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Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith)Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) by Various Artists
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Get down get down little Henry Lee...(hear where Nick Cave got this song)
Country Blues: Complete Early RecordingsCountry Blues: Complete Early Recordings by Dock Boggs
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All I can say, all I can do, got no sugar baby now... (best version of Pretty Polly to boot)
The Ultimate Collection (Dlx Package)The Ultimate Collection (Dlx Package) by Hank Williams
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Alone & forsaken by God & by man...O Lord if you hear me...
Rare Demos: First to LastRare Demos: First to Last by Sr. Hank Williams
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'Neath a cold, grey tomb of stone...(alone w/ his guitar)
At Folsom PrisonAt Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
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I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die...
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 by Johnny Cash
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And it burns, burns, burns...
American RecordingsAmerican Recordings by Johnny Cash
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I was born in the soul of Misery...They just gave the number when I was born...
Unearthed (5CD)Unearthed (5CD) by Johnny Cash
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Who's gonna cry when poor John dies... ( Americans I-V are essential as well !!!)
Personal FilePersonal File by Johnny Cash
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I'm trying to whip the devil, I'm trying to get sanctified... ( American Recordings 20 years before Rick Rubin)
Anthology 1968-1979Anthology 1968-1979 by Townes Van Zandt
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It's plain to see the sun won't shine today, but I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway....maybe I'll go insane...Maybe I'll go & see Kathleen
Rear View MirrorRear View Mirror by Townes Van Zandt
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Living on the road my friend... ( his best live album)
In the Beginning...In the Beginning... by Townes Van Zandt
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When the call of the black crow goes still... ( Deeper Blue, his last studio album completes the picture RIP)
Car Wheels on a Gravel RoadCar Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams
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O Drunken Angel...
RevivalRevival by Gillian Welch
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I am an orphan girl...
Hell Among the YearlingsHell Among the Yearlings by Gillian Welch
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Caleb Meyer... ( Time The Revelator may be her masterpiece but she couldn't have done it w/out these)
Hallowed GroundHallowed Ground by Violent Femmes
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Standing up in the heart of Hell, I'll never tell... (Gano's masterpiece)
Femme NoirFemme Noir
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She swiped her name off a gravestone up in West Virginia ...( Gano guests on fiddle)
Idle HandsIdle Hands by The Maledictions
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I found the devil in my shadow, broken bottle in his hand...Said, "just keep on walkin' son"...Just keep walkin' was his command... (same guy as above)
FolkloreFolklore by 16 Horsepower
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A horse head fiddle... (get them all Sackcloth & Ashes on...)
There Is No One What Will TakeThere Is No One What Will Take by Palace Brothers
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I was drunk at the pulpit...
Viva Last BluesViva Last Blues by Palace Music
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If I could f*ck a mountain, then I would f#ck a mountain...
I See a DarknessI See a Darkness by Bonnie Prince Billy
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And though I see a darkness... ( a.ka.Will Oldham, check out his performance in John Sayle's "Matewan")
Real GoneReal Gone by Tom Waits
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Feel like a preacher waving a gun around... ( Get Swordfish thru Mule Variations too!)
Ballads of Living and DyingBallads of Living and Dying by Marissa Nadler
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Chilling & killing my Anablle Lee...
Pictures from Life's Other SidePictures from Life's Other Side by Johnny Dowd
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No woman's flesh but hers will I touch...( most frightening record I ever heard but he's hilarious live)