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Sounds Of The South

Various Artists

Initial release : 1995

Atlantic

A 4 CD collection of field recordings made by Alan Lomax in 1959.

Tracks / Musicians

  • The Banks of the Arkansas/Wave the Ocean - Neil Morris
  • Hen Duck - Ed Young
  • The Farmer's Curst Wife - E.C. Ball
  • Bollweevil Holler - Vera Hall
  • Jesse James - Mountain Ramblers
  • Jesse James - Neil Morris
  • Kenny Wagner - Bob Carpenter
  • Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall
  • Baptizing Scene - Reverend W.A. Donaldson
  • Is There Anybody Here That Loves My Jesus - Reverend W.A. Donaldson
  • Windham - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  • Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • Come On, Boys, Let's Go to the Ball - Sidney Hemphill and Lucius Smith
  • Join the Band - John Davis
  • Lucky Holler - Ed Lewis
  • I Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down - Ed Lewis
  • Cotton Eyed Joe - Mountain Ramblers
  • Big Tilda - Mountain Ramblers
  • Jennie Jenkins - E.C. Ball and Orna Ball
  • John Henry - Mountain Ramblers and Cullen Galyen
  • Rosewood Casket - Mountain Ramblers and Eldridge Montgomery
  • Silly Bill - Mountain Ramblers
  • Big Ball in Boston - Mountain Ramblers
  • Chilly Winds - Wade Ward
  • The Old Hickory Cane - Mountain Ramblers
  • John Brown - Hobart Smith
  • Poor Ellen Smith - Hobart Smith
  • Shady Grove - Mountain Ramblers
  • Jim and John - Lonnie Young and Ed Young
  • The Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall
  • Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • All Night Long - Miles Pratcher and Bob Pratcher
  • Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • Levee Camp Reminiscence - City Joe Forrest
  • Chevrolet - Lonnie Young and Ed Young
  • Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore
  • Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore
  • Drink on Little Girl - City Joe Forrest
  • Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • Boogie Chillen - Boy Blue
  • She Lived Her Life Too Fast - City Joe Forrest
  • Sitting On Top of the World - Lonnie Young
  • Cool Water Blues - John Dudley
  • She Don't Love Me That Way - City Joe Forrest
  • Stop Breaking Down - City Joe Forrest
  • Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue
  • Bullyin' Well - Rosa Lee Hill
  • When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • Red Cross Store - City Joe Forrest
  • Forrest City Jump - City Joe Forrest
  • Death Have Mercy - Vera Hall
  • I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - James Shorty
  • Jesus Is Real to Me - Mary Lee
  • I Love the Lord - R.C. Crenshaw
  • A Sermon Fragment - G.I. Townsel
  • I'm Goin Home on the Mornin' Train - R.C. Crenshaw
  • Power - Mattie Wigley
  • On That Rock - Viola James
  • Jesus on the Mainline - Shorty James and Viola James
  • I'm Gonna Sail Like a Ship on the Ocean - Henry Morrison and the Saint Simon's Island Singers
  • Blow Gabriel - John Davis, Bessie Jones and Henry Morrison
  • What Do You Think About Jesus (He's All Right) - Bernice McClellan
  • Tribulations - E. C. Ball and Blair Reedy
  • When I Get Home - E. C. Ball and Blair Reedy
  • The Poor Wayfaring Stranger - E. C. Ball
  • Baptizing Down by the Creek - Mountain Ramblers
  • Sermon and Lining Hymn - I.D. Back
  • Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  • Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  • Please Let Me Stay a Little Longer - E. C. Ball and Lacey Richardson
  • Father, Jesus Loves You - E. C. Ball
  • Lonesome Valley - E. C. Ball
  • Father Adieu - E. C. Ball
  • The Old Country Church - Mountain Ramblers
  • The Cabin on the Hill - E. C. Ball and Lacey Richardson
  • Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band
  • My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle
  • Whoa Mule - Mainer Band
  • Froggie Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle
  • Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band
  • Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle
  • Old Joe Clark - Mountain Ramblers
  • Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle
  • Train III - Mainer Band
  • Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones
  • Mama Buy Me a Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle
  • Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith
  • Mary Mack - Jesse Lee Pratcher, Jesse Lee and Mattie Garder
  • Hambone - Bessie Jones
  • Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith
  • Green Sally, Up - Jesse Lee Pratcher, Jesse Lee and Mattie Garder
  • Sometimes - Bessie Jones
  • The Arkansas Traveler - Hobart Smith
  • Paper of Pins - E.C. Ball
  • The Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden
  • Go to Sleep Little Baby - Bessie Jones
  • Paddy on the Turnpike - Wade Ward
  • Jimmy Sutton - Spencer Moore
  • Liza Jane - Mountain Ramblers
  • Oree - Lonnie Young and Ed Young
  • Train Time - Forrest City Joe
  • Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • This Little Light of Mine - James Shorty and Viola James
  • Motherless Children - Felix Dukes
  • Little Moses - Neil Morris
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