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American Epic: The Collection

Clarence Ashley, Memphis Jug Band, Bukka White, Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers, Frank Stokes, Dan Sane (guitar), Andrew & Jim Baxter, Alfred G. Karnes, Joe Calicott (guitar), Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Bentley Boys, Whistler's Jug Band, Weems String Band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Carter Family,...

  • Release Date: 12th May 2017
  • Catalogue No: G010003700874Q
  • Label: Columbia
  • Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

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Contents

Thomas Clarence Ashley: The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo)

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  • Clarence Ashley

J.B. Jones, Will Shade: On the Road Again

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  • Memphis Jug Band

trad.: The Panama Limited

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  • Bukka White

Hoyt Ming: Indian War Whoop

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  • Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers

P. Grainger, E. Robbins: 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1

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  • Frank Stokes, Dan Sane (guitar)

Andrew Baxter, Jim Baxter: K. C. Railroad Blues

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  • Andrew & Jim Baxter

Alfred Karnes: I Am Bound for the Promised Land

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  • Alfred G. Karnes

Garfield Akers: Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2

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  • Joe Calicott (guitar)

A. Lomax, J.A. Lomax: I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground

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  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford

trad.: Down On Penny's Farm

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  • Bentley Boys

trad.: Foldin' Bed

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  • Whistler's Jug Band

trad.: Greenback Dollar

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  • Weems String Band

Mattie Delaney: Tallahatchie River Blues

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Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods: Walk Right In

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  • Cannon's Jug Stompers

A.P. Carter: Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow

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  • The Carter Family

trad.: Old Dog Blue

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  • Jim Jackson

trad.: Bayou Teche

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  • Columbus Fruge

Tommy Johnson: Cool Drink of Water Blues

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J. P. Nestor: Train On the Island

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  • Norman Edmonds (fiddle)

trad.: My Heart Keeps Singing

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  • Elder J.E. Burch

Julius Daniels: Ninety-Nine Year Blues

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trad.: I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham

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  • Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers

trad.: Death's Black Train Is Coming

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  • Rev. J.M. Gates

Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting for a Train

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  • C.L. Hutchison (cornet), James Rickard (clarinet), John Westbrook (steel guitar), Dean Bryan (guitar), George MacMillan (bass)

trad.: Darling, Where Have You Been So Long?

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  • Tenneva Ramblers

trad.: Rocky Road

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  • Alabama Sacred Harp Singers

Amadie Breaux: Ma Blond Est Partie

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  • Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux, Ophey Breaux, Cleoma Breaux

Thomas Ashley, Dock Walsh: Peg and Awl

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  • Carolina Tar Heels

trad.: Chocolate to the Bone

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  • Barbecue Bob

trad.: Down On Me

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  • Eddie Head and Family

trad.: Prenez Courage

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  • Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux, Cleoma Breaux

trad.: Pickin' Off Peanuts

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  • Dilly and his Dill Pickles

Hubert A. Nelson, James D. Touchstone: Just Because

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  • Nelstone's Hawaiians

trad.: Dupree Blues

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  • Willie Walker

trad.: Ladies On the Steamboat

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  • Burnett & Rutherford

Willie McTell: Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day 

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  • Blind Willie McTell

Pedro Flores: Cecilia

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  • Cuarteto Flores

trad.: La Coquetera

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  • Los Borinquenos

L. Barcelata: Coconito

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  • Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho

C. Friend, I. Mills: Lovesick Blues

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  • Emmett Miller

Bill Broonzy: Long Tall Mama

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  • Big Bill Broonzy

trad.: John Henry Blues

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  • Two Poor Boys, Joe Evans (vocal), Arthur McClain (vocal)

Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, John Lomax: Mr. Tom Hughes' Town

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  • Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter

John Hurt: Louis Collins

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  • Mississippi John Hurt

Gary Davis: I Am The Light of the World

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  • Blind Gary Davis

R. McGee: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

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  • Rev. F.W. McGee

trad.: Chant of the Eagle Dance

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  • Hopi Indian Chanters

trad.: Hilo Hula

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  • Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders

Charlie Poole: If The River Was Whiskey

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  • Odell Smith (fiddle), Roy Harvey (guitar)

trad.: Stackalee

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  • Frank Hutchison

trad.: The Wreck of the '97

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  • Ernest Stoneman, Kahle Brewer (fiddle), Bolen Frost (banjo)

trad.: Faded Coat of Blue

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  • Buell Kazee, Bert Hirsch (fiddle), Carson Robinson (guitar)

R. D. Boggs: Country Blues

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  • Dock Boggs

trad.: Sail Away Ladies

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  • Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers

trad.: Sail Away Lady

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  • Uncle Bunt Stephens

trad.: Sally Gooden                                 

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  • Eck Robertson

trad.: Arkansas Traveller

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  • Don Richardson

Lane Hardin: Hard Time Blues

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Charley Patton: Down the Dirt Road Blues

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Gus Cannon: Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home

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  • Banjo Joe, Blind Blake (guitar)

trad.: Hastings Street

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  • Blind Blake, Charlie Spand

Blind Lemon Jefferson: See That My Grave's Kept Clean

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trad.: Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning

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  • Golden Melody Boys

trad.: New Orleans Stop Time

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  • Memphis Minnie, Bumblebee Slim, Black Bob (piano)

trad.: Prove It On Me Blues

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  • Ma Rainey, Georgia Tom Dorsey (piano), Martell Pettiford (banjo), Herman Brown (drums)

trad.: Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand

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  • Williamson Brothers & Curry, Arnold Curry (banjo)

trad.: Last Kind Words Blues

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  • Geeshie Wiley

Henry Clifford: Banjoreno

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  • Dixieland Jug Blowers, Clifford Hayes (violin), Lockwood Lewis (saxophone), Cal Smith (banjo), Freddie Smith (banjo), Curtis Hayes (banjo)

Frank Stokes, Dan Sane: It's a Good Thing

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  • Beale Street Sheiks

trad.: Trust In God and Do the Right

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  • Blind Willie Davis

John Estes: Someday Baby Blues

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  • Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon (harmonica)

trad.: Lonesome Road Blues

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  • Sam Collins

trad.: Future Blues

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  • Willie Brown

trad.: Bull Doze Blues

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  • Henry Thomas

trad.: Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane)

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  • Massey Family, Larry Wellington (accordion), Larry Wellington (piano), Milt Mabie (bass)

Dick Justice: Henry Lee aka Young Hunting

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William Moore: Old Country Rock

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Delma Lachney, Blind Uncle Gaspard: La Danseuse

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  • Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard

Son House: My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2

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Skip James: Cypress Grove Blues

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Johnson, R: Cross Road Blues

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Lydia Mendoza: Mal Hombre

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Polite "Frenchy" Christian: Sunshine Special

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  • Frenchy's String Band

Reverend Robert Wilkins: Old Jim Canan's

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  • Robert Wilkins, Ernest Lawlers (guitar)

Amédé Ardoin, Dennis McGee: Les Blues De Voyage

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  • Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee

trad.: The Lost Child

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  • Stripling Brothers

trad.: I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days

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  • Jaybird Coleman

trad.: Tomi Tomi

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  • Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders, Sol K. Bright

B. Carter, W. Jacobs: Sittin' On Top of the World

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  • Mississippi Sheiks

Robert Brown: James Alley Blues

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  • Richard Rabbit Brown

Hall, H: The Indian Tom Tom

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  • Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band

trad.: Blues In a Bottle

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  • Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers

Bartmont Montet: Je Me Suis En Alle

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  • Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis, Joswell Dupuis

Blind Willie Johnson: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

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trad.: E Mama Ea

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  • Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette

trad.: Ghost Dance

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  • Truett & George

Roosevelt Graves: Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus)

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  • Roosevelt Graves & Brother

Joseph Falcon: Allons A Lafayette

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  • Cleoma Breaux (guitar)

trad.: Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2

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  • Los Madrugadores

Washington Phillips: Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2)

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