Classic Mountain Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways) / Smithsonian Folkways Audio CD 2002 / SFW CD 40094

UPC 093074009420

Product Features

• Album Title: Classic Mountain Songs
• Artists: Various Artists
• Label: Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40094
• Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
• Format: CD, Compilation
• Country: US
• Released: 2002
• Genre: Folk, World, & Country
• Style: Appalachian Music

Overview

"Classic Mountain Songs" is a Smithsonian Folkways anthology that brings together deep and soulful sounds of Appalachian music. The album, released in 2002, includes a number of traditional mountain songs sung by several well-known artists. It takes on the spirit of the Appalachian region by revealing its musical legacy through a blend of voices, the banjo, the fiddle, and the guitar.

Interesting Facts

• Historical Roots: These songs reflect deep musical traditions in this part of the country, known for its peculiar folk music style. It is a collection of diverse artists—the selection includes songs by such different artists as Doc Watson, Hazel Dickens, and Jean Ritchie. All of these different artists impart their magic to the album in their own way.
• Smithsonian Folkways: This recording has been chosen for the Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series, which embraces those classic titles that serve to best document and preserve traditional American music.
• Authentic recordings: Most of them are characterized by authenticity, capturing the raw and emotive quality that Appalachian music evokes.

Track Listing

1. Doug Wallin – Omie Wise - 3:03
2. Dock Boggs – Sugar Baby - 2:50
3. Old Regular Baptists – I Am A Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow - 5:24
4. George Davis – Sixteen Tons - 3:05
5. Lesley Riddle – John Henry - 2:25
6. Marion Sumner – Lost Indian - 0:51
7. Doc And Merle Watson – Southbound - 2:39
8. Ola Belle Reed – High On A Mountain - 3:02
9. Pete Steele – Coal Creek March - 1:23
10. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard – Coal Miner Blues - 2:42
11. Sam McGee – Railroad Blues - 2:45
12. Clarence Ashley – Cuckoo Bird - 2:33
13. Berzilla Wallin – Conversation With Death - 5:03
14. Wade Ward – Lone Prairie - 0:52
15. Dillard Chandler – Rain And Snow - 2:23
16. Bascom Lamar Lunsford – Mole In The Ground - 3:19
17. Roscoe Holcomb – Moonshiner - 1:59
18. Kilby Snow – Wildwood Flower - 1:23
19. Jean Ritchie – Barbry Ellen - 5:01
20. Watson, Price, And Howard – Daniel Prayed - 2:54
21. Pop Stoneman – Wreck Of The Number Nine - 2:48
22. The Phipps Family – Red Jacket Mine Explosion - 4:00
23. Norman Edmonds – Kingdom Come - 2:02
24. Horton Barker – Amazing Grace - 4:16

Key Credits

• Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotated By]: Jeff Place
• Coordinator [Production]: Mary Monseur
• Liner Notes [Edited By]: Jacob Love
• Mastered By: Pete Reiniger
• Technician [Production Assistance]: Nathaniel Berndt