Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3

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Overview

Perhaps the most influential collection in the history of recorded sound, the Anthology brought virtually unknown parts of America's musical heritage to public attention, and created a cultural wave with lasting impact. Smithsonian Folkways brings the Anthology to a new generation of listeners with digitally remastered sound, Smith's original handbook, and a 68-page book with essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians and scholars. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM to access rare photos, historic video footage, artist interviews, and background information.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/19/1997
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074009024
Rank:	23261

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Henry Lee  - Dick Justice
2. Fatal Flower Garden  -  Nelstone's Hawaiians
3. The House Carpenter  - Clarence Ashley  -  Traditional
4. Drunkard's Special  - Coley Jones  -  Traditional
5. Old Lady and the Devil  -  Reed
6. The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy)  - Buell Kazee
7. The Wagoner's Lad  - Buell Kazee  -  Traditional
8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O  - Charlie Parker  - Chubby Parker
9. Old Shoes and Leggins  - Uncle Eck Dunford
10. Willie Moore  - Richard Burnett  - Leonard Rutherford  -  Burnett & Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy  - Buster Carter  -  Traditional  - Preston Young
12. Peg and Awl  -  Carolina Tar Heels
13. Omie Wise  - G.B. Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna  - Kelly Harrell

Disc 2

15. Bandit Cole Younger  - Edward L. Crain
16. Charles Giteaux  - Kelly Harrell
17. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
18. Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand  - Curry ?  -  Traditional  -  Williamson Brothers  -  Willliamson Brothers  -  Curry
19. Stackalee  - Frank Hutchison
20. White House Blues  -  North Carolina Ramblers  - Charlie Poole  -  Traditional
21. Frankie  - Mississippi John Hurt  -  Traditional
22. When That Great Ship Went Down  - Versey Smith  - William Smith  -  Traditional  - William Smith
23. Engine 143  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
24. Kassie Jones  - Furry Lewis
25. Down on Penny's Farm  -  Bently Boys
26. Mississippi Boweavil Blues  -  Masked Marvels
27. Got the Farm Land Blues  -  Carolina Tar Heels  -  Traditional

Disc 3

28. Sail Away Ladies  - Uncle Bunt Stephens
29. The Wild Wagoner  - Jilson Setters
30. Wake up Jacob  - Prince Albert Hunt  -  Traditional
31. La Danseuse  - Blind Uncle Gaspard  - Delma Lachney
32. Georgia Stomp  - Andrew Baxter  -  Baxter  - Jim Baxter
33. Brilliancy Medley  - Eck Robertson
34. Indian War Whoop  - Hoyt "Floyd" Ming  - Hoyt and His Pep Steppers Ming
35. Old Country Stomp  - Henry Thomas
36. Old Dog Blue  - Jim Jackson
37. Saut' Crapaud  - Columbus Fruge
38. Arcadian One-Step  - Joseph Falcon
39. Home Sweet Home  -  Breaux Freres
40. Newport Blues  -  Cincinnati Jug Band  - Bob Coleman
41. Moonshiner's Dance (Pt. 1)  - Frank Cloutier  -  Victoria Cafe Orchestra  -  Cloutier

Disc 4

42. You Must Be Born Again  - J.M. Gates
43. Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting  - J.M. Gates
44. Rocky Road  -  Alabama Sacred Harp Singers  -  Traditional
45. Present Joys  -  Alabama Sacred Harp Singers  -  Traditional
46. This Song of Love  -  Middle Georgia Singing Convention
47. Judgement  - Mary M. Nelson
48. He Got Better Things for You  -  Memphis Sanctified Singers  - T. Roberts
49. Since I Laid My Burden Down  -  Elders McIntorsh  -  Edwards' Sanctified Singers
50. John the Baptist  - Moses Mason  - Johnny Parth
51. Dry Bones  - Bascom Lamar Lunsford  -  Traditional
52. John the Revelator  - Blind Willie Johnson  -  Traditional
53. Little Moses  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
54. Shine on Me  - Ernest Phillips  - Ernest Phipps
55. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room  - Rev. F.W. McGee
56. I'm in the Battlefield for My Lord  -  Rice  - Rev. D.C. Rice

Disc 5

57. The Cuckoo  - Clarence Ashley  -  Traditional
58. East Virginia  - Buell Kazee  -  Traditional
59. Minglewood Blues  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers  - Noah Lewis
60. I Woke up One Morning in May  - Didier Hebert
61. James Alley Blues  - Richard Brown  - Richard Rabbit Brown
62. Sugar Baby  - Dock Boggs  -  Traditional
63. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground  - Bascom Lamar Lunsford  -  Traditional
64. The Mountaineer's Courtship  - Ernest V. Stoneman  - Hattie Stoneman  -  Ernest & Hattie Stoneman
65. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter  - Ernest V. Stoneman  -  Stonemans
66. Bob Lee Junior Blues  - Jennie Mae Clayton  -  Memphis Jug Band  - Clayton Shade  - Will Shade
67. Single Girl, Married Girl  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
68. Le Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme  - Cleoma Breaux  - Joseph Falcon  -  Breaux
69. Rabbit Foot Blues  - Blind Lemon Jefferson
70. Expressman Blues  - Sleepy John Estes  - Yank Rachell

Disc 6

71. Poor Boy Blues  - Ramblin' Thomas  - Willard Thomas
72. Feather Bed  -  Cannon's Jug Stompers  - Gus Cannon  -  Cannon
73. Country Blues  - Dock Boggs
74. 99 Years Blues  - Julius Daniels
75. Prison Cell Blues  - Blind Lemon Jefferson
76. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean  - Blind Lemon Jefferson  -  Traditional
77. C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui  - Cleoma Breaux  - Ophy Breaux  - Joseph Falcon  -  Cleoma & Ophy Breaux
78. Way Down the Old Plank Road  - Uncle Dave Macon  -  Traditional
79. Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line  - Uncle Dave Macon
80. Spike Driver Blues  - Mississippi John Hurt
81. K.C. Moan  - Tewee Blackman  -  Memphis Jug Band
82. Train on the Island  - J.P. Nestor
83. The Lone Star Trail  - Ken Maynard  -  Traditional
84. Fishin' Blues  - Henry Thomas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Curry   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Edwards' Sanctified Singers   Primary Artist
Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon   Primary Artist
The Elders McIntorsh   Primary Artist
Ernest & Hattie Stoneman   Primary Artist
The Willliamson Brothers   Primary Artist
Burnett & Rutherford   Primary Artist
William Smith   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Frank Cloutier & The Victoria Cafe Orchestra   Primary Artist
Cleoma & Ophy Breaux   Primary Artist
Dock Boggs   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Eck Robertson   Primary Artist
Delma Lachney   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Dick Justice   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jilson Setters   Primary Artist
Richard Rabbit Brown   Primary Artist
Preston Young   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ramblin' Thomas   Primary Artist,Vocals,Bottleneck Guitar
Memphis Sanctified Singers   Primary Artist
Didier Hebert   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Bill & Belle Reed   Primary Artist
Versey Smith   Primary Artist,Vocals,Tambourine
Leonard Rutherford   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Victoria Cafe Orchestra   Primary Artist
Hattie Stoneman   Primary Artist
Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation   Primary Artist
Julius Daniels   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Andrew & Jim Baxter   Primary Artist
Frank Hutchison   Primary Artist
Cleoma Breaux   Primary Artist
Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson   Primary Artist
Sleepy John Estes   Primary Artist,Guitar
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers   Primary Artist,Vocals
Coley Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Cincinnati Jug Band   Primary Artist
Clarence Ashley   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar,Vocals
Kelly Harrell   Primary Artist,Vocals
Furry Lewis   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Uncle Bunt Stephens   Primary Artist
Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers   Primary Artist
Joseph Falcon   Primary Artist
Cannon's Jug Stompers   Primary Artist
Jim Jackson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Blind Uncle Gaspard   Primary Artist
Blind Willie Johnson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Bently Boys   Primary Artist
Blind Lemon Jefferson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Carter Family   Primary Artist
The Carolina Tar Heels   Primary Artist
Ken Maynard   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Charlie Poole   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
J.P. Nestor   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Chubby Parker   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Columbus Fruge   Primary Artist
The Williamson Brothers   Primary Artist
Middle Georgia Singing Convention   Primary Artist
Ernest Phipps   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
G.B. Grayson   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Edward L. Crain   Primary Artist
Uncle Dave Macon   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Frank Cloutier   Primary Artist
Ernest V. Stoneman   Primary Artist,Harmonica
Uncle Eck Dunford   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Rev. Moses Mason   Primary Artist
Rev. F.W. McGee   Primary Artist
The Stonemans   Primary Artist
The Breaux Freres   Primary Artist
Buell Kazee   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Buster Carter   Primary Artist
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Nelstone's Hawaiians   Primary Artist
Ophy Breaux   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Memphis Jug Band   Primary Artist
Mississippi John Hurt   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Reverend J.M. Gates   Primary Artist
Masked Marvels   Primary Artist
North Carolina Ramblers   Primary Artist
Henry Thomas   Primary Artist,Guitar,Quills,Vocals
Richard Burnett   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Tewee Blackman   Guitar,Vocals
Andrew Baxter   Fiddle
Charlie Burse   Guitar
Sam McGee   Guitar
Sara Carter   Vocals,Autoharp
Noah Lewis   Harmonica
Roy Harvey   Guitar
Bessie Johnson   Vocals,Tambourine
Yank Rachell   Mandolin,Vocals
Will Weldon   Guitar
Will Shade   Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Clarence Nelson   Vocals
Charley Patton   Guitar,Vocals
Vol Stevens   Banjo,Mandolin
James Touchstone   Guitar,Vocals
Rev. D.C. Rice   Vocals
Elijah Avery   Guitar
Jab Jones   Jug,Piano
Norman Edmonds   Fiddle
A.P. Carter   Vocals
Ashley Thompson   Guitar,Vocals
Joseph Alfred Stegall   Guitar
Arnold Williamson   Fiddle,Vocals
Clifford Breaux   Guitar,Vocals
Angeline Johnson   Vocals
Bill Reed   Guitar,Vocals
Sally Sumler   Vocals
Cleoma Breaux Falcon   Guitar,Vocals
Gus Cannon   Jug,Banjo,Vocals
Posey Rorer   Fiddle
Garley Foster   Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
The Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers   Bass,Vocals
Ben Ramey   Kazoo,Vocals

Technical Credits

Harry Smith   Compilation Producer,Producer,Editorial
Tewee Blackman   Composer
Andrew & Jim Baxter   Performer
Frank Hutchison   Performer,Composer
Cleoma Breaux   Performer
Clayton Shade   Composer
T. Roberts   Composer
Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson   Performer
Traditional   Composer
Sleepy John Estes   Performer
Peter Stampfel   Liner Notes
Jim Baxter   Composer
Jim Jackson   Composer
Andrew Baxter   Composer,Performer
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers   Performer
Blind Uncle Gaspard   Performer
Coley Jones   Performer
Cincinnati Jug Band   Performer
Jack Towers   Transfers
Clarence Ashley   Performer
Kelly Harrell   Performer
David Glasser   Mastering,Audio Restoration
Furry Lewis   Composer,Performer
Pat Conte   Transfers
Uncle Bunt Stephens   Performer
John Fahey   Liner Notes
Hoyt "Floyd" Ming   Composer
Neil V. Rosenberg   Liner Notes
Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers   Performer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering,Transfers,Compilation Producer
Joseph Falcon   Performer
Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers   Composer
Cannon's Jug Stompers   Performer
Willard Thomas   Composer
Noah Lewis   Composer
Blind Willie Johnson   Performer
The Bently Boys   Performer
Blind Lemon Jefferson   Composer,Performer
The Carter Family   Performer
The Carolina Tar Heels   Performer
Ken Maynard   Performer
Charlie Poole   Performer
J.P. Nestor   Composer,Performer
Kip Lornell   Liner Notes
Chubby Parker   Performer
Columbus Fruge   Performer
The Williamson Brothers   Performer
Will Shade   Composer
William Smith   Performer
Amy Horowitz   Reissue Producer,Executive Producer
Bob Coleman   Composer
Jennie Mae Clayton   Composer
Ernest Phipps   Composer
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Performer
G.B. Grayson   Composer,Performer
Edward L. Crain   Composer,Performer
Uncle Dave Macon   Composer,Performer
Eric Von Schmidt   Liner Notes
Frank Cloutier   Composer,Performer
Ernest V. Stoneman   Composer,Performer
Ernest Phillips   Composer
Charlie Parker   Composer
Charlie Pilzer   Mastering,Transfers,Audio Restoration
Uncle Eck Dunford   Composer,Performer
Rev. F.W. McGee   Performer
The Stonemans   Performer
The Breaux Freres   Performer
Buell Kazee   Performer
Buster Carter   Performer
Evelyn Esaki   Art Direction
Scott Stowell   Design,Art Direction
Richard Brown   Composer
Nelstone's Hawaiians   Performer
Ophy Breaux   Performer
Memphis Jug Band   Performer
Mississippi John Hurt   Composer,Performer
Reverend J.M. Gates   Composer,Performer
Rev. D. C. Rice   Composer
Masked Marvels   Performer
North Carolina Ramblers   Performer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Moses Asch   Transfers,Liner Notes
Henry Thomas   Composer,Performer
Yank Rachell   Composer
Joe Bussard   Transfers
Alan Stoker   Transfers
Steve Moreland   Producer
Greil Marcus   Liner Notes
Philip Coady   Producer
Michael Maloney   Producer,Production Coordination
Middle Georgia Singing Convention   Performer
Luis Kemnitzer   Liner Notes
Peter Seitel   Editing
Richard Burnett   Performer
Victoria Cafe Orchestra   Performer
Dock Boggs   Composer
Eck Robertson   Composer,Performer
Jeff Place   Transfers,Annotation,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Delma Lachney   Performer
Johnny Parth   Composer
Dick Justice   Performer
Jilson Setters   Composer,Performer
Richard Rabbit Brown   Composer,Performer
Preston Young   Performer
Ramblin' Thomas   Performer
Memphis Sanctified Singers   Performer
Rev. Moses Mason   Performer
Luc Sante   Liner Notes
Bill Reed   Performer
Curry   Performer
Didier Hebert   Performer
Gus Cannon   Composer
Bill & Belle Reed   Performer
Versey Smith   Performer
Leonard Rutherford   Performer
Mary Monseur   Producer,Production Coordination
Peter Bartok   Transfers
Hattie Stoneman   Performer
Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation   Performer
Chuck Pirtle   Liner Notes
Jon Pankake   Liner Notes
Julius Daniels   Composer,Performer
Stephanie Smith   Research