East Virginia Blues: appalachian Roots (2004)

Product Summary Label: Bluebird UPC: 00828766008524 Release Date: 6/22/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61010970 Item#: M4L3QV Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. East Virginia Blues, The - The Carter Family ~ Various Artists 2. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Monroe Brothers ~ Various Artists 3. Down In The Willow - Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris ~ Various Artists 4. Mary Of The Wild Moar - The Blue Sky Boys ~ Various Artists 5. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family ~ Various Artists 6. Prisoner's Song, The - Vernon Dalhart ~ Various Artists 7. Constant Sorrow - Hall Brothers ~ Various Artists 8. In The Hills Of Roane County - The Blue Sky Boys ~ Various Artists 9. Orange Blossom Special - The Rouse Brothers ~ Various Artists 10. Tom Dooley - G.B. Grayson/Henry Whitter ~ Various Artists 11. Short Life And It's Trouble - Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris ~ Various Artists 12. Longest Train, The - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers ~ Various Artists 13. Birmingham Jail - Bud Billings/Carson Robison ~ Various Artists 14. Wreck Of The Old 97 - Vernon Dalhart ~ Various Artists 15. Frankie And Johnny - Jimmie Rodgers ~ Various Artists 16. Mule Skinner Blues - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys ~ Various Artists 17. She's A Hum Dum Dinger (From Dingersville) Part 2 - Jimmie Davis ~ Various Artists 18. Nobody's Business - Riley Puckett ~ Various Artists 19. That Nasty Swing - Cliff Carlisle ~ Various Artists 20. Matchbox Blues, The ~ Various Artists 21. Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry ~ Various Artists 22. Just Because - The Lone Star Cowboys ~ Various Artists 23. Brown's Ferry Blues - The Delmore Brothers ~ Various Artists 24. In The Jailhouse #2 - Jimmie Rodgers ~ Various Artists 25. TB Is Whipping Me, The - Ernest Tubb ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris (vocals, guitar, banjo); Daddy John Love, Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Henry Whitter, Earl Bolick, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Riley Puckett, Roy Hall, Carson Robison, Charlie Monroe, Sarah Carter (vocals, guitar); Bill Bolick (vocals, mandolin); Ervin T. Rouse, J.E. Mainer (vocals, fiddle); Vernon Dalhart (vocals, harmonica); Cliff Carlisle, Jimmie Davis (vocals); Mother Maybelle Carter (tenor, guitar); Frankie Marvin, Billy Burkes, Ed "Snoozer" Quinn, Leon Chappelear (guitar); Clyde Moody (mandolin); Sam Freed, Steve Ledford, Tommy Magness (fiddle); Lou Raderman (viola). Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Hollywood Recording Studio, CA; Jefferson Banquet Hall, Dallas, TX; Kimball Hotel, Atlanta, GA; Kimball House, Atlanta, GA; Memphis Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, TN; New York, NY; Studio "C", Chicago, IL; Studio #1, New York, NY; Studio #2, New York, NY; Texas Hotel, San Antonio, TX; Victor Studios, Camden, NJ. Photographer: Colin Escott. This is the tenth volume in Bluebird Records' superb When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll series. Drawing on the extensive Bluebird and Victor back catalog of vintage 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s 78s, this installment, subtitled East Virginia Blues, traces the roots of honky tonk through the Appalachians, where modal European song forms collided head on with the Africanized rhythms of the blues, creating the springboard for contemporary country and rock & roll. What keeps this collection from simply being an archival project is the careful and deliberate sequencing, which turns variety into a virtue and keeps the pace of things fresh and interesting. Highlights include an early version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by the Monroe Brothers, Wade Mainer's "Down in the Willow," and the original version of the vicious murder ballad "Tom Dooley" by G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. The first two megahits of country are here, "The Prisoner's Song" and "The Wreck of the Old '97," by Vernon Dalhart, both of which turn on massive doses of deliberate melancholy. Dick Burnett's "Constant Sorrow" is here in an early version by the Hall Brothers, recorded a full decade before Ralph Stanley took a shot at it. The historical and musical roots that fed into the creation of modern folk, blues, country, and rock are all present, and like the other titles in this series, East Virginia Blues does an admirable job of showing that the contemporary music listened to nowadays didn't show up fully formed out of thin air. ~ Steve Leggett Producer: Colin Escott (Reissue); Barry Feldman (Reissue)   Technical Info Release Date : 06/22/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 60085 Label : Bluebird RCA (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00828766008524    Related Videos This Time: Robert Cray Ballad Of John Henry Joe ...