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CMH is proud to present this star-studded and heartfelt tribute to one of the unsung greats of American roots music. Born in Cobb County, Georgia in the year 1900, Clayton McMichen was a true forefather of country, bluegrass and popular music. Bluegrass stalwarts Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman, Joe Maphis, Jackson D. Kane and Red Herron perform 27 songs spanning McMichen's musical life representing the breadth and eclecticism of his career. This collection stands as a small part of this great artist's musical legacy, showing his influence and undeniable presence in the history of American roots music. Album Tracks 1. Give the Fiddler a Dram 2. In the Pines 3. Fire on the Mountain (Instrumental) 4. Fifty Years Ago Waltz (Instrumental) 5. Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (Instrumental) 6. Trouble in Mind 7. McMichen's Reel (Instrumental) 8. Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia 9. Limehouse Blues (Instrumental) 10. The Convict and the Rose 11. Carroll County Blues (Instrumental) 12. House of the Rising Sun 13. I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover 14. Dreamy Georgiana Moon 15. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Instrumental) 16. Ida Red 17. Rock Jenny Rock 18. Arkansas Traveler (Instrumental) 19. Bile 'Em Cabbage Down 20. Medley In the Blue Hills of Virginia/Back to Old Smoky Mountain 21. Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) 22. They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree 23. Darktown Strutters' Ball 24. Goodnight Waltz (Instrumental) 25. Farewell Blues (Instrumental) 26. Sweet Bunch of Daisies
