From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music

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Tracklist

▼CD 1: The Stringband Era
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pan American Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-18)
harmonica:
DeFord Bailey (on 1927-04-18)
DeFord Bailey3:02
2Muscle Shoals Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-19)
harmonica:
DeFord Bailey (on 1927-04-19)
DeFord Bailey3:14
3Gray Eagle
Taylor's Kentucky Boys2:40
4G Rag
Georgia Yellow Hammers3:14
5K.C. Railroad Blues
Andrew & Jim Baxter3:31
6Dallas Rag
recording of:
Dallas Rag
composer:
Coley Jones
Dallas String Band2:59
7Bill Cheatem
James Cole's String Band2:50
8Turkey Buzzard Blues
'Peg Leg' Howell & Eddie Anthony3:07
9Corinne Corinna
recording of:
Corinne Corinna (in 1928-11)
lyricist:
Bo Chatman, J. M. Williams and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Bo Chatman and J. M. Williams
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc. (on 1929-12-05) and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
recording of:
Corrine, Corrina (in 1928-11)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Armetia Chatman (in 1929), J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (in 1929) and Mitchell Parish (in 1932)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing France and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
Papa Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter3:22
10Sitting on Top of the World
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Mississippi Sheiks3:17
11Yodeling Fiddling Blues
recorded in:
San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1930-06-12)
guitar:
Walter Vinscon (on 1930-06-12)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-06-12)
vocals:
Walter Vinscon (on 1930-06-12)
recording of:
Yodeling Fiddling Blues (on 1930-06-12)
Mississippi Sheiks3:14
12In the Jailhouse Now
Memphis Sheiks3:14
13Morning Glory Waltz
Mississippi Mud Steppers3:13
14Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Lead Belly3:10
15Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:08
16Eighth of January
Frazier & Patterson2:31
17Apple Blossom
Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York2:25
18Fox Chase
DeFord Bailey1:10
▶CD 2: The Soul Country Years
▶CD 3: Forward With Pride

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ASIN:US: B000002NBV [info]