The Unsung Father Of Country Music 1925-1934

Ernest V. Stoneman - The Unsung Father Of Country Music 1925-1934

The Unsung Father Of Country Music 1925-1934
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Artist: Ernest V. Stoneman
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Music Label: 5-String Productions
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Goodbye, Dear Old Step Stone
  2. John Hardy
  3. The Resurrection
  4. West Virginia Highway
  5. The Titanic
  6. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter
  7. The Burial of Wild Bill
  8. Sweeping Through the Gates
  9. Long Eared Mule
  10. The Religious Critic
  11. Possum Trot School Exhibition, Pt. 1
  12. Possum Trot School Exhibition, Pt. 2
  13. I Am Resolved
  14. A Message from Home Sweet Home
  15. The Wreck of the Old '97
  16. Old Joe Clark
  17. Mountaineer's Courtship
  18. No More Good-Byes
  19. The Raging Sea, How It Roars
  20. The Face That Never Returned
  21. Ramblin' Reckless Hobo
  22. Hop Light Ladies
  23. All I've Got's Gone
Music CD 2
  1. Goodbye, Dear Old Step Stone
  2. The Railroad Flagman's Sweetheart
  3. There's a Light Lit Up in Galilee
  4. Sourwood Mountain
  5. The Orphan Girl
  6. Too Late
  7. The Fate of Talmadge Osborne
  8. I Know My Name Is There
  9. Flop Eared Mule
  10. The Lightning Express
  11. Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 1
  12. Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 2
  13. Are You Washed in the Blood?
  14. When the Snowflakes Fall Again
  15. The Wreck on the C&O
  16. Once I Had a Fortune
  17. The Road to Washington
  18. He Is Coming After Me
  19. Say, Darling, Say
  20. The Old Hickory Cane
  21. New River Train
  22. Nine Pound Hammer
  23. All I Got's Gone

Music reviews of The Unsung Father Of Country Music 1925-1934

Music Review: Cracklin' Grooves of Joy and Tears
Rating: 5 Stars

The sound of a phonograph needle settling into the crackling groove of a timeworn 78 rpm record opens this 2-CD retrospective of early country music pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman. The needle drop has become a signature of sorts for Christopher King, the Grammy-winning compiler of 2007's "People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs, 1913-1938," as well as 2003's "Charlie Patton: Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues." Together with award-winning author and musicologist Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, King has crafted a series of CD compilations that faithfully reproduce the tinny sounds of phonograph records from the early 20th century, warts and all. There is almost no digital cleanup to speak of; the hiss, crackle, and pop of time and age is an indelible part of the presentation, as vital to the music as the players and instruments.

In the case of King's latest release, "Ernest V. Stoneman: The Unsung Father of Country Music," the surface noise of the old original 78s acts as a kind of portal into an earlier time, coloring the music in the sepia tones of a long gone age. Collecting tracks recorded between 1925 and 1934, this beautiful package (including a book of extensive pictures and liner notes handsomely designed by Susan Archie) serves as an overview of Stoneman's unsung career. Born in Carroll County, Virginia in 1893, Stoneman was one of the earliest country music journeymen of his day, playing a variety of instruments (most notably the guitar, autoharp, and banjo) and writing his own songs. His recordings from the mid-1920s for such labels as OKeh and Victor helped bring Blue Ridge mountain music to a wider audience. Stoneman was also a key player in the now legendary Bristol sessions, in which such imminent country acts as the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers were recorded for the very first time.

Some of Ernest Stoneman's more dire tales of death and disaster, such as "The Wreck of the Old '97" and his first and only hit, "The Titanic," appeared on last year's celebrated "People Take Warning!" Those songs return here as examples of his torn-from-the-headlines disaster balladry, but this collection demonstrates how versatile a songwriter Stoneman was by displaying a wide selection of musical styles. Tragic odes to gruesome railroad accidents ("The Fate of Talmadge Osborne") vie with raucous fiddle reveries ("West Virginia Highway" and "Flop Eared Mule"). Joyous gospel hymns such as "Are You Washed in the Blood?" and "There's a Light Lit Up in Galilee" put one in mind of long-forgotten baptisms by the riverside and rural one-room churches, while hillbilly comedy skits like "Possum Trot School Exhibition" and "Old Time Corn Shuckin'" provide the perfect antidote of country store whimsy and moonshine mirth. Tales of lost love and courtship like "Too Late" and "The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" hang in the air with the cloying sweetness of maple syrup, revealing an innocence and naivete long extinct in this modern world.

This is the original country music, born in the hills of southwestern Virginia long before country music became synonymous with Nashville. Music that is smooth yet deceptively strong, like the finest corn liquor. Fans of the Carter Family, Dock Boggs, the Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole, and Jimmie Rodgers will be inevitably drawn to the sweet lilting sounds of Stoneman, as will anyone with a desire to hear rural roots music in its infancy. This music surpasses its own time and place and lives on through the strange alchemy of the phonograph needle and the dusty old 78.
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Ernest V. Stoneman, pioneering composer & country performer, defined the formula of 'three chords and the truth' and became the first rural singer/songwriter of the 20th century to record. This collection features 46 beautifully remastered performances of Ernest and his circle of talented friends & family. Sentimental love songs, early gospel hymns, fiddle-breakdowns, and disaster songs are included in this set with over 20 never before reissued. Stoneman was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in early 2008. Deluxe package also contains a 44 page booklet with an introduction by Patsy Stoneman, which contains many rare & haunting images.

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