Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. THE BANKS OF THE ARKANSAS/WAVE THE OCEAN
2. HEN DUCK
3. THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE
4. BOLL WEEVIL HOLLER
5. JESSE JAMES
6. JESSE JAMES
7. KENNY WAGNER
8. TROUBLE SO HARD
9. BAPTIZING SCENE
10. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT LOVE MY JESUS
11. WINDHAM
12. KEEP YOUR LAMPS TRIMMED AND BURNING
13. COME ON BOYS LET'S GO TO THE BALL
14. JOIN THE BAND
15. LUCKY HOLLER
16. I BE SO GLAD WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
17. COTTON EYED JOE
18. BIG TILDA
19. JENNIE JENKINS
20. JOHN HENRY
21. ROSEWOOD CASKET
22. SILLY BILL
23. BIG BALL IN BOSTON
24. CHILLY WINDS
25. THE OLD HICKORY CANE
26. JOHN BROWN
27. POOR ELLEN SMITH
28. SHADY GROVE

Disc 2:

1. JIM AND JOHN
2. THE WILD OX MOAN
3. BEEN DRINKIN' WATER OUT OF A HOLLOW LOG
4. ALL NIGHT LONG
5. SHAKE 'EM ON DOWN
6. LEVEE CAMP REMINISCENCE
7. CHEVROLET
8. LEVEE CAMP HOLLER
9. EIGHTEEN HAMMERS
10. DRINK ON LITTLE GIRL
11. DROP DOWN MAMA
12. BOOGIE CHILDREN
13. SHE LIVED HER LIFE TOO FAST
14. SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD
15. COLL WATER BLUES
16. SHE DON'T LOVE ME THAT WAY
17. STOP BREAKING DOWN
18. JOE LEE'S ROCK
19. BULLYIN' WELL
20. WHEN YOU GET HOME WRITE ME A FEW LITTLE LINES
21. RED CROSS STORE
22. FORREST CITY JUMP
23. Jim and John - Ed Young, Lonnie Young
24. Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall
25. Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell
26. All Night Long - Bob Pratcher, Miles Pratcher
27. Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell
28. Levee Camp Reminiscence - Forrest City Joe
29. Chevrolet - Ed Young, Lonnie Young
30. Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore
31. Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore
32. Drink on Little Girl - Forrest City Joe
33. Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell
34. Boogie Chillen - Boy Blue
35. She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe
36. Sitting On Top of the World - Lonnie Young
37. Cool Water Blues - John Dudley
38. She Don't Love Me That Way - Forrest City Joe
39. Stop Breaking Down - Forest City Joe
40. Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue
41. Bullyin' Well - Rosa Lee Hill
42. When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell
43. Red Cross Store - Forrest City Joe
44. Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe

Disc 3:

1. DEATH HAVE MERCY
2. I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME
3. JESUS IS REAL TO ME
4. I LOVE THE LORD
5. A SERMON FRAGMENT
6. I'M GOIN' HOME ON THE MORNIN' TRAIN
7. POWER
8. ON THAT ROCK
9. JESUS ON THE MAIN LINE
10. I'M GONNA SAIL LIKE A SHIP ON THE OCEAN
11. BLOW GABRIEL
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS
13. TRIBULATIONS
14. WHEN I GET HOME
15. THE POOR WAYFARING STRANGER
16. BAPTIZING DOWN BY THE CREEK
17. SERMON AND LINING HYMN
18. ANTIOCH
19. CALVARY
20. PLEASE LET ME STAY A LITTLE LONGER
21. FATHER JESUS LOVES YOU
22. LONESOME VALLEY
23. FATHER ADIEU
24. THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH
25. THE CABIN ON THE HILL
26. Death Have Mercy - Vera Hall
27. I Want Jesus to Walk with Me - James Shorty
28. Jesus Is Real to Me - Mary Lee
29. I Love the Lord - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw
30. Sermon Fragment - Reverend G.I. Townsel
31. I'm Goin Home on the Mornin' Train - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw
32. Power - Madam Mattie Wigley
33. On That Rock - Viola James
34. Jesus on the Mainline - Viola James, James Shorty
35. I'm Gonna Sail Like a Ship on the Ocean - Henry Morrison, Saint Simon's Island Singers
36. Blow Gabriel - John Davis, Bessie Jones, Henry Morrison
37. What Do You Think About Jesus (He's All Right) - Bernice McClellan
38. Tribulations - Estil C. Ball, Blair Reedy
39. When I Get Home - Estil C. Ball, Blair Reedy
40. Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Estil C. Ball
41. Baptizing Down by the Creek - Mountain Ramblers
42. Sermon and Lining Hymn - I.D. Back
43. Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
44. Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
45. Please Let Me Stay a Little Longer - Estil C. Ball, Lacey Richardson
46. Father, Jesus Loves You - Estil C. Ball
47. Lonesome Valley - Estil C. Ball
48. Father Adieu - Estil C. Ball
49. Old Country Church - Mountain Ramblers
50. Cabin on the Hill - Estil C. Ball, Lacey Richardson

Disc 4:

1. JOHNSON'S OLD GRAY MULE
2. MY LITTLE ROOSTER
3. WHOA MULE
4. FROG WENT A-COURTIN'
5. GLENN'S CHIMES
6. CHICK-A-LI-LEE-LO
7. OLD JOE CLARK
8. GO TELL AUNT NANCY
9. TRAIN III
10. JOHNNY CUCKOO
11. MAMA BUY ME A CHINEY DOLL
12. SOLDIER SOLDIER
13. MARY MACK
14. HAMBONE
15. BANGING BREAKDOWN
16. GREEN SALLY UP
17. SOMETIMES
18. THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER
19. PAPER OF PINS
20. THE LITTLE DAPPLED COW
21. GO TO SLEEP LITTLE BABY
22. PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE
23. JIMMY SUTTON
24. LIZA JANE
25. OREE
26. TRAIN TIME
27. FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES
28. THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
29. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
30. LITTLE MOSES
31. Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band
32. My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle
33. Whoa Mule - Mainer Band
34. Froggie Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle
35. Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band
36. Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle
37. Old Joe Clark - Mountain Ramblers
38. Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle
39. Train III - Mainer Band
40. Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones
41. Mama Buy Me a Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle
42. Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith
43. Mary Mack - Mattie Garder, Mary Gardner, Jesse Lee Pratcher
44. Hambone - Bessie Jones
45. Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith
46. Green Sally, Up - Mattie Garder, Mary Gardner, Jesse Lee Pratcher
47. Sometimes - Bessie Jones
48. Arkansas Traveler - Hobart Smith
49. Paper of Pins - Estil C. Ball
50. Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden
51. Go to Sleep Little Baby - Bessie Jones
52. Paddy on the Turnpike - Wade Ward
53. Jimmy Sutton - Spencer Moore
54. Liza Jane - Mountain Ramblers
55. Oree - Ed Young, Lonnie Young
56. Train Time - Forrest City Joe
57. Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell
58. This Little Light of Mine - Viola James, James Shorty
59. Motherless Children - Felix Dukes
60. Little Moses - Neil Morris

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179839 in Music
• Released on: 1993-07-20
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
Alan Lomax received funding from Atlantic Records in 1959 to head into the Southeast with the latest in stereo field recording technology, and this set collects the original eight records issued as a result of that trek in 1961. The sound quality is brilliant, the performances uncompromisingly raw, vibrant, plaintive, and real--everything the Greenwich Village folk movement tried to be is encapsulated on these slices of rural sound. Because of its high fidelity and the immense character found within the performances, this is the Lomax document to own if you absolutely have to pick a single one. Deep delta slide blues, enthusiastic shape-note singing from the Sacred Harp song book, lined-out hymnody, children's songs, mountain bluegrass music, juke-joint barrelhouse blues--it's all here and much more. This is vibrant, pure American music at its finest. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

A masterpiece
This is the greatest collection of American music I have ever found.

James

details on which songs were used for what!
Moby uses "Green Sally Up" for Flower on Play: The B-sides, he uses "Joe Lee's Rock" for Find My Baby on Play, he uses "Sometimes" for Honey on Play, he uses "Trouble So Hard" for Natual Blues, "Love Rock"(not on this cd) for Bodyrock, and "Run On For A Long Time" for Run On.
How ironic.

Influenced Moby
Moby uses samples from Sounds of the South in his album, Play.