Babies in the Mill

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With songs about life's hard truths and simple pleasures, it's no wonder that country music thrived during the Depression. An unheralded veteran of that era, Dixon offers haunting and brutally honest music that bypasses the brain and pierces your very soul. Dismal laments of life in the textile mills accompany parlor songs about truckers, burglars, and childhood innocence. Most of the album stems from 1962, when a 65-year-old Dixon was recorded in his hometown of East Rockingham, North Carolina. His grizzled voice has the unrefined authenticity of a man who was a mill worker first and musician second. His jagged, idiosyncratic fingerpicking lends character to his originals and reworked sacred and secular traditionals. One original, "Wreck on the Highway," became a classic in Roy Acuff's hands. Sister Nancy, who began mill work at the age of 8, contributes rough-edged solo versions of 19th-century mill songs, which Dorsey then reprises with guitar. The highpoints, however, are three cuts Dorsey recorded with brother Howard in the 1930s, which feature the yodeling, intimate harmonies, and spare guitar/steel guitar arrangements of the classic brother-duo format. --Marc Greilsamer

Babies in the Mill,Dorsey Dixon,Hmg Records,Country & Western,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Old-Timey,Pop,Traditional Country

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Babies in the Mill Dorsey Dixon Manufacturer: Hmg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003OJ6 Release Date: 1998-01-13

Tracks:

1. Babies In The Mill
2. Weave Room Blues
3. I Saw The Wood
4. Across The Shining River
5. Hard Times In Here - Nancy Dixon
6. Hard Times In Here
7. Christmas Cake
8. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
9. Be At Home Soon Toinght
10. Pin Ball Machine
11. Wreck Of Old 97
12. Factory Girl - Nancy Dixon
13. Factory Girl
14. Weaver's Life
15. Burglar Man
16. Wreck On The Highway
17. Somebody Touched Me
18. Our Johnny
19. Girl I Left In Danville

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With songs about life's hard truths and simple pleasures, it's no wonder that country music thrived during the Depression. An unheralded veteran of that era, Dixon offers haunting and brutally honest music that bypasses the brain and pierces your very soul. Dismal laments of life in the textile mills accompany parlor songs about truckers, burglars, and childhood innocence. Most of the album stems from 1962, when a 65-year-old Dixon was recorded in his hometown of East Rockingham, North Carolina. His grizzled voice has the unrefined authenticity of a man who was a mill worker first and musician second. His jagged, idiosyncratic fingerpicking lends character to his originals and reworked sacred and secular traditionals. One original, "Wreck on the Highway," became a classic in Roy Acuff's hands. Sister Nancy, who began mill work at the age of 8, contributes rough-edged solo versions of 19th-century mill songs, which Dorsey then reprises with guitar. The highpoints, however, are three cuts Dorsey recorded with brother Howard in the 1930s, which feature the yodeling, intimate harmonies, and spare guitar/steel guitar arrangements of the classic brother-duo format. --Marc Greilsamer

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