The Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1

by MUSIC OF KENTUCKY 1 / VARIOUS

Overview

Many rural fiddlers, guitarists, and banjo players from the state of Kentucky were taped while the recording industry was in its infancy. This interesting and valuable two-volume set, numbering 53 songs in all, presents a wide-ranging set of old-timey folk styles by artists who are known only to scholars in the field. Much of the material is taken from the famed Bristol sessions of the late '20s, and the late-'30s field recordings by renowned folklorist Alan Lomax. The roots of much modern country, folk, and even blues can be heard in these heartfelt, occasionally stirring performances of great conviction, religious or otherwise. Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937, Vol. 1-2 is not just a history lesson, and it's a lot more accessible to modern-day listeners than many would assume. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	09/19/1995
Label:	Yazoo
UPC:	0016351201324
Rank:	90289

Tracks

1. Called to the Foreign Field  - Alfred G. Karnes
2. Pretty Polly  - B.F. Shelton
3. The Ways of the World  - W.H. Stepp
4. The Unfortunate Brakeman  -  Kentucky Ramblers
5. I Want to Go Where Jesus Is  -  Phipps
6. L and N Rag
7. I Am Bound for the Promised Land  - Alfred G. Karnes
8. Bonaparte's Retreat  - W.H. Stepp
9. With My Mother Dead and Gone  -  Kentucky Ramblers
10. A Little Talk with Jesus  -  Phipps
11. Ned Went A' Fishin  -  Walker's Corbin Ramblers
12. Darling Cora  - B.F. Shelton
13. Callahan
14. Ginseng Blues  -  Kentucky Ramblers
15. If the Light Has Gone Out of Your Soul  -  Phipps
16. We Shall All Be Reunited  - Alfred G. Karnes
17. The Old Hen She Cackled
18. Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid Beneath the Clay  -  Kentucky Ramblers
19. Oh Molly Dear  - B.F. Shelton
20. Don't Grieve After Me  -  Phipps
21. Mud Fence  - Walter Williams
22. Where We'll Never Grow Old  - Alfred G. Karnes
23. Ruffles and Bustles  -  Walker's Corbin Ramblers
24. Shine on Me  - Ernest Phipps
25. Silver Strand
26. Glory to the Lamb  -  Kentucky Ramblers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers   Primary Artist
Mae Puckett   Primary Artist
W.M. Stepp   Primary Artist
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet   Primary Artist
Ernest Phipps   Primary Artist
Walker's Corbin Ramblers   Primary Artist
W.H. Stepp   Primary Artist
Walter Williams   Primary Artist
Kentucky Ramblers   Primary Artist
B.F. Shelton   Primary Artist
Alfred G. Karnes   Primary Artist
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Richard Nevins   Producer,Remastering
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers   Performer
W.H. Stepp   Performer
Ernest Phipps   Composer,Performer
Walter Williams   Performer
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet   Performer
Kentucky Ramblers   Performer
Walker's Corbin Ramblers   Performer
B.F. Shelton   Performer,Composer
Joan Pelosi   Art Direction
Alfred G. Karnes   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Digital Mastering