Protobilly: The Minstrel & Tin Pan Alley DNA of Country Music

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Tracklist

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1Haul the Woodpile Down
Charles A. Asbury2:34
2Hold the Wood-Pile Down
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-07)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07)
fiddle:
Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Mazy Todd (on 1927-05-07)
guitar:
Sam McGee (from Franklin, Tennessee, USA) (on 1927-05-07)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1927-05-07), Kirk McGee (on 1927-05-07) and Sam McGee (from Franklin, Tennessee, USA) (on 1927-05-07)
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers3:09
3Darling Nellie Gray
The American Quartet2:21
4Medley - Darling Nellie Gray and Little Brown Jug
Roland Cauley & Lake Howard2:57
5Darling Nelly Gray
recording of:
Darling Nellie Gray (on 1937-04-07)
composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby
Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers2:42
6I Got Mine
Arthur Collins & Joseph Natus1:53
7I Got Mine
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-27)
acoustic guitar [guitar]:
Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-27)
vocals:
Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-27)
recording of:
I Got Mine (on 1928-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes2:57
8Go Easy Mabel
Edward Meeker2:13
9Go Easy Mabel
double bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1939-02-05)
fiddle:
Chuck Maudlin (on 1939-02-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
background vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1939-02-05) and Rabon Delmore (on 1939-02-05)
lead vocals:
Smiley O'Brien (on 1939-02-05)
recorded at:
Andrew Jackson Hotel in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States (on 1939-02-05)
recording of:
Go Easy, Mabel (on 1939-02-05)
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
Delmore Brothers2:35
10The Smoke Goes Up the Chimney Just the Same
Dan W. Quinn3:04
11The Smoke Goes Out the Chimney Just the Same
Fiddlin' John Carson2:56
12When the Bees Are in the Hive
Peerless Quartet2:13
13When the Bees Are in the Hive
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys2:11
14Don't You Leave Me Here
Charles Johnson's Original Paradise Ten3:42
15I'm Alabama Bound
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five2:56
16Don't Go Down in the Mine, Dad
Stanley Kirkby3:25
17Dream of a Miner's Child
Keith Whitley2:25
18I Loved You Better Than You Knew
Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley2:00
19I Loved You Better Than You Knew
The Carter Family3:09
20I Loved You Better Than You Knew
Johnnie & Jack2:19
21By the Watermelon Vine
Edison Male Quartette2:08
22Lindy
cello, guitar and mandolin:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-10-16)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-10-16)
Proximity String Quartet3:02
23Who Broke the Lock?
Cousins and DeMoss2:18
24Who Stole de Lock?
The Georgia Browns2:48
25Who Stole the Lock
Jack Bland & His Rhythmakers2:41
26Lovesick Blues
Emmett Miller3:07
27Lovesick Blues
recording of:
Lovesick Blues
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams3:13
28I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon
Charles A. Asbury2:38
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Dick Spottswood (American Musicologist)
Dom Flemons
Henry H. Sapoznik
producer:Dick Spottswood (American Musicologist)
David Giovannoni (engineer & sound preservationist)
Henry H. Sapoznik
remastering:Doug Benson (engineer)
illustration:Taylor Rushing
design:Andrew Roberts (design)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14808154 [info]
ASIN:UK: B07SSDQNJ4 [info]

Release group

standalone website:https://www.henrysapoznik.com/protobilly [info]