J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers – Run Mountain CD 456

Description

CD 456

One of the great mountain fiddlers, J.E. Mainer also played old-timey banjo and was a fine singer and entertainer. J.E. gained his initial fame in the mid-1930s with his brother Wade but continued to play music his entire life. In the early 1950s when he recorded for the King label, his children joined the “family band.” These 1963 recordings present J.E.’s family at their energetic best!

1. Mississippi Sawyer
2. Ramshackle Shack (Sparkling Brown Eyes)
3. Run Mountain
4. Short Life Of Trouble
5. If I Lose Let Me Lose
6. Greenback Dollar
7. Seven And A Half
8. Don’t Go Out Little Darling
9. Over In The Gloryland
10. The Country Blues
11. Hop Along Peter
12. He’s Coming To Us Dead
13. Crying Holy
14. Oh Those Tombs
15. Rhythm Blues
16. Two Little Rosebuds
17. Sally Goodin’
18. Maple On The Hill
19. My Home’s In Louisiana
20. Wild Bill Jones
21. Shake My Mother’s Hand For Me
22. I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
23. Mama Don’t Allow

REVIEW

“. . . [J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers] played what we now call old-time music, and you can hear the roots of bluegrass in their sound . . . Mainer and crew provide over 70 rousing minutes of rambunctious fiddle tunes, charming old songs, and a few gsospel numbers. These down-home performances are loads of fun, and highly recommended.”

(Al Reiss — Dirty Linen)