Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set]

Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set]

Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set]
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Brand: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-03-19
Model: SFW40077
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Old-Age Pension Blues - Bill Cornett
  2. Hook & Line - Bill Cornett
  3. John Henry - Bill Cornett
  4. Pretty Polly - Bill Cornett
  5. Old Reuben - Bill Cornett
  6. Spring Of '65 - J.D. Cornett
  7. Sally In The Garden - J.D. Cornett
  8. Barbara Allen - J.D. Cornett
  9. When We Shall Meet - Old Baptist Church
  10. Amazing Grace - Old Baptist Church
  11. Across The Rocky Mountain - Roscoe Holcomb
  12. Graveyard Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
  13. Cripple Creek - Roscoe Holcomb
  14. True Love - Roscoe Holcomb
  15. Sally In The Garden - Marion Sumner
  16. Lost Indian - Marion Sumner
  17. Hollow Poplar - Marion Sumner
  18. Death Of The Blue Eagle - George Davis
  19. Little Birdie - Willie Chapman
  20. Lost Indian - Willie Chapman
  21. Jaw Bone - Willie Chapman
  22. Bunkers Hill - Willie Chapman
  23. Cacklin' Hen - Willie Chapman
  24. Julie Ann - Willie Chapman
  25. Born In Old Kentucky - Bill Cornett
  26. Buck Creek Girls - Bill Cornett
  27. Sweet Willie - Bill Cornett
  28. Cluck Old Hen - Bill Cornett
  29. Coney Island - Roscoe Holcomb
  30. Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down - Roscoe Holcomb
  31. Wayfairing Stranger - Roscoe Holcomb
Music CD 2
  1. Stingy Woman - Roscoe Holcomb
  2. East Virginia Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
  3. Single Girl - Roscoe Holcomb
  4. Black Eyed Susie - Roscoe Holcomb
  5. Hills Of Mexico - Roscoe Holcomb
  6. Foriegn Lander - Martha Hall
  7. Kitty Alone - Martha Hall
  8. Young & Tender Ladies - Martha Hall
  9. Charlie's Neat - Granville Bowlin
  10. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Granville Bowlin
  11. Little Sunshine - Granville Bowlin
  12. Wild Bill Jones - Granville Bowlin
  13. Great Speckled Bird - Holiness Church
  14. Clap & Shout - Holiness Church
  15. Cry From The Cross - Holiness Church
  16. Clap & Shout & Shriek - Holiness Church
  17. The Wagoner's Lad - Mr. & Mrs. Sams
  18. The Absentee - Mr. & Mrs. Sams
  19. The Coo Coo - Mr. & Mrs. Sams
  20. Marthis Campbell - James Crase
  21. Sally Goodin' - James Crase
  22. Fiddler A Dram - James Crase
  23. Fox Chase - James Crase
  24. Old Joe Clark - James Crase
  25. Fire On The Mountain - James Crase
  26. Ways Of The World - James Crase
  27. Inch Along - James Crase
  28. Skip To My Lou - James Crase
  29. St. Louis Blues - Lee Sexton
  30. Pretty Polly - Lee Sexton
  31. Fly Around - Lee Sexton
  32. Fox Chase - Lee Sexton
  33. Ruby - Grigsby & Young
  34. No Letter In The Mail - Grigsby & Young
  35. Fair Miss In The Garden - Grigsby & Young
  36. John Henry - Grigsby & Young
  37. Rocky Island - Grigsby & Young

Music reviews of Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set]

Music Review: The hills were alive!
Rating: 4 Stars

Having just reviewed another of John Cohen's excellent collections (High Atmosphere) yesterday, this seemed like a natural choice for today. This was recorded in 1959.

Obviously the biggest "star" here is Roscoe Holcomb. He is the one person on this 2-disc set who is the most well-known to the largest number of people, but this is by no means a one-man collection. In fact, I don't even consider Roscoe to be the best musician present here. For the life of me I still cannot figure out why Bill Cornett's name isn't thrown around as "one of the greats". His voice and banjo playing, particularly on Pretty Polly, Old Reuben, Born In Kentucky, Sweet Willie, etc... just knock me out. Born In Kentucky being a variant of the more well-known tune, Dark Holler.

J.D. Cornett has a fine solo-vocal version of Spring of '65, and you do indeed get some fine stuff from Roscoe here in case he is your main focus. From bits of Jack-A-Roe to one of his "I made it myself" tunes where he then lifts an entire lyric from a Blind Lemon Jefferson tune, though neither he nor the liner-notes make mention of this. Plus, I will take Roscoe's Wayfaring Stranger over Bill Monroe's any day of the week. All in all, it's good stuff!

Moving on, I personally am not too much for the sets of church tunes, aside from Clap & Shout on disc two. However, there are alot of jewels in the sand of disc two. The highlights of disc two, for me, come in the form of Granville Bowlin's segment, Mrs. Sams solo-vocal Wagoners Lad, James Crase's various fiddle tunes, and Lee Sexton's solo banjo St. Louis Blues and his Pretty Polly that is rather closely related to Bill Cornett's but not as powerful. I just love Mrs. Sams' voice. Everyone has their own aesthetic of what is good and what isn't, and for me, Mrs. Sams is just exactly what a wise old female mountain singer should sound like.

There is such a richness and rugged individuality to all these performances that it just breaks your heart to know that for the most part, these traditions are gone. At least we were lucky enough to have someone like John Cohen roaming the hills and making these priceless recordings for all of us.

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Description of Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set]

Originally issued as a single LP in 1960, Mountain Music of Kentucky was praised as "the greatest Kentucky record ever issed and one of the greatest records in the entire literature of American folk song" (San Francisco Chronicle 1960). This much expanded compilation features some of the outstanding traditional musicians of the twentieth century with two full hours of performances (60 minutes previously unreleased), new notes, and many photographs by John Cohen. "One of the greatest records in the entire literature of American folk song." ? San Francisco Chronicle

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