Recording Details

SFW40090
Anthology of American Folk Music
Various Artists


Notes - NOTE: The bonus feature on disc 3-B will only play on Windows 98 or earlier. This deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book with essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. It also includes a copy of Harry Smith's original liner notes. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM drive and access historic video footage, rare photos, artist interviews, and additional background information. Edited by Harry Smith. Reissue compiled by the staff of Smithsonian Folkways. Reissue liner notes by Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Luis Kemnitzer and others. "...[T]he missing link in rock's official history." — Newsweek; ***** (five stars) — Rolling Stone

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Country(s) - United States

Culture Group(s) - African American; Cajun; European American; Anglo-American

Keyword(s) - Ballads; Banjo music; Blues; Cajun music; Choral music; Country music; Cowboys--Songs and music; Fiddle tunes; Gospel music; Jug band music; Novelty songs; Old-time music; Popular music--United States; Sermons; Shape note singing; Songsters; Spirituals (Songs); String band

Instrument(s) - Accordion; Autoharp; Banjo; Banjo-mandolin; Bass; Bottleneck (Guitar playing); Drum; Ensemble leader; Fiddle; Folk ensemble; Guitar; Harmonica; Hawaiian guitar; Jug; Kazoo; Mandolin; Organ; Piano; Quills (Musical instrument); Tambourine (Drum); Tambourine; Triangle (Musical instrument); Trombone; Trumpet; Vocals; Vocals, group

Language(s) - English; French

Year of Release - 1997

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage




Tracks -
101 Henry Lee
Dick Justice
Duration:3:28




102 Fatal flower garden
Nelstone's Hawaiians
Duration:2:58




103 The house carpenter
Clarence Ashley
Duration:3:16




104 Drunkard's special
Coley Jones
Duration:3:16




105 Old lady and the devil
Bill and Belle Reed
Duration:3:05




106 The butcher's boy
Buell Kazee
Duration:3:05




107 The wagoner's lad
Buell Kazee
Duration:3:05




108 King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
Chubby Parker
Duration:3:09




109 Old shoes and leggins
Uncle Eck Dunford
Duration:3:01




110 Willie Moore
Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford
Duration:3:16




111 A lazy farmer boy
Buster Carter and Preston Young
Duration:3:00




112 Peg and awl
The Carolina Tar Heels
Duration:2:59




113 Ommie Wise
G.B. Grayson
Duration:3:12




114 My name is John Johanna
Kelly Harrell and the Virginia String Band
Duration:3:13




201 Bandit Cole Younger
Edward L. Crain
Duration:2:57




202 Charles Giteau
Kelly Harrel and the Virginia String Band
Duration:3:05




203 John Hardy was a desperate little man
The Carter Family
Duration:2:57




204 Gonna die with my hammer in my hand (John Henry)
The Williamson Brothers and Curry
Duration:3:26




205 Stackalee (Stagger Lee)
Frank Hutchison
Duration:3:01




206 White House blues
Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers
Duration:3:31




207 Frankie
Mississippi John Hurt
Duration:3:28




208 When that great ship went down (The Titanic)
William and Versey Smith
Duration:2:58




209 Engine 143
The Carter Family
Duration:3:19




210 Kassie Jones, Parts 1 and 2
Furry Lewis
Duration:6:16




211 Down on Penny's Farm
The Bently Boys
Duration:2:50




212 Mississippi Boweavil (Boll Weevil) Blues
The Masked Marvel
Duration:3:09




213 Got the farm land blues
The Carolina Tar Heels
Duration:3:17




301 Sail away lady
Uncle Bunt Stephens
Duration:2:58




302 The wild wagoner
Jilson Setters
Duration:3:17




303 Wake up Jacob
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
Duration:2:55




304 La danseuse
Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard
Duration:2:56




305 Georgia stomp
Andrew and Jim Baxter
Duration:2:47




306 Brilliancy medley
Eck Robertson and Family
Duration:3:01




307 Indian war whoop
Hoyt "Floyd" Ming and his Pep-Steppers
Duration:3:13




308 Old country stomp
Henry Thomas
Duration:2:55




309 Old dog blue
Jim Jackson
Duration:3:04




310 Saut Crapaud
Columbus Fruge
Duration:2:49




311 Acadian One-Step
Joseph Falcon
Duration:3:00




312 Home Sweet Home
The Breaux Freres
Duration:3:00




313 The Newport Blues
The Cincinnati Jug Band
Duration:2:58




314 Moonshiner's Dance Part One
Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra
Duration:2:40




401 Must Be Born Again
Rev. J.M. Gates
Duration:1:31




402 Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting
Rev. J.M. Gates
Duration:1:29




403 Rocky Road
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
Duration:2:45




404 Present Joys
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
Duration:2:53




405 This Song of Love
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1
Duration:2:58




406 Judgement
Rev. Sister Mary Nelson
Duration:2:25




407 He Got Better Things For You
Memphis Sanctified Singers
Duration:2:54




408 Since I Laid My Burden Down
The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers
Duration:3:19




409 John the Baptist
Rev. Moses Mason
Duration:3:05




410 Dry Bones
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Duration:3:00




411 John the Revelator
Blind Willie Johnson
Duration:3:21




412 Little Moses
The Carter Family
Duration:3:14




413 Shine on Me
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
Duration:3:03




414 Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Rev. F.M. McGee
Duration:2:43




415 I'm In the Battlefield for My Lord
Rev. D.C. Rice and His Sanctified Congregation
Duration:3:20




501 The Coo Coo Bird
Clarence Ashley
Duration:2:56




502 East Virginia
Buell Kazee
Duration:3:01




503 Minglewood Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers with Noah Lewis
Duration:3:44




504 I Woke Up One Morning In May
Didier Hébert
Duration:3:04




505 James Alley Blues
Richard "Rabbit" Brown
Duration:3:07




506 Sugar Baby
Dock Boggs
Duration:2:58




507 I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Duration:3:21




508 The Mountaineer's Courtship
Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
Duration:2:44




509 The Spanish Merchant's Daughter (No, Sir No)
The Stoneman Family
Duration:3:18




510 Bob Lee Junior Blues
The Memphis Jug Band
Duration:3:11




511 Single Girl, Married Girl
The Carter Family
Duration:2:47




512 Le Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme (The Drunkard and His Wife)(bon viuex mari)
Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon
Duration:3:10




513 Rabbit Foot Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Duration:2:57




514 Expressman Blues
Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell
Duration:3:02




601 Poor Boy Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
Duration:2:24




602 Feather Bed
Cannon's Jug Stompers
Duration:3:16




603 Country Blues
Dock Boggs
Duration:2:59




604 99 Year Blues
Julius Daniels
Duration:3:07




605 Prison Cell Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Duration:2:47




606 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Duration:2:55




607 C'est Si Triste Sans Lui
Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon
Duration:3:01




608 Way Down the Old Plank Road
Uncle Dave Macon
Duration:3:01




609 Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line
Uncle Dave Macon
Duration:3:15




610 Spike Driver Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
Duration:3:17




611 K.C. Moan
The Memphis Jug Band
Duration:2:33




612 Train on the Island
J.P. Nestor
Duration:3:00




613 The Lone Star Trail
Ken Maynard
Duration:3:15




614 Fishing Blues
Henry Thomas
Duration:2:45