American epic

American epic

Music - 2017

A collection from the three-part PBS documentary includes original recordings from music legends including the Carter Family, Mississippi John Hurt, Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, and more.

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Subjects
Old-time music.
Folk music.
Blues (Music) > To 1931.
Blues (Music) > 1931-1940.
Country music > To 1951.
Jug band music.
Gospel music.
Published
New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment [2017]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Memphis Jug Band, Pep Steppers (Musical group), Bently Boys, Whistler and His Jug Band, Weems String Band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Carter Family (Musical group), Clodhoppers (Musical group), Tenneva Ramblers (Musical group), Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Carolina Tar Heels, Dilly and His Dill Pickles, Nelstone's Hawaiians (Musical group), Cuarteto Flores, Borinquenos (Musical group), Two Poor Boys (Musical group), Hopi Indian Chanters, Ilima Islanders, North Carolina Ramblers, Fruit Jar Drinkers (Musical group : Uncle Dave Macon), Golden Melody Boys (Musical group), Williamson Brothers, Dixieland Jug Blowers, Beale Street Sheiks, Massey Family (Musical group), Frenchy's String Band, Stripling Brothers, Aloha Serenaders, Mississippi Sheiks, Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band, Texas Ramblers, Sol Hoopii Trio, Truett & George, Madrugadores (Musical group)
Corporate Authors
Memphis Jug Band (performer), Pep Steppers (Musical group), Bently Boys, Whistler and His Jug Band, Weems String Band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Carter Family (Musical group), Clodhoppers (Musical group), Tenneva Ramblers (Musical group), Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Carolina Tar Heels, Dilly and His Dill Pickles, Nelstone's Hawaiians (Musical group), Cuarteto Flores, Borinquenos (Musical group), Two Poor Boys (Musical group), Hopi Indian Chanters, Ilima Islanders, North Carolina Ramblers, Fruit Jar Drinkers (Musical group : Uncle Dave Macon), Golden Melody Boys (Musical group), Williamson Brothers, Dixieland Jug Blowers, Beale Street Sheiks, Massey Family (Musical group), Frenchy's String Band, Stripling Brothers, Aloha Serenaders, Mississippi Sheiks, Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band, Texas Ramblers, Sol Hoopii Trio, Truett & George, Madrugadores (Musical group)
Other Authors
Bernard MacMahon, 1970- (compiler), T-Bone Burnett (producer), Robert Redford (performer), Jack White, 1975- (-), Clarence Ashley, 1895-1967, Bukka White, Hoyt Ming, 1902-1985, Frank Stokes, Andrew Baxter, Jim (Musician) Baxter, Alfred G. Karnes, 1891-1958, Garfield Akers, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, 1882-1973, Mattie Delaney, Jim Jackson, -1937, Columbus Fruge, Tommy Johnson, approximately 1896-1956, J. P. (John Preston) Nester, 1876-1967, J. E. Burch, Julius Daniels, Earl Johnson, 1886-1965, J. M. Gates, Jimmie Rodgers, 1897-1933, Amedee Breaux, Ophy Breaux, Cleoma Breaux, 1905-1941, Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931, Eddie Head, Joe Falcon, 1900-1965, Willie Walker, 1896-1933, Richard D. Burnett, 1883-1977, Leonard Rutherford, Blind Willie McTell, Guty Cárdenas, 1905-1932, Lencho, Emmett Miller, 1900-1962, Big Bill Broonzy, 1893-1958, Leadbelly, 1885-1949, Mississippi John Hurt, 1892-1966, Gary Davis, 1896-1972, F. W. (Ford Washington) McGee, 1890-1971, Mike Hanapi, Charlie Poole, 1892-1931, Frank Hutchison, 1897-1945, Ernest V. Stoneman, Buell Kazee, 1900-1976, Dock Boggs, 1898-1971, Uncle Dave Macon, 1870-1952, Uncle Bunt Stephens, Eck Robertson, 1887-1975, Don Richardson, 1918-1996, Lane Hardin, Charley Patton, 1891-1934, Gus Cannon, 1883-1979, Blind Blake, Charlie Spand, Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1897-1929, Bumble Bee Slim, Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973, Ma Rainey, 1886-1939, Werner Saul, Geechie Wiley, Sleepy John Estes, 1899-1977, Sam Collins, 1887-1949, Willie Brown, 1900-1952, Henry Thomas, 1874-, Dick Justice, 1906-1962, William Moore, 1893-1951, Delma Lachney, 1896-1949, Blind Uncle Gaspard, 1880-1937, Son House, Skip James, 1902-1969, Robert Johnson, 1911-1938, Lydia Mendoza, Robert Wilkins, 1896-1987, Amadé Ardoin, Dennis McGee, Jaybird Coleman, Sol K. Bright, Richard Brown, -1937, Prince Albert Hunt, 1896-1931, Berthmost Montet, Joswell Dupuis, Blind Willie Johnson, Sol Hoopii, 1902-1953, Roosevelt Graves, Washington Phillips
Physical Description
5 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book
Production Credits
Produced by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson, Peter Henderson, Adam Block ; executive producers, T Bone Burnett, Rebert Redford & Jack White.
  • Disc 1. The Southwest: Memphis, Bristol, Johnson City, Louisville, Ashland, Charlotte. The coo-coo bird (Clarence Ashley)
  • On the road again (Memphis Jug Band)
  • The Panama limited (Washington White)
  • Indian war whoop (Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers)
  • 'Tain't nobody's business if I do (pt. 1) (Frank Stokes)
  • K. C. railroad blues (Andrew and Jim Baxter)
  • I am bound for the promised land (Alfred G. Karnes)
  • Cottonfield blues (pt. 2) (Garfield Akers)
  • I wish I was a mole in the ground (Bascom Lamar Lunsford)
  • Down on Penny's farm (Bentley Boys)
  • Foldin' bed (Whistler's Jug Band)
  • Greenback dollar (Weems String Band)
  • Tallahatchie River blues (Mattie Delaney)
  • Walk right in (Cannon's Jug Stompers)
  • Bury me under the weeping willow (The Carter Family)
  • Old dog blue (Jim Jackson)
  • Bayou teche (Columbus Fruge)
  • Cool drink of water blues (Tommy Johnson)
  • Train on the island (J. P. Nestor)
  • Disc 2. Atlanta: THe origina of commercial field recording. My heart keeps singing (Elder J.E. Burch)
  • Ninety-nine year blues (Julius Daniels)
  • I get my whiskey from Rockingham (Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers)
  • Death's black train is coming (Rev. J. M. Gates)
  • Waiting for a train (Jimmie Rodgers)
  • Darling, where have you been so long? (Tenneva Ramblers)
  • Rocky Road (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers)
  • Ma Blonde est partie (Amédée Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Cleoma Breaux)
  • Peg and awl (Carolina Tar Heels)
  • Chocolate to the bone (Barbecue Bob)
  • Down on me (Eddie Head and Family)
  • Prenez courage (Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux)
  • Pickin' off peanuts (Dilly and his Dill Pickles)
  • Just because (Nelstone's Hawaiians)
  • Dupree blues (Willie Walker)
  • Ladies on the steamboat (Burnett & Rutherford)
  • Mamma, 'tain't long fo' day (Blind Willie McTell)
  • Disc 3. New York City, East Coast: The birthplace of electric recording. Cecilia (Cuarteto Flores)
  • La coquetera (Los Borinquenos)
  • Coconito (Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho)
  • Lovesick blues (Emmett Miller)
  • Long tall mama (Big Bill Broonzy)
  • John Henry blues (Two Poor Boys)
  • Mr. Tom Hughes' town (Lead Belly)
  • Louis Collins (Mississippi John Hurt)
  • I am the light of the world (Blind Gary Davis)
  • Fifty miles of elbow room (Rev. F. W. McGee)
  • Chant of the eagle dance (Hopi Indian Chanters)
  • Hilo hula (Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders)
  • If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers)
  • Stackalee (Frank Hutchison)
  • The wreck of the '97 (Ernest Stoneman)
  • Faded coat of blue (Buell Kazee)
  • Country blues (Dock Boggs)
  • Sail away ladies (Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers)
  • Sail away lady (Uncle Bunt Stephens)
  • Sally Gooden (A. C. (Eck) Robertson)
  • Arkansas traveller (Don Richardson)
  • Disc 4.The Midwest: Chicago, St. Louis, Richmond, Grafton. Hard time blues (Lane Hardin)
  • Down the dirt road blues (Charley Patton)
  • Poor boy, long ways from home (Banjo Joe)
  • Hastings Street (Blind Blake and Charlie Spand)
  • See that my grave's kept clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
  • Gonna have 'lasses in the morning (Golden Melody Boys)
  • New Orleans stop time (Bumble Bee Slim and Memphis Minnie)
  • Prove it on me blues (Ma Rainey)
  • Gonne die with my hammer in my hand (Williamson Brothers and Curry)
  • Last kind words blues (Geeshie Wiley)
  • Banjoreno (Dixieland Jug Blowers)
  • It’s a good thing (Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes and Sane))
  • Trust in God and do the right (Blind Willie Davis)
  • Someday baby blues (Sleepy John Estes)
  • Lonesome road blues (Sam Collins)
  • Future blues (Willie Brown)
  • Bull doze blues (Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas")
  • Brown skin gal (down the lane) (Massey Family)
  • Henry Lee (Dick Justice)
  • Old country rock (William Moore)
  • La danseuse (the dancer) (Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard)
  • My black mama, (parts 1 & 2) (Son House)
  • Cypress grove blues (Skip James)
  • Disc 5. The deep South and the West: Birmingham, Jackson, Hattiesburg, New Orleans, Shreveport, Dallas, San Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Cross road blues (Robert Johnson)
  • Mal hombre (Lydia Mendoza)
  • Sunshine special (Frenchy’s String Band)
  • Old Jim Kinnane's (Robert Wilkins)
  • Les blues de voyage (Amédée Ardoin & Dennis McGee)
  • The lost child (Stripling Brothers)
  • I’m gonna cross the River Jordan some of these days (Jaybird Coleman)
  • Tomi Tomi (The Aloha Serenaders featuring Sol K. Bright)
  • Sittin' on top of the world (Mississippi Sheiks)
  • James Alley blues (Richard 'Rabbit' Brown)
  • The indian tom tom (Big Chief Henry’s Indian String Band)
  • Blues in a bottle (Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers)
  • Je me suis en alle (Berthmost Montet and Joswell Dupuis)
  • Dark was the night, cold was the ground (Blind Willie Johnson)
  • E mama ea (Sol Ho'opi'i & His Novelty Quartette)
  • Ghost dance (Truett and George)
  • Woke up this morning (with my mind on Jesus) (Roosevelt Graves and Brother)
  • Allons à Lafayette (Joseph Falcon)
  • Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta (parts 1 & 2) (Los Madrugadores)
  • Denomination Blues (parts 1 & 2) (Washington Phillips).

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