Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• User Notes
• 1. The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane - Fiddlin' John Carson (Okeh 4890) (1923)
• 2. Silly Bill/Old Time Cinda - The Hill Billies (Okeh 40294) (1925)
• 3. Woman's Suffrage - George Reneau (Vocalion 14999) (1925)
• 4. The Death of Floyd Collins/Little Mary Phagan - Vernon Dalhart (Columbia 15031-D) (1925)
• 5. When the Work's All Done This Fall - Carl T. Sprague (Victor 19747) (1925)
• 6. Seneca Square Dance/Echoes of the Ozarks - Fiddlin' Sam Long (Gennett 3284) (1926)
• 7. Wish to the Lord I Had Never Been Born - Luther B. Clarke Accomp. by Blue Ridge Highballers (Columbia
• 15096-D) (1926)
• 8. Where We'll Never Grow Old/Pictures from Life's Other Side - Smith's Sacred Singers (Columbia 15090-D)
• (1926)
• 9. Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Sweet Bunch of Daisies - McMichen's Melody Men (Columbia 15111-D) (1926)
• 10. I'm a Stern Old Bachelor - Chubby Parker (Silvertone 5012) (1927)
• 11. Going Slow/Spartanburg Blues - Homer Christopher and Raney Van Vink (Okeh 45117) (1927)
• 12. Carbolic Rag/Stone Mountain Wobble - Scottdale String Band (Okeh 45118) (1927)
• 13. Chain Gang Special/Walk Right in Belmont - Watts and Wilson (Paramount 3019) (1927)
• 14. Gray Eagle/Forked Deer - Hill's Virginia Mountaineers [Taylor's Kentucky Boys] (Silvertone 8183) (1927)
• 15. The Picture on the Wal/My Carolina Girl - Georgia Yellow Hammers (Victor 20943) (1927)
• 16. You Can't Make a Monkey out of Me - Eva Quartette with W. J. Smith (Gennett 6239) (1927)
• 17. A Corn Licker Still in Georgia-Parts 1 and 2 - Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris, Bob Nichols and Bill Brown (Columbia 15201-D) (1927)
• 18. Blue Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers (Victor 21142) (1927)
• 19. Combination Rag - East Texas Serenaders (Columbia 15229-D) (1927)
• 20. Davy/Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band (Columbia 15300-D) (1927)
• 21. Handy Man/I Tickled 'Em - New Arkansas Travelers (Victor 21288) (1928)
• 22. Hog Eye - Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers (Victor 21295) (1928)
• 23. The Bluefield Murder - Roy Harvey and North Carolina Ramblers (Brunswick 250) (1928)
• 24. A Fiddler's Contest - The Tennessee Ramblers (Brunswick 257) (1928)
• 25. Rye Waltz/Medley-Scottische - Bob Skiles Four Old Tuners (Okeh 45211) (1928)
• 26.Hallelujah! I'm a Bum/The Bum Song/Mac- (Harry McClintock) (Victor 21343) (1928)
• 27. Home Again Medley - Red Mountain Trio (Columbia 15260-D) (1928)
• 28. A Red-Headed Widow Was the Cause of It All/Don't Get One Woman on Your Mind - Willard Hodgin (Banjo Joe) (Victor 21485) (1928)
• 29. Stay in the Wagon Yard - Peg Moreland (Victor V-40008) (1928)
• 30. Eleven Cent Cotton Forty Cent Meat-Parts 1 and 2 - Bob Ferguson [Bob Miller] (Co 15297-D) (1928)
• 31. Lindy/Louise - Proximity String Quartet (Columbia 15533-D) (1928)
• 32. When the Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger - Earl Shirkey and Roy Harper [Roy Harvey] (Columbia 15326-D) (1928)
• 33. Just Over the River/Beautiful - Garland Brothers and Grinstead (Columbia 15679-D) (1928)
• 34. The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers (Vocalion 5321) (1928)
• 35. Who Broke the Lock on the Hen-House Door?/She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes - H. M. Barnes and His Blue Ridge Ramblers (Brunswick 310) (1929)
• 36. Wimbush Rag/Barrow County Stomp - Theo. and Gus Clark (Okeh 45339) (1929)
• 37. Birmingham Jail/Six Months Ain't Long - Ezra Hill and Henry Johnson [Robinette and Moore]/ Marlow and Young [Rutherford and Foster] (Champion 15750) (1929)
• 38. Henry Ford's Model A/Married Life Blues - Oscar Ford (Columbia 15437-D) (1929)
• 39. Flop Eared Mule/Lynchburg Town - The Highlanders (Paramount 3171) (1929)
• 40.Levee Breaking Blues-Parts I and II - Happy Bud Harrison (Vocalion 5332) (1929)
• 41. Over the Hills to the Poorhouse- W. C. Childers (Champion 45166) (1929)
• 42. Haunted Hunter - Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) (Victor V-40241) (1929)
• 43. Lonely Cowboy-Parts 1 and 2 - Arthur Miles (Victor V-40156) (1929)
• 44. Sugar Hill/Fresno Blues - Dad Crockett/Johnny & Albert Crockett (Brunswick 372) (1929)
• 45. Tim Brook -Carver Boys (Paramount 3199) (1929)
• 46. Tennessee Coon Hunt/Hen Cacklin' Piece - Whit Gaydon (Victor V-40315) (1929)
• 47. Where the Sweet Magnolias Bloom - Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers (Victor V-4184) (1929)
• 48. Three Men Went a Hunting - Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots (Columbia 15496-D) (1929)
• 49 .Down on Penny's Farm- The Bentley Boys (Columbia 15565-D) (1929)
• 50.The Fate of Rhoda Sweetin- Charles Freshour and the Lonely Eagles (Paramount 3247) (1929)
• 51. Cotton Mill Girl - Earl McCoy and Jessie Brock (Columbia 15499-D) (1929)
• 52.The Roamin' Musician - Bill Tuttle (Columbia 15697-D) (1929)
• 53.That's the Blue Heaven for Me/Since I've Grown So Used to You - George E. Harris (Columbia 15543-D) (1930)
• 54.Streak o' Lean-Streak o' Fat- A. A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly (Vocalion 5430) (1930)
• 55. Salvation Is for All - Rev. Edward Boone (Gennett 7248) (1930)
• 56. The Bald Headed End of the Broom/The Nick Nack Song - Ridgel's Fountain Citians (Vocalion 5455)
• (1930)
• 57. Forty Per Cent - Earl McCoy, Alfred Meng and Clem Garner (Columbia 15622-D) (1930)
• 58. I've Got the Chain Store Blues - Allen Brothers (Victor V-40276) (1930)
• 59.My Father Doesn't Love Me - Louis McDaniel-Gid Smith [Lewis McDaniel] (Timely Tunes C-1560) (1930)
• 60. Flat Wheel Train Blues-Nos. 1 and 2 - Red Gay and Jack Wellman (Brunswick 523) (1930)
• 61. Got the Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers (Victor 23508) (1930)
• 62.The Night Herding Song-Marc Williams (Panachord 25510) (1930)
• 63. Eleven More Months and Ten More Days-Parts 1 and 2 - Colt Brothers acc. Rex Cole Mountaineers (Panachord 25029) (1931)
• 64. When Katie Comes Down to the Gate/A Little White Rose - Murphy Bros. (Superior 2716) (1931)
• 65. Prosperity Is Just Around Which Corner?/What Are You Squawkin' About?-Carson Robison Trio (Conqueror 7935) (1932)
• 66.That's My Rabbit-My Dog Caught It - Walter Family (Champion S-16653) (1933)
• 67.Chinatown, My Chinatown- Milton Brown and His Brownies (Decca 5166) (1935)
• 68. Bankhead Blues - Nations Brothers (Shelton and Marshall) (Vocalion 03118) (1935)
• 69. Feels Good/Let Me Play with It - Hartman's Heart Breakers (Bluebird B-6481) (1936)
• 70. Those Rambling Blues - Steelman Sisters (Melotone 6-11-69) (1936)
• 71. Courtin'/V-8 Blues- Three Tobacco Tags (Bluebird B-6730) (1936)
• 72. Wondering - Riverside Ramblers (Bluebird B-6926) (1937)
• 73. The Last Letter - Rex Griffin (Decca 5383) (1937)
• 74. Hello Stranger - The Carter Family (Decca 5479) (1937)
• 75. Cotton Mill Blues - Lester (The Highway Man) [Lester Pete Bivins] (Decca 5559) (1938)
• 76. Guitar Blues/Sweet Hawaiian Chimes- The DeZurik Sisters (Caroline and Mary Jane) (Conqueror 9252)
• (1938)
• 77. Truck Driver's Blues - Cliff Bruner and His Boys (Decca 5725) (1939)
• 78. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Vocalion/Okeh 05694) (1940)
• Sources
• General Bibliography
• Timeline
• Index