Volume 1 of a 2-part collection, this CD features classic recordings of early American traditional music. Included are all phases of both white and black genres: fiddle tunes, rags, banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.

Tracklist:

Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
Dollar Bill Blues - Charlie Jordan
Lost John Dean - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat - Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickl
Sinking of the Titanic - Richard Rabbit Brown
Tennesse Girls - Dykes Magic City Trio
Shotgun Blues - Bob Campbell
Train on the Island - J.P. Nestor/Norman Edmonds
Fault's in Me, The - Four Wanderers
Tail of Haley's Comet, The - Happy Hayseeds
Wake up You Drowsey Sleeper - Oaks Family
How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Frank Blevins and his Tar Hee
On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
Dying Soldier, The - Buell Kazee
Voice Throwin' Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
Been on the Job Too Long - Lonely Eagles/Wilmer Watts
Fannie Moore - Ken Maynard
I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape - Nugrape Twins
Old Miller's Will, The - Carson Brothers & Sprinkle
Skinner - Winston Holmes/Charlie Turner/Winston Holmes
How to Make Love - Southern Moonlight Entertainers
Old Jimmie Sutton - Whitter/Grayson & Whitter

UPC: 016351202826
Label: Yazoo
Release Date: 5.20.97
Format: CD

Early American Rural Music - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be 1 / Various (CD)