Across the Blue Ridge #98- Listening to the Classics

This week we present an encore broadcast of one of our popular “listening session” shows.  We dig into the riches of early country music recordings to hear classics of old time mountain, white and African-American gospel, blues, classic country and bluegrass. Host Paul Brown guides us through the fascinating stories of artists, the unique sounds they produced, and the evolution of southern American traditional music from the days of the first major commercial recordings in the 1920s to the bluegrass era.  Hear from greats including Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys,  The Delmore Brothers, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Hazel & Alice and many more.

Playlist

1. Lost Girl
   New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
   Bogtrotter Blues
    
2. Maple On the Hill
   Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
   Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    
3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
   Monroe Brothers
   Just A Song Of Old Kentucky Vol. 2
    
4. My Long Journey Home
   Monroe Brothers
   What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul 
    
5. Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord
   Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
   Mule Skinner Blues
    
6. I'm Living Down Here On Borrowed Land
   Silvertone Gospel Harmonizers
   WPAQ: Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains
    
7. We Are Drinking From The Fountain
   Stanley Brothers
   Amazng Grace Bluegrass Gospel
    
8. Brushy Run
   Art Stamper
   Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston
    
9. Break 1 - Speed The Plow
   Jason Cade
   Hog-Eyed Man 2
    
10. Little Old Log Cabiin In The Lane
    George Pegram
    George Pegram
     
11. Swanee River
    Fiddlin' John Carson
    Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2
     
12. Sail Away Ladies
    Uncle Dave Macon
    Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2
     
13. Sally Ann
    Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
    Foggy Mountain Banjo
     
14. James Alley Blues
    Richard "Rabbit" Brown
    Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2
     
15. James Alley Blues
    Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
    Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
     
16. Break 2 - Elk River Blues
    Ernie Carpenter
    Old-Time Fiddle Tunes From The Elk River Country
     
17. Wildwood Flower
    The Carter Family
    Anchored In Love
     
18. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
    The Delmore Brothers
    Brown's Ferry Blues
     
19. Streetcar Blues
    Sleepy John Estes
    Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.3
     
20. Blue Yodel Number 7
    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
    Mule Skinner Blues
     
21. T.B. Blues
    Jimmie Rodgers
    Essential Jimmie Rodgers