Against a backdrop of factory whistles, clattering machines and low-wage labor, Piedmont textile workers in North Carolina created a soul-stirring sound that laid the foundation for modern country music. A 24-page booklet tells the tales behind these 1927-31 recordings of protest songs, folk songs, ballads and blues by David McCarn, Carolina Twins, Wilmer Watts and more!

Tracklist:

Gastonia Gallop
Get Your Head in Here
Gal of Mine Took My Licker from Me - Carolina Twins
Cotton Mill Colic
Been on the Job Too Long
Southern Jack - Carolina Twins
Everyday Dirt
Bonnie Bess
Think a Little - George Wade/Francum Braswell
Bay Rum Blues - Dave & Howard
Walk Right in Belmont
Red Rose Rag - Fletcher & Foster
Poor Man, Rich Man [Cotton Mill Colic No. 2] - David McCarn
She's a Hard Boiled Rose
I Want My Black Baby Back - Carolina Twins
Ain't Gonna Do It No More
Sleepy Desert - Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles
Take Them for a Ride
Charlotte Hot Step - Fletcher & Foster
Cotton Mill Blues
When You Go a Courtin' - Francum Braswell
Change in Business All Around, A - Carolina Twins
Working for My Sally
Serves 'Em Fine - Dave & Howard

UPC: 670725100721
Label: Old Hat Ent.
Release Date: 10.20.09
Format: CD

Gastonia Gallop-Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blue - Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs and Hillbilly Blues (CD)