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Classic mountain songs from Smithsonian Folkways.

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Online Access: Online Access (via Alexander Street Press)
Corporate Authors: Indian Bottom Association (Performer), Phipps Family (Musical group) (Performer), Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Other Authors: Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967 (Performer), Barker, Horton, b. 1889 (Performer), Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971 (Performer), Chandler, Dillard (Performer), Davis, George, 1906 Aug. 15- (Performer), Dickens, Hazel (Performer), Edmonds, Norman (Performer), Gerrard, Alice, 1934- (Performer), Holcomb, Roscoe (Performer), Howard, Clint, 1930- (Performer), Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973 (Performer), McGee, Sam, 1894-1975 (Performer), Price, Fred, 1915-1987 (Performer), Reed, Ola Belle (Performer), Riddle, Lesley (Performer), Ritchie, Jean (Performer), Snow, Kilby, 1905-1980 (Performer), Steele, Pete, 1891-1985 (Performer), Stoneman, Ernest V. (Performer), Sumner, Marion, 1920-1997 (Performer), Wallin, Berzilla (Performer), Wallin, Doug, 1919-2000 (Performer), Ward, Wade (Performer), Watson, Doc (Performer), Watson, Merle (Performer)
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2002.
Subjects:
Ballads, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Banjo music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Bluegrass music.
Fiddle tunes > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk music > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Gospel music.
Hymns, English > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Table of Contents:
  • Omie Wise / Doug Wallin (3:03)
  • Sugar baby / Dock Boggs (2:50)
  • I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow / Indian Bottom Association (5:24)
  • Sixteen tons / George Davis (3:05)
  • John Henry / Lesley Riddle (2:25)
  • Lost Indian / Marion Sumner (:51)
  • Southbound / Doc and Merle Watson (2:39)
  • High on a mountain / Ola Belle Reed (3:02)
  • Coal Creek march / Pete Steele (1:23)
  • Coal miner blues / Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (2:42)
  • Railroad blues / Sam McGee (2:45)
  • Cuckoo bird / Clarence Ashley (2:33)
  • Conversation with Death / Berzilla Wallin (5:03)
  • Lone prairie / Wade Ward (:52)
  • Rain and snow / Dillard Chandler (2:23)
  • Mole in the ground / Bascom Lamar Lunsford (3:19)
  • Moonshiner / Roscoe Holcomb (1:59)
  • Wildwood flower / Kilby Snow (1:23)
  • Barbry Ellen / Jean Ritchie (5:01)
  • Daniel prayed / Watson, Price, and Howard (2:54)
  • Wreck of the Number Nine / Pop Stoneman (2:48)
  • Red Jacket Mine explosion / the Phipps Family (4:00)
  • Kingdom come / Norman Edmonds (2:02)
  • Amazing grace / Horton Barker (4:16)

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