Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 1

by TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO B

Overview

These are 23 rare 78s from the 1920s and 1930s, chosen to illustrate the wide range of "early American rural music" that made its way onto disc in the early days of the recording industry. This will not get nearly as much press as Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music box, yet it's on par with that ballyhooed re-release as an overview of the roots of American roots music, so to speak. Styles vary from country blues and fiddle hoedowns to banjo music and jug bands. The Memphis Jug Band is the only name here that might be familiar to more than the most well-versed folk historians. Highlights include J.P. Nestor and Norman Edmonds' "Train on the Island," a frenetic string band gallop; the Four Wanderers' eerie gospel tune, "The Fault's in Me"; and Ken Maynard's "Fannie Moore," a direct predecessor of country music in its vocal phrasing. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/1997
Label:	Yazoo
UPC:	0016351202826
Rank:	73724

Tracks

1. Blues in a Bottle  - Prince Albert Hunt
2. Dollar Bill Blues  - Charlie Jordan
3. Lost John Dean  - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
4. Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat  - A.A. Gray  -  Seven Foot Dilly  -  Gray
5. Sinking of the Titanic  - Richard Rabbit Brown
6. Tennesse Girls  -  Dykes Magic City Trio
7. Shotgun Blues  - Bob Campbell
8. Train on the Island  - Norman Edmonds  - J.P. Nestor
9. The Fault's in Me  -  Four Wanderers
10. The Tail of Haley's Comet  -  Happy Hayseeds
11. Wake up You Drowsey Sleeper  -  Oaks Family
12. How You Want Your Rollin' Done  - Louie Lasky
13. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss  -  Blevins
14. On the Road Again  -  Memphis Jug Band  - Will Shade
15. The Dying Soldier  - A.P. Carter  - Buell Kazee
16. Voice Throwin' Blues  - Buddy Boy Hawkins
17. Been on the Job Too Long  -  Lonely Eagles  - Wilmer Watts  -  Watts
18. Fannie Moore  - Ken Maynard
19. I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape  -  Nugrape Twins
20. The Old Miller's Will  -  Brothers
21. Skinner  - Winston Holmes  - Charlie Turner
22. How to Make Love  -  Southern Moonlight Entertainers
23. Old Jimmie Sutton  -  Whitter  -  Grayson & Whitter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carson Brothers & Sprinkle   Primary Artist
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles   Primary Artist
A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly   Primary Artist
Grayson & Whitter   Primary Artist
Winston Holmes   Primary Artist
Whitter   Primary Artist
Bascom Lamar Lundsford   Primary Artist
Sever Foot Dilly   Primary Artist
Southern Moonlight Entertainers   Primary Artist
Bob Campbell   Primary Artist
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Primary Artist
Dykes Magic City Trio   Primary Artist
Frank Blevins and his Tar Heel Rattlers   Primary Artist
Charlie Jordan   Primary Artist
Louie Lasky   Primary Artist
Richard Rabbit Brown   Primary Artist
Buell Kazee   Primary Artist
Lonely Eagles   Primary Artist
Frank Blevins   Primary Artist
Nugrape Twins   Primary Artist
Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickles   Primary Artist
Prince Albert Hunt   Primary Artist
Louie Laskey   Primary Artist
Ken Maynard   Primary Artist
The Lonely Eagles   Primary Artist
J.P. Nestor   Primary Artist
Charlie Turner   Primary Artist
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers   Primary Artist
Memphis Jug Band   Primary Artist
Norman Edmonds   Primary Artist
Oaks Family   Primary Artist
Happy Hayseeds   Primary Artist
A.A. Gray   Primary Artist
Buddy Boy Hawkins   Primary Artist
Four Wanderers   Primary Artist
Wilmer Watts   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Joan Pelosi   Artwork
Winston Holmes   Performer
Lonely Eagles   Performer
Southern Moonlight Entertainers   Performer
Bob Campbell   Composer,Performer
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Performer
Dykes Magic City Trio   Performer
Frank Blevins and his Tar Heel Rattlers   Performer
Charlie Jordan   Performer
Louie Lasky   Performer
Richard Rabbit Brown   Performer
Richard Nevins   Producer,Remastering
Buell Kazee   Performer
Wilmer Watts   Performer
Nugrape Twins   Performer
Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickles   Performer
Charles K. Wolfe   Liner Notes
Ken Maynard   Performer
J.P. Nestor   Composer,Performer
Charlie Turner   Performer
Don Kent   Liner Notes
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers   Performer
Memphis Jug Band   Performer
Norman Edmonds   Performer
Oaks Family   Performer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Happy Hayseeds   Performer
A.A. Gray   Performer
Buddy Boy Hawkins   Performer
Will Shade   Composer
Four Wanderers   Performer
Whitter   Performer