Rural String Bands of Tennessee / County CD-3511

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County CD 3511 / This, the 2nd in an ongoing series of anthologies devoted to early commercial rural recordings of the South shows some of the riches to be found in the Volunteer state between 1925 & 1930. Lovers of old-time string bands will find a bunch of gems in these 18 tracks here that feature stellar performances. Fine notes by Charles Wolfe, good sound and photos of almost all the bands highlight this super collection. (The disc contains no recordings by the early Opry bands—those are to be covered in a separate release).

1     Greenback Dollar – Weems String Band

2     Everybody Two-Step – Roane County Ramblers

3     Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase – Vance’s Tennessee Breakdowners

4     Saro – Warren Caplinger’s Cumberland Mountain Entertainers

5     Forked Deer – Charlie Bowman and his Brothers

6     Johnson Boys – Grant Brothers

7     Boll Weevil – W. A. Lindsey & Alvin Condor

8     Going Down The Lee Highway– Grayson & Whitter

9     Preacher Got Drunk And Laid His Bible Down – Tennessee Ramblers

10     Davy – Weems String Band

11     Alabama Trot – Roane County Ramblers

12     Baby Call Your Dog Off – Ridgel’s Fountain Citians

13     Green Valley Waltz – McCartt Brothers & Patterson

14     Moonshiner And His Money – Charlie Bowman and his Brothers

15     On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee – Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker

16     The Old Hen Cackled  – Young Brothers & Homer Davenport

17     I’m Sad And Blue – Perry County Music Makers

18     Tennessee Breakdown – Vance’s Tennessee Breakdowners