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Review
by Ed Ward,
eMusic
Seven CDs worth of fiddles and banjos? Do you really need to listen to this? Maybe not all of it, although enthusiasts like me gobble this stuff up. But this is what inspired the New Lost City Ramblers, formed the basis of bluegrass and helped shape the country music industry in later years. Cherry-picking these 167 tracks will unearth plenty of treasure by (relatively) well-known names like Buell Kazee (check out "The Orphan Girl") and Doc Roberts ("Waynesburgh") and a parade of unknowns like Shortbuckle Roark & Family ("I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man") and Ted Chesnut ("He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground"), much of which is on the cusp between commercial music and folk music, and shows the influence of vaudeville and radio.
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Ladies On The Steamboat - Burnett And Rutherford
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The Dying Soldier - Buell Kazee
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Little Rabbit/Rabbit, Wheres Your Mammy? - Crockett Family Mountaineers
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I Truly Understand You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roarke And Family
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2:37 |
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Eighth Of Janualry - Ted Gossett's Band
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2:44 |
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All Night Long Blues - Burnett And Rutherford
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3:16 |
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Shipping Port - Johnny Johnson's String Band
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2:47 |
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The Rowan County Crew - Robert L. Day
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Deer Walk - Doc Roberts
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3:06 |
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Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her - Rutherford And Foster
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2:52 |
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That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It
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3:38 |
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Lille Dale - Martin And Roberts
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3:01 |
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Cumberland Gap - Rutherford, Moore And Burnett
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2:56 |
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The Old Fish Song - James Howard
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4:17 |
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The Red Hill Special - Fort Thomas Group
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1:55 |
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If I Die A Railroad Man - Green Bailey
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2:45 |
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Grand Hornpipe - J.W. Day
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East Virginia - Walter Williams
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3:15 |
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Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
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2:47 |
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Pretty Polly - Pete Steele
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3:44 |
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Run Banjo - Justis Begley
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1:33 |
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We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
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Curley Headed Woman - Burnett & Rutherford
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Gate To Go Through - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
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Hot Corn - Martin & Roberts
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Grandma's Rag - Taylor, Moore And Burnett
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I'm As Free Little Birdie As Can Be - Rutherford And Foster
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Rocky Mountain Goat - Ted Gossett's Band
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Shut Up Coal Creek Mine - Green Bailey
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Sugar In My Coffee (medley) - Crockett Family Mountaineers
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The Butchers Boy (The Railroad Boy) - Buell Kazee
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New Money - Doc Roberts
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3:09 |
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Pearl Bryan - Burnett & Rutherford
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3:06 |
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Crooked John - Kentucky String Tinglers
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The Moonshiner - Daw Henson
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Forked Deer - J.W.Day
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The Dixie Cowboy - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
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Mississippi Sawyer - Walter Williams
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Six Months Ain't Long - Rutherford And Foster
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Blackberry Blossom - Ed Morrison
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Ellen Smith - Theophillis Hoskins
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Five Up - Henry L. Bandy
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Payday in Coal Creek - Pete Steele
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Golden Willow Tree - Justis Begley
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The Last Appeal - Alice & Martha Williams & Elizabeth Platt
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3:02 |
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Way Up On Clinch Mountain - J.W.Day
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Going To Jail - Ted Gossetts' Band
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Richmond Blues - Rutherford And Foster
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Soap In The Washpan - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
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Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down - McVay & Johnson
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Old Voile - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
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Gentle Annie - Asa Martin
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Billy In The Low Ground - Burnett And Rutherford
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Lady Margaret And Sweet William - Daw Henson
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And The Cat Came Back - Doc Roberts
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Pass Around The Bottle - Walter Williams
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Coal Creel March - Marion Underwood
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Johnny O Johnny - Pete Steele
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Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep) - Rutherford And Foster
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I've Been All Around This World - Justis Begley
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Jenny Baker - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
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Come All You Roving Cowboys - Clay Walters
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Sailor's Joy - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
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I Came To This Country - Maynard Britton
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Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes - Crockett Family Mountaineers
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Rambling Reckless Hobo - Burnett And Rutherford
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Wild Horse - Bill Stepp & Walter Williams
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Old Christmas - Boyd Asher
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The Rowan County Feud - Ted Chesnut
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Wish I Had My Time Again - Hatton Brothers
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Old Flannigan - Blue Ridge Mountaineers
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Willie Moore - Burnett And Rutherford
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The Wild Wagonner - J.W.Day
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My Cabin Home Among The Hills - Asa Martin
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Bow Legged Irishman - Ted Gossett's Band
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There's No One Like The Old Folks - Rutherford And Foster
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Old Blind Dog - Jimmy Johnson's String Band
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The Sporting Bachelors - Buell Kazee
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Sourwood Mountain - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
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The Roving Boy - Justis Begley
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Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Part 2 - Crockett Family Mountaineers
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Lack Fol Diddle I Day - Pete Steele
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Lost John - Burnett And Rutherford
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There's More Pretty Girls Than One - Rutherford And Foster
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Shaker Ben - Walter Family
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Jesus Walking Through The Land - Rev. Sherwin Sizemore And The Church Of Ten Elders
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Pickaway - Greens String Band
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Wallins Creek Girls - Daw Henson
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We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes Blind - Ed Morrison
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John Hardy - Walter Williams
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Wink The Other Eye - Hack's String Band
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Hickory Jack - Boyd Asher
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Working's Too Hard - J.M. Mullins
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Sail Away Ladies - Henry L. Bandy
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The Great Reaping Day - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
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