American Roots: A History of American Folk Music

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1Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia
recording of:
Peach Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia
composer:
Clayton McMichen and Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers2:51
2Sail Away, Ladies
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)
recording of:
Sail Away Ladies (on 1927-05-07)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 17635)
Uncle Dave Macon2:56
3Wildwood Flower
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 32)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
The Carter Family3:09
4Trail to Mexico
The Blue Sky Boys2:28
5The Runaway Train
recording of:
The Runaway Train
lyricist:
Robert Massey
composer:
Carson Robison
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9859)
Vernon Dalhart3:13
6When the Saints Go Marching In
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13983)
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
Fiddlin’ John Carson and Moonshine Kate3:05
7All Night Long
Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers3:14
8Red Wing
recording of:
Red Wing
lyricist:
Thurland Chattaway
composer:
Kerry Mills
is based on:
Album für die Jugend, op. 68: X. Fröhlicher Landmann
Riley Puckett2:40
9I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (on 1929-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
The Carter Family3:03
10Goin’ to the Barn Dance Tonight
recording of:
Going to the Barn Dance To-Night
lyricist and composer:
Carson Robison
Carson Robison and His Pioneers2:45
11Go Long Mule
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-09)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-09)
fiddle:
Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-09) and Mazy Todd (on 1927-05-09)
guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1927-05-09)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-09), Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-09) and Sam McGee (on 1927-05-09)
Uncle Dave Macon3:03
12Frankie and Johnny
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1929-08-10)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (on 1929-08-10)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (on 1929-08-10)
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”) (on 1929-08-10)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
Jimmie Rodgers2:49
13Three Men Went a Huntin’
Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots2:34
14My Man’s a Jolly Railroad Man
Moonshine Kate3:11
15Waiting for a Train
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1928-10-22)
clarinet:
James Rikard (on 1928-10-22)
cornet:
C.L. Hutchison (on 1928-10-22)
double bass [string bass]:
George MacMillan (on 1928-10-22)
guitar:
Dean Bryan (on 1928-10-22)
steel guitar:
John Westbrook (on 1928-10-22)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (on 1928-10-22)
recording of:
Waiting for a Train (on 1928-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers2:46
16Georgia’s Three‐Dollar Tag
Fiddlin’ John Carson and Moonshine Kate2:40
17Jamestown Exhibition
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1930-06-07)
guitar:
Bayless Rose (on 1930-06-07)
Bayless Rose2:46
18Lay Down Baby, Take Your Rest
Carolina Tar Heels3:07
19Backwater Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-11)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-11)
guitar:
Sam McGee (on 1927-05-11)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-11)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (on 1927-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Uncle Dave Macon3:13
20The Wreck of the Old 97
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
Fred J. Lewey, Charles W. Noell and Henry Whitter
Vernon Dalhart3:09
21The Little Old Sod Shanty on My Claim
recording of:
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
lyricist:
Joe Young
composer:
Little Jack Little and Ira Schuster
Marc Williams3:08
22Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
version of:
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (original traditional version)
The Carter Family2:53
23In the Hills of Tennessee
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1932-08-29)
clarinet, piano and violin:
[unknown] (on 1932-08-29)
guitar:
Hoyt "Slim" Bryant (on 1932-08-29)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (on 1932-08-29)
recording of:
In the Hills of Tennessee (on 1932-08-29)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis
composer:
Ira Schuster
Jimmie Rodgers3:03
24Ida Red
recording of:
Ida Red
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3429)
The Blue Sky Boys with Curly Parker1:20
25Alto Waltz
Darby & Tarlton3:10
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