Ballads, Blues & Breakdowns A fascinating look at some of the most inaccessible and obscure groups ever to record commercially during the "Golden Age" of rural American music.
Track Listing
Garfield March - Kessinger Brothers Sweet Bird - West Virginia Night Owls West Virginia Rag - Frank Hutchison Poca River Blues - Justice & Jarvis Beckley Rag - Harvey & Copeland Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry Explosion In The Fairmount Mines - Blind Alfred Reed Stack-O-Lee - Fruit Jar Guzzlers Home Brew Rag - Tweedy Brothers The Miner's Blues - Frank Hutchison Underneath The Sugar Moon - Harvey & Copeland Sally Goodin - Kessinger Brothers Kentucky Bootlegger - Fruit Jar Guzzlers Warfield - Williamson Brothers & Curry You'll Miss Me - Blind Alfred Reed Lonesome Road Blues - Leftwich & Lilly Muskrat Rag - Jarvis & Justice Liza Jane - McClung Brothers Ragtime Annie - Corn Cob Crushers
Rating:
I love the songs John Henry and Warfield by the Williamson Brothers and Curry. Of course I should, having grown up listening to the Williamson brothers. The singer on all the records is Ervin (Irving) Williamson. Wonder how I know? I am his daughter.
Helen Williamson Lawrentz...... Inman South Carolina...... United States of America
Kessinger Brothers West Virginia Night Owls Frank Hutchison Justice & Jarvis Harvey & Copeland Williamson Brothers & Curry Blind Alfred Reed Fruit Jar Guzzlers Tweedy Brothers Leftwich & Lilly McClung Brothers Corn Cob Crushers
