The New Lost City Ramblers - String Band Instrumentals - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the original notes to this recording, Mike Seeger writes, InchThe songs on this album were recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress in the southeastern mountains between 1925 and 1935, and show the first attempts of the hill musicians to 'make a hit' with old traditional songs that had been in the mountains since pioneer days.Inch Album Tracks 1. Forked Dear 2. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 3. I Truly Understand 4. Dallas Rag 5. Tom Cat Blues 6. Railroading and Gambling 7. Colored Aristocracy 8. Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea 9. East Virginia 10. Battleship Maine 11. Davy, Davy 12. Roving Gambler 13. Take a Drink on Me 14. Likes Liquor Better Than Me 15. It's a Shame to Beat Your Wife 16. Brown's Ferry Blues 17. Old Fish Song 18. Crossed Old Jordan's Stream

This album, recorded in 1960-1961, shows these three musicians' passionate love for mountain music. The New Lost City Ramblers learned their music from impeccable sources-from old time commercial discs made between 1922 and 1941, and from field recordings in the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song. Album Tracks 1. Colored Aristocracy 2. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 3. Brown's Ferry Blues 4. Talking Hard Luck 5. Railroad Blues 6. Likes Likker Better Than Me 7. Hop High Ladies the Cake's All Dough 8. It's a Shame to Whip Your Wife on Sunday 9. Crow Black Chicken 10. Battleship Maine 11. Beware 12. The Lady of Carlisle 13. Tom Dooley 14. Chewing Gum 15. Who's That Knocking on My Window 16. Serves 'Em Fine 17. Old Age Pension Check 18. White House Blues

In this album's liner notes, John Cohen writes, InchAfter seven years of performing, The New Lost City Ramblers play in a great many country styles. We have each developed our own individual preferences, so one will recognize greater polar ties here, from old time music to some of the more modern sounds.Inch Album Tracks 1. Going Down the River 2. The Cyclone of Rye Cove 3. Sweet Willie 4. I've Always Been a Rambler 5. Old Joe Bone 6. Durham's Bull 7. Automobile Trip Through Alabama 8. Bachelor Blues 9. Train on the Island 10. Pretty Polly 11. Soldier and the Lady 12. Gold Watch and Chain 13. The Days of My Childhood Plays 14. Fishing Creek Blues 15. Hungry Hash-House 16. Rubber Neck Blues 17. Twenty-One Years 18. Rosa Lee McFall