16 Down Home Country Classics

by 15 DOWN HOME COUNTRY CLASSICS /

Overview

This is in effect a sampler of Arhoolie's country-related catalog, with cuts from sixteen different releases. It 's country of the old-timey and early honky-tonk flavor, not of the produced country-pop sort, though that's not a drawback. Highlights include the Maddox Brothers & Rose's raucous "George's Playhouse Boogie," the Carter Family's "Hello Stranger" (from a 1939 radio broadcast), the Strange Creek Singers' "No Never No" (with Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens duetting on vocals), and Toni Brown's "You Turned Your Back," a lost modern hillbilly classic of sorts (and also the rarest cut, previously issued on an Arhoolie 45 single). Otherwise, this may be too old-timey/Appalachian in nature for those with modern country tastes, including selections by Del McCoury, J.E Mainer, the Any Old Time String Band, and many others. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/20/1998
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297011027
Rank:	99488

Tracks

1. Single Girl  - Rose Maddox  -  Traditional
2. No Never No  - Hazel Dickens  - Alice Gerrard  -  Strange Creek Singers
3. Run Mountain  - J.E. Mainer
4. Spanish Fandango  - Snuffy Jenkins  -  Traditional
5. Eight Thirty Blues  -  Armstrong Twins
6. Hey, Hey Bartender  - Del McCoury  - Betty Sue Perry
7. Sam McGee Stomp  - Sam McGee
8. Old Dan Tucker  -  Traditional
9. You Turned Your Back  - Toni Brown
10. Carroll County Blues  - Suzy Thompson  -  Traditional
11. George's Playhouse Boogie  -  Maddox Brothers & Rose  - Fred Maddox
12. John Barleycorn  - Kenny Baker
13. Blackland Farmer  - Bill Neely
14. Turkey Buzzard/Chinquapin Hunting  -  Any Old Time String Band  -  Traditional
15. Hello Stranger  - A.P. Carter
16. Bogue Chito Fling Ding  -  Hodges Brothers  - Felix Hodges

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Neely   Primary Artist
Alice Gerrard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Louisiana Honey Drippers   Primary Artist
Rose Maddox   Primary Artist,Vocals
J.E. Mainer   Primary Artist
The Carter Family   Primary Artist
Sam McGee   Primary Artist
Suzy Thompson   Primary Artist
Strange Creek Singers   Primary Artist
Del McCoury   Primary Artist
Suzy & Eric Thompson   Primary Artist
The Maddox Brothers & Rose   Primary Artist
Armstrong Twins   Primary Artist
Any Old Time String Band   Primary Artist
Snuffy Jenkins   Primary Artist
The Hodges Brothers   Primary Artist
Toni Brown   Primary Artist
Kenny Baker   Primary Artist
A.P. Carter   Primary Artist
Hazel Dickens   Primary Artist,Vocals
Vern Williams   Mandolin,Vocal Harmony

Technical Credits

The Hodges Brothers   Performer
Felix Hodges   Composer
Fred Maddox   Composer
The Maddox Brothers & Rose   Performer
Del McCoury   Performer
Sam McGee   Composer,Performer
Rose Maddox   Performer
A.P. Carter   Composer,Performer
Kenny Baker   Performer,Composer
Bill Neely   Performer,Composer
Betty Sue Perry   Composer
Suzy Thompson   Performer
Armstrong Twins   Performer
Snuffy Jenkins   Performer
Traditional   Composer
Alice Gerrard   Performer,Composer
Strange Creek Singers   Performer
Toni Brown   Performer,Composer
J.E. Mainer   Performer,Composer
Hazel Dickens   Performer
Any Old Time String Band   Performer