  5. Eighth of January
  6. All Night Long Blues
  7. Shipping Port
  8. The Rowan County Crew
  9. Deer Walk
  10. Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her
  11. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It
  12. Lillie Dale
  13. Cumberland Gap
  14. The Old Fish Song
  15. The Red Hill Special
  16. If I Die a Railroad Man
  17. Grand Hornpipe
  18. East Virginia
  19. Forked Deer
  20. Pretty Polly
  21. Run Banjo
  22. We'll Understand It Better Bye and Bye

Disc 2

  1. Curley Headed Woman
  2. Gate to Go Through
  3. Hot Corn
  4. Grandma's Rag
  5. I'm as Free Little Birdie as Can Be
  6. Rocky Mountain Goat
  7. Shut Up in Coal Creek Mine
  8. Sugar in My Coffee
  9. The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy)
  10. New Money
  11. Pearl Bryan
  12. Crooked John
  13. The Moonshiner
  14. Forked Deer
  15. The Dixie Cowboy
  16. Mississippi Sawyer
  17. Six Months Ain't Long
  18. Blackberry Blossom
  19. Ellen Smith
  20. Five Up
  21. Payday at Coal Creek
  22. Golden Willow Tree
  23. The Last Appeal

Disc 3

  1. Way Up on Clinch Mountain
  2. Going to Jail
  3. Richmond Blues
  4. Soap in the Washpan
  5. Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down
  6. Old Voile
  7. Gentle Annie
  8. Billy in the Low Ground
  9. Lady Margaret and Sweet William
  10. And the Cat Came Back
  11. Pass Around the Bottle
  12. Coal Creek March
  13. Johnny O Johnny
  14. Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep)
  15. I've Been All Around This World
  16. Jenny Baker
  17. Come All You Roving Cowboys
  18. Soldier's Joy
  19. I Came to This Country
  20. Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes, Pt. 1: Husking Bee/Old Molly Hare/Wild
  21. Rambling Reckless Hobo
  22. Wild Horse
  23. Old Christmas
  24. The Rowan County Feud
  25. Wish I Had My Time Again

Disc 4

  1. Old Flannigan
  2. Willie Moore
  3. The Wild Wagoner
  4. My Cabin Home Among the Hills
  5. Bow Legged Irishman
  6. There's No One Like the Old Folks
  7. Old Blind Dog
  8. The Sporting Bachelors
  9. Sourwood Mountain
  10. The Roving Boy
  11. Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes, Pt. 2: Sourwood Mountain/Sally in ...
  12. Lack Fol Diddle I Day
  13. Lost John
  14. There's More Pretty Girls Than One
  15. Shaker Ben
  16. Jesus Walking Through the Land
  17. Pick Away
  18. Wallins Creek Girls
  19. We'll All Go to Heaven When the Devil Goes Blind
  20. John Hardy
  21. Wink the Other Eye
  22. Hickory Jack
  23. Working Too Hard
  24. Sail Away Ladies
  25. The Great Reaping Day

Disc 5

  1. Buffalo Gals
  2. Three Black Sheep
  3. Run Them Coons in the Ground
  4. I Wish I Was Mole in the Ground
  5. Fire on the Mountain
  6. Wake Up You Drowsy Sleepers
  7. Cuttin at the Point
  8. The Cowboy Trail
  9. Drink More Cider
  10. Two Faithful Lovers
  11. Maxwell Girl
  12. Swafford Branch Stills
  13. Wild Hog in the Woods
  14. The Soldier and the Lady
  15. Pine Tree
  16. Lord Daniel
  17. Leaving Here Blues
  18. The Peddler and His Wife
  19. Waynesburgh
  20. Little Stream of Whiskey
  21. Next to Your Mother, Who Do You Love?
  22. Little Birdie
  23. Hog Eyed Man
  24. (Fragment)
  25. I'll Be Ready When the Bridegroom Comes

Disc 6

  1. Bill Cheatam
  2. Short Life of Trouble
  3. B Flat Rag
  4. The Fate of Ellen Smith
  5. Washington Quadrille
  6. Storms May Rule the Ocean
  7. Gray Eagle
  8. Bile Dem Cabbage Down
  9. Martha Campbell
  10. I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again
  11. Shelvin Rock
  12. The Roving Cowboy
  13. Fox Chase
  14. Dogs in the Ashcan
  15. Come All Ye Fair and Handsome Girls
  16. Rambling Hobo
  17. Leather Breeches
  18. Poison in a Glass of Wine
  19. The Valentine
  20. Flying Cloud Waltz
  21. A Western Union Telegram
  22. My Little Carpenter
  23. Hook and Line
  24. Will It Pay

Disc 7

  1. Rocky Mountain Goat
  2. The Orphan Girl
  3. Honeymoon Stomp
  4. I Ain't a Bit Drunk
  5. Bacon and Cabbage
  6. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart
  7. Little Boy Working on the Road
  8. I Must See My Mother
  9. New Harmony Waltz
  10. Sugar Hill
  11. Kentucky Plowboy's March
  12. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
  13. Tipple Blues
  14. He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground
  15. Rye Straw
  16. She's a Flower from the Fields of Alabama
  17. Ching Chow
  18. My Mother's Hands
  19. My Pretty Snow Deer
  20. Walter Family Waltz
  21. Going Across the Sea
  22. Knoxville Rag
  23. I'm Rolling Along

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dick Burnett   Primary Artist
Walter Williams   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Fort Thomas Group   Primary Artist
Elizabeth Flatt   Primary Artist
McVay & Johnson   Primary Artist
Buell Kazee   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Rutherford   Primary Artist
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Mandolin
Green Bailey   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Taylor's Kentucky Boys   Primary Artist
Reverand Sherwin Sizemore & Church Of The Ten Elders   Primary Artist
Kentucky Woodchoppers   Primary Artist
Madisonville String Band   Primary Artist
Rutherford & Foster   Primary Artist
Marion Underwood   Primary Artist,Banjo
Kentucky String Ticklers   Primary Artist
Boyd Asher   Primary Artist
Jimmy Johnson String Band   Primary Artist
Ted Chesnut   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Henry Bandy   Primary Artist
Hatton Brothers   Primary Artist
Burnett & Rutherford   Primary Artist
Tom West   Primary Artist
Asa Martin   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Talking
Blue Ridge Mountaineers   Primary Artist
Howard & Peak   Primary Artist
Crockett Family Mountaineers   Primary Artist
Green's String Band   Primary Artist
George Short Buckle Roark   Primary Artist
Clifford Gross   Primary Artist
Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys   Primary Artist
Martin & Hobbs   Primary Artist
Pete Steele   Primary Artist
Martin & Roberts   Primary Artist
Oaks Family   Primary Artist
Theophilus Hoskins   Primary Artist
Daw Henson   Primary Artist
Walter Family   Primary Artist
Mangrum & Shriver   Primary Artist
Green Maggard   Primary Artist
Maynard Britton   Primary Artist
Clay Walters   Primary Artist
Robert L. Day   Primary Artist
Justus Begley   Primary Artist
Tod Gossett   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Charlie Wilson   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Bill Stepp   Primary Artist
Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers   Primary Artist
J.M. Mullins   Primary Artist
J.W. Day   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Kentucky Mountain Chorusters   Primary Artist
Ed Morrison   Primary Artist
Hack's String Band   Primary Artist
James Howard   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Alice Williams   Primary Artist
Moore & Burnett Rutherford   Primary Artist
Shortbuckle & Family Roark   Primary Artist
Martha Williams   Primary Artist
Bill Bundy   Primary Artist
Marvin Thornton   Primary Artist
Taylor Moore & Burnett   Primary Artist
Les Smitha   Fiddle
Herman Green   Fiddle
James Roberts   Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Charles Peak   Guitar,Vocals
A. Judson Green   Fiddle
Homer Castleman   Banjo
Charlie Burdette   Jug
Ira Decker   Banjo
Roy Hobbs   Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Albert Crockett   Guitar (Tenor)
Noah Tucker   Bass
Bene Garrett   Bass
John Foster   Vocals,Guitar
Houston Tucker   Mandolin
Aubrey Prow   Guitar,Vocals
Alice McCormick   Piano
Frank Miller   Fiddle
Virgil Garrett   Fiddle
Walter Cobb   Banjo
Clarence Crockett   Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Basil Martin   Guitar
Aulton Ray   Vocals
Wilburn Burdett   Washboard
Richard Burnett   Vocals,Banjo,Guitar
George Crockett   Fiddle,Vocals
Silas Rogers   Fiddle
John Crockett Sr.   Banjo,Fiddle
Clarence McCormick   Harmonica
Earl Nossinger   Guitar
James Brown   Fiddle
Luke Decker   Fiddle
Bill Mulligan   Banjo
Jess Hatton   Banjo
Melvin Bethel   Mandolin
Jim Taylor   Fiddle
Ray Agee   Banjo
Johnny Crockett   Banjo,Guitar
Enos Gossett   Guitar
Tommy Whitmer   Fiddle
Vertner Hatton   Fiddle
Willie Young   Guitar
Jim Booker   Fiddle
Andy Palmer   Fiddle
Byrd Moore   Guitar
Peter Woods   Banjo
Al Walker   Guitar
Oddis Burgher   Banjo
Allan Crockett   Trombone,Jew's-Harp
Ed Lewis   Autoharp
Carson Robison   Guitar
Preston Green   Bass
Charlie Estes   Guitar
Bunk Lane   Piano
Ancil McVay   Guitar,Vocals
Bill Brown   Guitar
Draper Walter   Fiddle
Fred Shriver   Accordion
Ila Bassett   Guitar
Mary Walter   Piano
Lee Day   Guitar
Leonard Rutherford   Fiddle,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Roland Johnson   Fiddle,Vocals
Johnny Booker   Guitar
Jake Shucks   Banjo
Blind Joe Mangrum   Fiddle
Charles Underwood   Guitar

Technical Credits

Richard Nevins   Compilation Producer,Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes
Jimmie Johnson   Dance Director
A.P. Carter   Composer
Asa Martin   Dance Director
Lee Day   Dance Director
Traditional   Composer
Green Bailey   Liner Notes
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