Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music [Import]

Product Description:
Women in America began staking a claim in country music long before recording equipment existed. The women country singers are the ones known as the Flowers in the Wildwood and on this disc they sing their old time country music in high sweet voices with only the sparsest of instrumental accompaniment. Though edging out from folk tradition, this music is made by women who were for the most part commercial country singers, because that's who typically made it onto records and the radio, after all. This collection dates from the decade before World War II, with a few precious offerings reaching back as far as the 1920s. These 25 rare recordings, released by Germany's quirky Trikont label, seem untouched by modern technology. 2005.

Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music,Various Artists,Trikont,Country Collections,Country/Bluegrass

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Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music, 1923-1939 Various Artists Manufacturer: Trikont ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Yodeling, 1911-1946 American Primitive, Vol. 2 All the Roadrunning ASIN: B0000942J5 Release Date: 2005-05-16

Tracks:

1. Wish I Was a Single Girl Again
2. Single Life - Roba Stanley
3. I Left Her Standing There - DeZurik Sisters
4. Flowers Blooming in the Wildwood - Coon Creek Girls
5. She Came Rollin' Down the Mountain
6. Just Another Broken Heart - The Carter Family
7. Round-Up Time in Texas - The Girls of the Golden West
8. We Are Climbing - Chuck Wagon Gang
9. My Man's a Jolly Railroad Man - Moonshine Kate
10. My Poncho Pony - Patsy Montana
11. Lorena
12. All the Good Times Are Past and Gone - Fred Gossett,
13. Round Town Girls
14. Home-Coming Week
15. Brother, Be Ready for That Day - Grady Cole, Hazel Cole
16. On the Banks of the Old Tennessee
17. Kentucky Miner's Wife (Ragged Hungery Blues), Pt.1 - Aunt Molly Jackson
18. Go to Sleep My Darling - DeZurik Sisters
19. Walking in the King's Highway - The Carter Family
20. My Loved Ones Are Waiting for Me
21. Little Birdie - Coon Creek Girls
22. Big-Eyed Rabbit - Samantha Bumgarner, Eva Davis
23. How'm I Doin' ?
24. Prayer
25. With My Banjo on My Knee Blues - Louisiana Lou

Album Description

Women in America began staking a claim in country music long before recording equipment existed. The women country singers are the ones known as the Flowers in the Wildwood and on this disc they sing their old time country music in high sweet voices with only the sparsest of instrumental accompaniment. Though edging out from folk tradition, this music is made by women who were for the most part commercial country singers, because that's who typically made it onto records and the radio, after all. This collection dates from the decade before World War II, with a few precious offerings reaching back as far as the 1920s. These 25 rare recordings, released by Germany's quirky Trikont label, seem untouched by modern technology. 2005.

Album Details

Once Again, Germany's Ever-idiosyncratic Trikont Label Brings Us Another Collection to Kill For. Neo-hill Billies Such as Gillian Welch, Natalie Merchant and Freakwater Take their Musical Cues from Many of the Outfits from this Period. It's Worth Buying this Album for the Names Alone - Fred and Gertrude Gossett, the Coon Creek Girls, Samantha Bumgarner and Eva Davis, Mr and Mrs J W Baker, and the Astonishing Dezurik Ssisters, Whose Yodelling Acrobatics Will Make Your Hair Stand on End.

Average customer rating: Fantastic material, excellent compilation Fabulous

Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music, 1923-1939 Various Artists Manufacturer: Trikont ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009YOVP Release Date: 2003-12-01

Tracks:

1. Wish I Was a Single Girl Again
2. Single Life - Roba Stanley
3. I Left Her Standing There - DeZurik Sisters
4. Flowers Blooming in the Wildwood - Coon Creek Girls
5. She Came Rollin' Down the Mountain
6. Just Another Broken Heart - The Carter Family
7. Round-Up Time in Texas - The Girls of the Golden West
8. We Are Climbing - Chuck Wagon Gang
9. My Man's a Jolly Railroad Man - Moonshine Kate
10. My Poncho Pony - Patsy Montana
11. Lorena
12. All the Good Times Are Past and Gone - Fred Gossett,
13. Round Town Girls
14. Home-Coming Week
15. Brother, Be Ready for That Day - Grady Cole, Hazel Cole
16. On the Banks of the Old Tennessee
17. Kentucky Miner's Wife (Ragged Hungery Blues), Pt.1 - Aunt Molly Jackson
18. Go to Sleep My Darling - DeZurik Sisters
19. Walking in the King's Highway - The Carter Family
20. My Loved Ones Are Waiting for Me
21. Little Birdie - Coon Creek Girls
22. Big-Eyed Rabbit - Samantha Bumgarner, Eva Davis
23. How'm I Doin' ?
24. Prayer
25. With My Banjo on My Knee Blues - Louisiana Lou

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic material, excellent compilation.......2007-06-09

This album turned me on to some fabulous folk and gospel singers I'd never heard before - like the Dezurik Sisters, whose synchronized chirps and yodels are pitch-perfect as well as entertaining, and the Chuck Wagon Gang, who seem to have taken a jar of happy pills before launching into "We Are Climbing." Other favorites: the Aaron Sisters, Patsy Montana, and the sometimes frightening Roba Stanley. Other songs are hit-or-miss, but the 8 or 9 gems make this a disc worth having for any early country or bluegrass fan. Liner notes are excellent as well. -AR

Fabulous.......2004-04-04

This cd collects early country music made by women 1923-1939. Except for Patsy Montana and The Carter Family, most of the songs here are from obscure artists. The booklet is informative and goes over the history and struggle of these women, each artist in the disc is discussed. A lot of the songs featured on the cd are rare. The most creative group here is the DeZurik Sisters, who incorporated the sounds of their barn animals into their yodeling. They're not only original but they have great harmony. Another song that stood out was Louisiana Lou's bluesy With my Bango on my Knee Blues. The music here may have come from a long while ago but much of the material here is inventive.

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