Americana Roots: The Essential Album

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Subtitled - The Essential Album. 2002 compilation featuring 34 tracks of the best in bluegrass, folk, blues & old time country. Artists include Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Nanci Griffith, Johnny Cash, Ralph Stanley & many more. Sleevenotes include a detailed track by track commentary. Slipcase.

Tracks:

Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
Heart It in a Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band
Hold on Loosely - .38 Special
Too Much Pork for Just One Fork - Southern Culture on the Skids
Train Kept A Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
Don't Misunderstand Me - Rossington Collins Band
Rumble - Link Wray
B Movie Boxcar Blues - Delbert McClinton
Going Back to Miami - Wayne Cochran
Tiger Rose - Sonny Burgess
Kiss the Blues Goodbye - Grinderswitch
One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band
Memphis - Lonnie Mack
Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
Please Be With Me - Cowboy
Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins

Tracks:

Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
Guitar Town - Steve Earle
Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
So into You - Atlanta Rhythm Section
No Money Down - Duane Allman
Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine - The Kentucky Headhunters
Keep on Smilin' - Wet Willie
Matchbox - Ronnie Hawkins
As Long as Harley Gets to Play - Steve Azar, Steve Azar
Union Man - The Cate Brothers
And Fools Shine On - Brother Cane
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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American Roots: The Essential Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Manteca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006F7XY
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

Man Of Constant Sorrow - Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
The Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock
You Are My Sunshine - Gene Autry
Get In Line Brother (If You Want To Go Home) - Flatt & Scruggs
Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James
Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys
Take Me Back To Happy Valley - The Bailey Brothers
Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me - Mississippi John Hurt
Freight Train Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
Take Me To The Mountains - Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals
My Better Years - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Leaving Cottondale - Alison Brown
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

Tracks:

Duelling Banjos - Eric Weissberg
Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan
Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal
If I Could Only Win Your Love - The Louvin Brothers
Deeper Well - Emmylou Harris
Fools Gold - Poco
Penny To My Name - Eva Cassidy
Tomorrow I'll Be Gone - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Banks Of The Pontchartrain - Nanci Griffith
Trouble I've Had It All My Days - Mississippi John Hurt
I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent - Dave Grisman
West Virginia My Home - Hazel Dickens
Weeping Willow - The Country Gentlemen
You'll Get No More Out Of Me - The Lynn Morris Band
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs
I Fought The Law - Hank Williams Jr.
Orange Blossom Special - The Charlie Daniels Band

Album Description

Subtitled - The Essential Album. 2002 compilation featuring 34 tracks of the best in bluegrass, folk, blues & old time country. Artists include Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Nanci Griffith, Johnny Cash, Ralph Stanley & many more. Sleevenotes include a detailed track by track commentary. Slipcase.

Album Details

Since the Soundtrack to the Movie "o Brother, Where Art Thou?" Became a Surprise and Massive Hit Album Selling Over Two Million CDs and Winning a Grammy to Boot, There Has Been a Multitude of Average Bluegrass Compilation Albums Released Without Thought Or Reason to Cash in on this Newly Created Demand. Here at Last is a Quality Compilation that Fulfils the Expectations of Both the Casual and More Knowing Consumer Perfectly that Not Only Traces the Early Pioneers of this Now Popular American Genre but also their Influence on Some of Today's Biggest Names in Modern Day American Music. "American Roots: The Essential Album" is a Well Balanced Mix of the Old and the More Recent that Serves Not Only as a Perfect Introduction to this Expanding Genre but also a Must have Purchase for the Collector. However Most Importantly this Release Makes Both Interesting and Enjoyable Listening to all Those who have it in their CD Player!

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