Protobilly: The Minstrel & Tin Pan Alley DNA of Country Music

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Casey Jones
Billy Murray4:15
2Casey Jones
Fiddlin’ John Carson3:05
3Southern Casey Jones
Jesse James2:53
4Steamboat Bill
Arthur Collins2:09
5Casey and Bill
Earl McDonald’s Original Louisville Jug Band2:49
6Steamboat Bill Boogie
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1951-10-22)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (on 1951-10-22)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1951-10-22)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1951-10-22)
recording of:
Steamboat Bill Boogie (on 1951-10-22)
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
Delmore Brothers2:37
7Red Wing
Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr2:16
8Red Wing
Doc and Cy Williams and The Border Riders2:40
9Just Break the News to Mother
George J. Gaskin1:55
10Take the News to Mother
Louvin Brothers2:48
11In the Shadow of the Pines
recording of:
In The Shadow Of The Pine
lyricist and composer:
G. O. Lang and Hattie Lummis
Royal Fish and Vernon Archibald4:21
12In the Shadow of the Pine
Kelly Harrell3:26
13Are You From Dixie?
Billy Murray & Irving Kaufman2:39
14Are You From Dixie?
Grandpa Jones2:37
15Home, Sweet Home
Eleonora de Cisneros4:15
16Home, Sweet Home
Don Reno2:21
17The Party That Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man
Ed Morton2:51
18The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man
Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright3:08
19I'm Alabama Bound
Prince's Orchestra2:57
20I'm Alabama Bound
Charlie Jackson2:55
21Unter dem Doppeladler
Olbrig's Zither Trio3:08
22Under the Double Eagle
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers2:52
23Blue Bell
Harry MacDonough and the Haydn Quartet2:51
24Blue Bell
Merle Travis1:47
25Virginia Bluebell
Eddie Adcock2:06
26May Irwin's Frog Song
May Irwin2:39
27The Foolish Frog
Frank Corso2:53
2▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Haul the Woodpile Down
Charles A. Asbury2:34
2Hold the Wood-Pile Down
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-07)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07)
fiddle:
Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Mazy Todd (on 1927-05-07)
guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1927-05-07)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07), Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Sam McGee (on 1927-05-07)
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers3:09
3Darling Nellie Gray
The American Quartet2:21
4Medley - Darling Nellie Gray and Little Brown Jug
Roland Cauley & Lake Howard2:57
5Darling Nelly Gray
recording of:
Darling Nellie Gray (on 1937-04-07)
composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby
Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers2:42
6I Got Mine
Arthur Collins & Joseph Natus1:53
7I Got Mine
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-27)
acoustic guitar [guitar]:
Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-27)
vocals:
Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-27)
recording of:
I Got Mine (on 1928-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes2:57
8Go Easy Mabel
Edward Meeker2:13
9Go Easy Mabel
double bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1939-02-05)
fiddle:
Chuck Maudlin (on 1939-02-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
background vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1939-02-05) and Rabon Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
lead vocals:
Smiley O'Brien (on 1939-02-05)
recorded at:
Andrew Jackson Hotel in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States (on 1939-02-05)
recording of:
Go Easy, Mabel (on 1939-02-05)
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
Delmore Brothers2:35
10The Smoke Goes Up the Chimney Just the Same
Dan W. Quinn3:04
11The Smoke Goes Out the Chimney Just the Same
Fiddlin' John Carson2:56
12When the Bees Are in the Hive
Peerless Quartet2:13
13When the Bees Are in the Hive
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys2:11
14Don't You Leave Me Here
Charles Johnson's Original Paradise Ten3:42
15I'm Alabama Bound
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five2:56
16Don't Go Down in the Mine, Dad
Stanley Kirkby3:25
17Dream of a Miner's Child
Keith Whitley2:25
18I Loved You Better Than You Knew
Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley2:00
19I Loved You Better Than You Knew
The Carter Family3:09
20I Loved You Better Than You Knew
Johnnie & Jack2:19
21By the Watermelon Vine
Edison Male Quartette2:08
22Lindy
cello, guitar and mandolin:
[unknown] (on 1928-10-16)
vocals:
[unknown] (on 1928-10-16)
Proximity String Quartet3:02
23Who Broke the Lock?
Cousins and DeMoss2:18
24Who Stole de Lock?
The Georgia Browns2:48
25Who Stole the Lock
Jack Bland & His Rhythmakers2:41
26Lovesick Blues
Emmett Miller3:07
27Lovesick Blues
recording of:
Lovesick Blues
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend
arranger:
Hank Williams (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc., Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams3:13
28I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon
Charles A. Asbury2:38
3▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1May Irwin's Bully Song
May Irwin3:35
2Bully of the Town
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett2:56
3Fille de la fille
Vin Bruce2:42
4Turkey in the Straw
Billy Golden2:20
5Turkey Buzzard Blues
Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony3:05
6Old Dan Tucker
Harry C. Browne3:07
7Old Dan Tucker
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen3:06
8The Arkansas Traveler
Len Spencer2:10
9The Arkansaw Traveler
Jilson Setters3:12
10Arkansas Traveler
Clayton McMichen & His Georgia Wildcats3:01
11The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee
S.H. Dudley & Harry MacDonough3:06
12Sunny Tennessee
Floyd County Ramblers3:20
13Nigger Blues
George O'Connor2:51
14The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...???
Georgia White2:40
15I'Se Gwine Back to Dixie
Brilliant Quartette1:58
16I'Se Gwine Back to Dixie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-09)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-09)
guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1927-05-09)
mandolin:
Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-09)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-09)
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers3:09
17Baby Mine
Elizabeth Spencer3:37
18Going Around This World
Leslie Keith & The Blue Sky Boys1:56
19All Night Long
Anna Chandler3:24
20All Night Long
recording of:
All Night Long (on 1936-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseeans2:45
21Laughing Rag
Sam Moore-Horace Davis2:47
22Mexican Rag
Darby & Tarlton3:01
23I Don't Care If I Never Wake Up
Silas Leachman1:49
24My Money Never Gives Out
Arthur Collins2:34
25My Money Never Runs Out
Banjo Joe2:52
26My Money Never Gives Out
Dom Flemons & Guy Davis3:05