Longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers perform 17 period songs about liquor, bootlegging, and Prohibition (1917-1933) in the traditional style of southern mountain string bands. As Rambler member Mike Seeger observes in the liner notes, many of the songs appear to have been written by people who knew drink well and were familiar with it's effects. Several of the songs consist of new lyrics commemorating the virtues or evils of alcohol set to familiar melodies of the time. Rambler member John Cohen also contributed to the liner notes, which include an informal history of prohibition in America as well as song lyrics and photos.

Tracklist:

Virginia Bootlegger
Kentucky Bootlegger
Bootlegger's Story
The Drunken Driver
Moonshiner
Drunkard's Hiccups
I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
Goodbye Old Booze
Prohibition Is A Failure
The Old Home Brew
I've Still Got 99
Whiskey Seller
The Teetotals
Al Smith For President
Intoxicated Rat
Wreck On The Highway
Down To The Stillhouse To Get A Litter Cider

UPC: 093070526327
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

The New Lost City Ramblers - American Moonshine and Prohibition Songs (CD)