American Roots: The Essential Album

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Tracklist

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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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1Duelling Banjos
arranger:
Eric Weissberg
recording of:
Dueling Banjos (Deliverance arrangement)
composer:
Arthur Smith (“Guitar Boogie” Smith US country artist)
arranger:
Steve Mandell (US bluegrass guitarist "Duelling Banjos") and Eric Weissberg
previously attributed to:
Eric Weissberg
arrangement of:
Feuding Banjos
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell3.83:19
2Girl From the North Country
recording of:
Girl From the North Country
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
Bob Dylan3:23
3Fishin' Blues
Taj Mahal53:10
4If I Could Only Win Your Love
The Louvin Brothers2:24
5Deeper Well
recording of:
Deeper Well
writer:
Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) and David Olney
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
revision of:
Deeper Well
Emmylou Harris4:21
6Fools Gold
Poco2:25
7Penny to My Name
Eva Cassidy3:41
8Tomorrow I'll Be Gone
banjo:
Richard Underwood
double bass [bass]:
Larry Robbins (US bluegrass bassist)
fiddle:
Eddie Stubbs
guitar:
Dudley Connell
mandolin:
David McLaughlin (US bluegrass musician)
recording of:
I'll Be Gone
lyricist and composer:
Wilma Lee Cooper
The Johnson Mountain Boys2:24
9Banks of the Pontchartrain
co-engineer:
Mark Miller (Louisiana producer, engineer, bassist & studio owner)
engineer:
Curtis Allen (engineer and producer)
associate producer:
Curtis Allen (engineer and producer)
producer:
Nanci Griffith and Jim Rooney (folk musician, later producer/engineer)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Maura O’Connell
recorded at:
Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa (Jack Clement's home studio in Nashville, Tennessee) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1985-10-07 until 1985-10-09)
mixed at:
Jack’s Tracks in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Banks of the Pontchartrain (Nanci Griffith song) (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Nanci Griffith
publisher:
Wing and Wheel Music
sub-publisher:
Bug Music (music publishing)
Nanci Griffith3:48
10Trouble I've Had It All My Days
Mississippi John Hurt2:46
11I Ain't Broke but I'm Badly Bent
recording of:
I Ain't Broke but I'm Badly Bent
lyricist and composer:
Fred Carter, Jr.
David Grisman1:59
12West Virginia My Home
recording of:
West Virginia My Home
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens4:32
13Weeping Willow
The Country Gentlemen2:05
14You'll Get No More of Me
Lynn Morris Band3:06
15Foggy Mountain Breakdown
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1965-09-03)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1965-09-03) and Joe Zinkan (on 1965-09-03)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1965-09-03)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1965-09-03)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1965-09-03)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1965-09-03)
resonator guitar:
Josh Graves (on 1965-09-03)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-09-03)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 57)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (on 1965-09-03)
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:22
16I Fought the Law
cover recording of:
I Fought the Law
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Hank Williams, Jr.2:24
17Orange Blossom Special
The Charlie Daniels Band3:01

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