Blue Ridge Mountain Music "Old Time Banjo"

John McEuen, Former Banjoist with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
...gives the feeling you fell off a wagon somewhere around 1878 just in time for the all night dance.

Product Description:
Collection of old time mountain banjo tunes. All instrumentals. Includes Banjo, Fiddle Guitar, Bass, Autoharp and Ham-bone rhythms. Represtents several different stiles of banjo picking. Claw Hammer, Old Time two finger as well as Bluegrass.

Blue Ridge Mountain Music "Old Time Banjo",Roger Howell,Ivy Creek Recordings

Average customer rating: Old Time Music You will feel so much better The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun! Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)! Priceless anthology

Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Pink Anderson , Gid Tanner , Gus Cannon , Emmett Miller , Charlie Poole , Dallas String Band , Grant Brothers , Uncle Dave Macon , Beans Hambone , Clarence Ashley , Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers , Gwen Foster , and Carolina Tar Heels Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of American Primitive, Vol. 2 American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36) Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931 Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 ASIN: B000B5KRNO Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
2. Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
3. Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
4. Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
5. Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
6. Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
7. Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
8. The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
9. Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
10. The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
11. Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
12. Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
13. A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
14. Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
15. Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
16. Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
17. C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
18. My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
19. Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
20. Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
21. G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
22. Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
23. Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
24. He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

Tracks:

1. Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
2. Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
3. It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
4. Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
5. Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
6. Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
7. Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
8. I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
9. Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
10. Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
11. Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
12. Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
14. Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
15. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
16. The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
17. Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
18. Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
19. Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
20. Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
21. I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
22. Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
23. The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
24. Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Album Description

Earning Their White Stripes. "But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up." Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005

Five Stars. Groundbreaking. "Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this extraordinary snapshot of an America that is still shrouded in shadow. Good For What Ails You supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before." Jon Savage - MOJO Dec 2005

Before motion pictures, before radio, before television, the traveling Medicine Shows brought entertainment to America! Flamboyant pitch doctors roamed the land, hawking their tonics, elixirs, and miracle cures, and with them came a host of singers, dancers, comedians, banjo pickers, blues shouters, jug blowers, string ticklers, and minstrel men. The shows died out by mid-20th century, but not before a handful of seasoned veterans left their musical legacy on phonograph records. Here are classic performances by such colorful names as Pink Anderson, Daddy Stovepipe, Gid Tanner, Blind Sammie, Bogus Ben Covington, Fiddlin' John Carson, Banjo Joe, Shorty Godwin, Beans Hambone, Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers, the Three Tobacco Tags, and many more!

Two-CD Set / 48 Songs Digitally Remastered / Over 2 Hours of Music / Six-Panel Digipak with 72-page Full Color Booklet

A Profusely Illustrated History of the Medicine Shows, many Rare Photographs and Firsthand Accounts never before published, plus full discography and song descriptions.

Customer Reviews:

Old Time Music.......2007-05-13

This gave us 50 tracks of original music. Along with it you get a nice booklet that tells the history of the medicine shows and individual descriptions of each track and it's performers.

You will feel so much better.......2007-01-25

You just can't imagine what the life of a performer on the road in the 20, 30's (or earlier) must have been like. The ups of course was the freedom, and the fun at times. The downs include never knowing what was around the corner, the cold (or heat), some of the boarding houses I would imagine would have been dreadful amongst many others.

But at least we can listen to the music. I've only received this the other day and I've not taken it out of the player, it goes to work with me and takes me home again, it plays in the background when I'm busy about the house. Yes some of the sound quality is hissy, but they are old recordings and besides I would rather hear it like that, it adds to the feel. These are happy songs, even when they are talking about slashing someones throat. If you looking at this you obviously have an interest in this style of music and you would be doing yourself a favour by purchasing this wonderful collection. You get 2 CD's and a wonderful booklet that tells you a little history of the genre and pictures of some the the performers on the CD's as well as a little history on each of the songs.

The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!.......2006-10-23

Step right up..ladies and gentlemen...Are you feeling blah listening to those same old CD's you've had for the last several years? Does today's music leave you cold? Well, you've come to the right place. Restore your enthusiasm...bring back the fun, with 50 recordings from the golden age of medicine shows. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Many of these fine artists are obscure names to most people of this generation...but alas...like an old ancient Indian cure...this box set will bring you back to life. Yes friends and neighbors...it also comes with a beautiful full-color booklet with all the songs, dates and stories of old. Uh..excuse me son, don't crowd the stage. IT'S A PANACEA FOR ALL BORING AILMENTS! Yes and considering how old these gems are (1925-36) they are all in remarkable shape...and your sense of humor will be too. So pick one up today. It;s more fun than a brand new Victrola!

Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!.......2006-08-28

'Good For What Ails You' is a great set of cd's with old songs that were sung at old medicine shows. I remember some of those songs from records and radio programs from my childhood - songs that I had totally forgotten!

I lent the cd's to my father, and they brought back fond memories of his childhood in western OK when the medicine shows would come to town and set up on the square. Everyone would attend the "show" and listen to the music, sales pitches, and go home with something! He truly enjoyed the cd's, also.

Even if medicine shows are new to you, the music is worth the time to listen. Lot's of fun, interesting lyrics, and you might even hear something that has come back again!?

Priceless anthology.......2006-07-05

This element of American history should never be forgotten, and this anthology ensures that it won't. The accompanying booklet is a textbook of fascinating anecdotes and photographs, and it even includes a small, helpful insert of "spelling errata" to guide the reader through the language of the time. The music itself transports the listener to a time that seems like ancient history, populated by snake oil salesmen who employed fast-picking, fast-talking one-man bands to make their product more appealing to the desperately poor. But this collection also reminds us that times haven't changed all that much since those days of the Great Depression. After all, when was the last time you heard a trendy, catchy song in a commercial trying to sell you something as basic as toothpaste?

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Blue Ridge Parkway Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hanson | Hanson, Howard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by O'Connor | O'Connor, Mark | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pacific Coast Highway Route 66 Autobahn Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain/And God Created Great Whales Blue Wheat ASIN: B0009OUB1U Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Simple Gifts From Appalachian Spring - Philharmonia Virtuosi
2. To A Wild Rose From Woodland Sketches - The Philadelphia Orchestra
3. Lullaby - Juiliard String Quartet
4. Grover's Corner From Out Town (From Music For Movies) - Philharmonia Orchestra
5. Appalachia Waltz - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
6. A Trumpeter's Lullaby - Susan Slaughter
7. Appalachian Morning - Boston Pops Orchestra
8. Traditional; Red River Valley - Boston Pops Orchestra
9. Poem For Flute And Orchestra - Maurice Sharp
10. The First Day Of Spring - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
11. Serenade For Flute, Harp, And Strings, Op. 35 - Alice Chalifoux
12. A Night Piece For Flute And Strings - Maurice Sharp
13. Symphony No. 2 - Mysterious Mountain - London Symphony Orchestra

Average customer rating: HYLO IS A LEGEND

20 Old-Time Favorites Hylo Brown & the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys Manufacturer: Rural Rhythm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20 Gospel Favorites In Concert 1954-1960 Best of Hylo Brown, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000002NV2 Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. The Martin And The Coys
2. Down The Road Of Life
3. The Last Mile Of The Way
4. Nobody's Darling On Earth
5. What It Means To Be Lonesome
6. Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
7. Trouble In Mind
8. Frankie And Johnnie
9. Intoxicated Rat
10. Ace In The Hole
11. An Old Rocking Chair
12. In The Shade Of Old Apple Tree
13. Somebody Is Waiting For You
14. Diamond In The Rough
15. Mary Don't Go
16. Prisoner's Dream
17. Just A Rose Will Do
18. If You Don't Like Your Uncle Sammy
19. Darlin' Nelly Across The Sea
20. Budded Roses

Customer Reviews:

HYLO IS A LEGEND.......2002-12-13

MY OPINION MIGHT BE BIASED BECAUSE HYLO LIVES WITH MY GRANDFATHER'S SISTER. BUT HE TRULY IS UNDERRATED. HE WROTE SOME INCREDIBLE BALLADS. THE GRANDFATHER FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FAMILY WAS A BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BOY. THEY ARE FROM SOUTHERN OHIO. ROY ROSS (MANDOLIN), RECENTLY DECEASED, PLAYED ON THIS ALBUM. HE HAS A GREAT STYLE SIMILAR TO JESSE MCREYNOLDS. HYLO IS DOING OK ALTHOUGH HE HAS TO WALK WITH CAIN BECAUSE OF A RECENT BRAIN STROKE...

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Blue Ridge Mountain Mandolin Various Artists Manufacturer: Pinecastle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00008L3RV Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Graveltown Road
2. Monroe's Hornpipe - Wayne Benson
3. This Ain't Alabama, Uncle George
4. Cliffhanger - Ronnie McCoury
5. Kickin' Grass - Jesse Brock
6. I'll Fly Away - Wayne Benson
7. Ashokan Farewell - Bobby Osborne
8. Chattanooga Breakdown - Wayne Benson
9. Pass Me Not - Butch Baldassari
10. Andersonville March - Jimmy Bowen
11. Okeechobee Wind - Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne
12. Azalea Waltz - Butch Baldassari
13. Roanoke - Jesse McReynolds
14. Border Ride - Jesse McReynolds

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Moon Behind The Hills Manufacturer: New Old-time Music from the Blue Ridge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000PHI0B4

Product Description

1 Polecat Blues 2 Moon Behind the Hills 3 Ragtime Annie 4 Dry Run Creek 5 Ozark Waltz 6 Pig Ankle Rag 7 Chinese Breakdown 8 High Yellow 9 Black Velvet Waltz 10 Ebenezer 11 Julianne Johnson 12 Walking in My Sleep 13 Snyder Waltz 14 Merry Maiden Polka 15 The Last Shot Got Him 16 Silver Bells 17 My Own House Waltz 18 Texas Quickstep 19 Lorena

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Blue Ridge Mountain Music IV Traditional Childrens Favorites of the Southern Manufacturer: Ivy Creek Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000AWZ5R Release Date: 2003-03-01

Tracks:

1. Buffalo Gals
2. Skip to My Lou
3. The Fox
4. Billy Boy
5. Cindy
6. Ive Been Working on the Railroad
7. Froggy Went A Courtin
8. Shell Be Comin Around the Mountain
9. Goober Peas
10. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
11. Little Brown Jug
12. Polly Wally Doodle
13. Liza Jane
14. Hush-a-Bye

Album Description

A collection of Blue Ridge Mountain folksongs for children featuring the best-loved ballads -- songs that tell a story -- and other traditional songs handed down through the generations.

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Blue Ridge Mountain Music, Volume 2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004U0YO Release Date: 1993-01-01

Tracks:

1. Sourwood Mountain
2. Fair and Tender Ladies
3. Pretty Saro
4. Shady Grove
5. Little Mohee
6. Groundhog
7. Cumberland Gap
8. Little Rosewood Casket
9. Barbara Allen
10. Walking Cane
11. Angel Band
12. Handsome Molly

Album Description

Favorite traditional songs of the southern Appalachians - vocals with fiddle, banjo, guitar and autoharp, with extensive liner notes for each song.

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Blue Ridge Mountain Music, Vol. 1 - Traditional Music of the Southern Appalachians ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004U0YN Release Date: 1991-01-01

Tracks:

1. When You and I Were Young, Maggie
2. Sourwood Mountain
3. Tater Patch
4. Cluck Old Hen
5. Lime Rock
6. Bonaparte's Retreat
7. Asheville
8. Liberty/Soldier's Joy
9. Over the Waterfall
10. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
11. Yellow Rose of Texas
12. Red Wing
13. Old Jimmy Sutton
14. Train on the Island
15. Chinese Breakdown
16. Spanish Fandango

Album Description

Lively banjo and fiddle music in the tradition of the southern Appalachians, accompanied by extensive liner notes about each song.

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Bluegrass and Mountain Music Bill Wells & The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000RIOY2U

Product Description

Traditional Acoustic Bluegrass Music. Bill Wells was raised in the Southwestern part of Virginia, and grew up with Traditional and Bluegrass and Blues and gospel type of music. Son of a Baptist minister who sang in most churches in three counties in the part of Virginia that his father preached in. Has been leader of his own band since 1971 and traveled extensively throughout the midwest and south. This is his fourth recording. 1 Old Salty Dog Blues 2 Carolina Mountains 3 I'll Go Stepping Too 4 Another Night 5 Lee County Breakdown 6 It rains in Missouri 7 Steamboat Whistle Blues 8 My Saro Jane 9 You Are My Flower 10 River Bend 11 I am a man of constant sorrow 12 Home Sweet Home 13 Backing to Birmingham 14 Get in Line Brother

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Blue Ridge Mountain Gospel, Vol. 3 Various Artists Manufacturer: Pinecastle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008L3RX Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Circuit Rider - Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen
2. Fall on Your Knees - Wildfire
3. When the Angels Take My Hand - Nothin' Fancy
4. Sin's Dark Valley - Jim Hurst
5. Grandpa's Walking Cane - The Chapmans
6. Sheltered in the Arms of God - The Village Singers
7. Thank God for the USA - Jim & Jesse
8. When the Walls Come Tumblin' Down - The Special Consensus
9. Heaven (Happy Home Above) - Osborne Brothers
10. I Will Walk in the Valley - David Parmley
11. Do Not Pass Me By [Acappella] - Nothin' Fancy
12. Heavenward Bound - Larry Stephenson
13. Come Unto Me - The Special Consensus
14. When the Angels Carry Me Home - David Parmley
15. Precious Memories - The Village Singers

Music Album:

1. Box of Photographs
2. Brian McComas [Enhanced]
3. Burning Daylight
4. Capitol Years: 1965-1977 [Import]
5. Change
6. Chock Full of Country Goodness
7. Christmasville
8. Chrome
9. Circo
10. Clock Without Hands [Enhanced]

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