American Roots: The Essential Album

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Man of Constant Sorrow
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo and lead vocals:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
bass:
Jack Cooke (bluegrass musician, bass, guitar & voaclist)
fiddle:
Curly Ray Cline (Fiddler)
guitar:
Roy Lee Centers (bluegrass guitarist, banjo player, singer & composer)
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (on 1971-08-31)
recording of:
Man of Constant Sorrow (traditional, arranger neutral)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co. (publishing company)
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys2:53
2Big Rock Candy Mountain
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1928-09-06)
guitar:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-09-06)
vocals:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-09-06)
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (on 1928-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock3.352:19
3You Are My Sunshine
recording of:
You Are My Sunshine (on 1941-06-18)
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
Gene Autry2:26
4Get in Line Brother
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1951-10-24)
double bass [string bass]:
Jody Rainwater (American bluegrass bassist) (on 1951-10-24)
fiddle:
Howdy Forrester (on 1951-10-24)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1951-10-24)
mandolin:
Everett Lilly (on 1951-10-24)
vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1951-10-24), Everett Lilly (on 1951-10-24), Jody Rainwater (American bluegrass bassist) (on 1951-10-24) and Earl Scruggs (on 1951-10-24)
recording of:
Get in Line Brother (on 1951-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Lester Flatt
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys2:25
5Keep on the Sunny Side
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Keep on the Sunny Side (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist:
Ada Blenkhorn and A.P. Carter
composer:
A.P. Carter and J. Howard Entwisle
The Carter Family52:51
6This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie3.52:19
7In the Jailhouse Now
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-02-15)
banjo:
Ellsworth T. Cozzens (Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1928-02-15)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now (on 1928-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
Jimmie Rodgers43:21
8Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
guitar:
Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10)
vocals:
Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10)
Skip James3:24
9Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing Me
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:20
10Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:04
11Take Me Back to Happy Valley
Bailey Brothers2:40
12Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me
Mississippi John Hurt3:08
13Freight Train Boogie
producer:
Henry Glover
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (in 1946-09)
background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (not for release label use; fka King Records, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-09)
recording of:
Freight Train Boogie (in 1946-09)
writer:
Bob Nobar and Jim Scott
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Vidor Publications Inc.
The Delmore Brothers2:46
14Take Me to the Mountains
Del McCoury and The Dixie Pals3:21
15My Better Years
banjo:
Tom Adams (US bluegrass banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Earl Yager
fiddle:
Eddie Stubbs
guest fiddle [harmony fiddle]:
Warren Blair
guitar and tenor vocals:
Dudley Connell
mandolin:
David McLaughlin (US bluegrass musician)
lead vocals:
Dudley Connell and David McLaughlin (US bluegrass musician)
recording of:
My Better Years
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
The Johnson Mountain Boys3:27
16Leaving Cottondale
Alison Brown3:12
17I Walk the Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash4.152:44
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