1. Wilson Rag (1:35)
2. Freight Train (2:42)
3. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (2:09)
4. I Don't Love Nobody (1:10)
5. Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now (:53)
6. Graduation March (2:29)
7. Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You (2:11)
8. Vastopol (2:08)
9. a) Here Old Rattler Here
   b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow
   c) George Buck (3:45)
10. a) Run...Run
    b) Mama Your Son Done Gone (2:15)
11. a) Sweet Bye And Bye
    b) What A Friend We Have In Jesus (3:00)
12. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (4:40)
13. Spanish Flang Dang (2:49)
14. When I Get Home (2:21)

This complete reissue of Elizabeth Cotten's first LP is best known for containing the original recording of her classic Freight Train. The breadth of her repertoire and endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music. Freight Train includes guitar and banjo accompanied songs and tunes and features Mike Seeger's updated notes that include comments on Cotten's life, music style, and song lyrics.

1. Shake Sugaree (5:03)
2. Washington Blues (3:40)
3. I'm Going Away (3:27)
4. Fox Chase (3:45)
5. Ontario Blues (3:47)
6. Mamma, Nobody's Here But the Baby (1:41)
7. Look and Live, My Brother (1:53)
8. Jesus Lifted Me (2:08)
9. Til We Meet Again (1:58)
10. Jesus Is Tenderly Calling (1:41)
11. Buck Dance (1:52)
12. Ruben (2:14)
13. Oh, Miss Lulie Gal (1:32)
14. Shoot That Buffalo (1:40)
15. Boatman Dance (1:47)
16. Ball the Jack (2:34)

1. New Year's Eve (3:17)
2. Praying Time Will Soon Be Over (3:15)
3. Time to Stop Your Idling (2:33)
4. Gaslight Blues (4:51)
5. Jenny (2:41)
6. Street Blues (2:17)
7. Home Sweet Home (2:24)
8. Freight Train (3:11)
9. Casey Jones (1:49)
10. Willie (5:07)
11. Boddie's Song (2:18)
12. Wilson Rag (4:53)
13. When I'm Gone (4:43)

1. Freight Train (4:51)
2. Washington Blues (4:58)
3. Jumpin' Jack (3:40)
4. Shake Sugaree (4:26)
5. Shake Sugaree / Banjo Story, Rattler (5:37)
6. Vastopol (4:28)
7. Guitar Story (4:15)
8. Oh Babe, it Ain't No Lie (5:50)
9. Elizabeth Story, et al.,
   Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares For You (8:07)
10. Spanish Frandang (2:35)
11. 'Til We Meet (1:20)

(Total time: 50:07 min.)
Recorded and Edited by John Overton,
with the facilities of Authentic sound, Sausalito, California
This album was recorded direct to two-track on a Nagra IV-S, with a pair of Neumann KM84 mics in x/y pattern, and edited on a transdformerless ATR 102
Produced by John Overton
December 1983
Photographs by John Overton
Graphic design by Morgan Dodge

Elizabeth Cotten was the author of the folk classic Freight Train, at age 12, and other standards such as Babe It Ain't No Lie and Sugaree. Ms. Cotton won a Grammy for Best Folk Album with this live recording that reveals her natural and charming approach to music and storytelling. Her finger picking guitar style (left handed, and upside down) has been imitated by thousands of folk guitar players. Her songs have been performed and recorded by a variety of artists including: Pete, Peggy and Mike Seeger, the Grateful Dead, Peter, Paul and Mary, Taj Mahal, Fred Neil, and Maria Muldaur. This is a re-issue of Arhoolie LP 1089.
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No dates are given for this live disc, although according to the liners, "this album is a sampler of performances during her ninth decade" (which would be roughly the early 1970s to the early 1980s). She does some of the most popular items from her repertoire over the course of this 50-minute recording, including "Freight Train, " "Shake Sugaree, " and "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie" (which was covered by the Grateful Dead). The guitar playing is good, the vocals are less impressive; there's plenty of storytelling between the numbers, and audience participation on some of the choruses during the songs. -- Richie Unterberger, All-Music Guide

1. John Henry - Virgil Perkins, Jack Sims
2. Grizzly Bear: Negro Prison Camp Worksong
3. Blowing the Train - Percy Randolph
4. Six Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Snooks Eaglin
5. Dark Was the Night - Blind Willie Johnson
6. Amasee: Children's Ring Game Song
7. Spooky Drums - Warren "Baby" Dodds
8. Black Jack Davy - Mary Jo Davis
9. Drunken Sailor: Dulcimer Medley
10. Ellen Smith - Pete Steele
11. Run, Run - Elizabeth Cotton[sic]
12. Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
13. Rolling River: Country Dance
14. Allons Danser Colinda: Cajun Dance - Roy Brule
15. Sourwood Mountain: Square Dance Tune - Hobart Smith
16. Diamond Joe: Cowboy Song - Cisco Houston
17. Siete Leguas: Corrido - Peter Hurd
18. Matachines Dance
19. Moonlight Song: Taos Indian Serenade
20. War Dance Song
21. Esta Navidad: Puerto Rican Christmas Song
22. Aguinaldo Cagueno: Puerto Rican Song
23. Rocky Road: Shape-Note Singing - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
24. If We Never Meet Again
25. Inviting-In Dance Song

1. Banana Boat Song (Tarriers) - 2:57
2. Johnny I Hardly Know You (Schlamme, Martha) - 3:19
3. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years... (Brand, Oscar) - 2:41
4. Jamaica Farewell (Belafonte, Harry) - 3:04
5. I Wonder When I'll Be Called a Man (Broonzy, Bill) - 2:19
6. Wanton Trick (McCurdy, Ed) - 2:23
7. Coplas (Gooding, Cynthia/Bikel, Theodore) - 3:23
8. Willie Moore (Kossoy Sisters) - 3:04
9. Another Man Done Gone (Odetta) - 2:10
10. This Little Light of Mine (Gateway Singers) - 2:08
11. Day Is Past and Gone (Ritchie, Jean) - 1:42
12. Sweet Bye and Bye (West, Harry/West, Jeanie) - 2:54
13. Si Me Quieres Escribir (Weavers) - 2:57
14. Trouble in Mind (Dane, Barbara) - 3:03
15. If I Had My Way (Davis, Gary) - 3:19
16. Rakes of Mallow (Faier, Billy) - 1:14
17. Tom Dolley (Kingston Trio) - 3:05
18. Old Man (Wood, Hally) - 1:29
19. If You Lose Your Money (McGhee, Brownie/Terry, Sonny) - 2:42
20. Delia's Gone (Bud & Travis) - 2:08
21. Freight Train (Cotten, Elizabeth) - 2:44
22. M.T.A. (Kingston Trio) - 3:14
23. Virgin Mary (Baez, Joan/Gibson, Bob) - 2:17
24. Stewball (Greenbriar Boys) - 2:33
25. Pastures of Plenty (Houston, Cisco) - 3:09
26. Leaving Home (New Lost City Ramblers) - 3:09

1. Old Joe Clark - 2:51
2. Hot Corn, Cold Corn - 4:11
3. Barbara Allen - 4:55
4. Freight Train (with cotten) - 3:48
5. Wreck Of The Old '97 (with cotten) - 3:18
6. C And NW Railroad Blues - 3:04
7. Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe - 3:08
8. Keep On The Sunny Side - 3:56
9. Soldier And The Lady - 3:23
10. Cold Bottom Strut - 2:23
11. Cassine Special - 3:07
12. Give The Fiddler A Dram - 2:34
13. Well May The World Go - 3:24
14. Medley - 4:18

This is a nicely spirited celebration of a band that was longer-lived than many of its old-time role models. -- Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide

1. Never Let Your Deal Go Down - 3:00
2. One Dime Blues - 2:32
3. Knoxville Rag - 1:55
4. Broken Hearted Blues - 4:50
5. Lost John - 2:48
6. Dew Drop - 2:16
7. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - 2:17
8. Near the Cross I Watch & Pray - 2:01
9. Spanish Fandango - 2:14
10. Round My Back Door Selling Coal - 2:50
11. But on the Other Hand - 3:00
12. Crow Jane - 1:56
13. John Henry - 5:12
14. Alabama Wagonwheel - 1:48
15. Bully of the Town - 2:53
16. Going to the Racetrack - 1:41
17. Police Dog Blues - 2:28
18. Marching Jaybird - 2:24
19. Railroad Bill - 2:25
20. Carolina Breakdown - 2:47

Etta Baker is a virtuoso performer in a style heard infrequently these days -- the finger-picked guitar tradition known as the Piedmont blues. Using a two- and three-fingered technique similar to that of other North Carolina guitarists such as Elizabeth Cotten, Rev. Gary Davis, and Blind Boy Fuller, Etta creates music that is remarkable in its range and depth. This is the first full album of Baker's recording career, which began in 1956 -- masterworks from an exceptional artist.

Guitarist/vocalist Etta Baker hadn't made any recordings or even been in a studio since 1956 before making the 20 numbers comprising this CD. But judging from the arresting vocals, prickly accompaniment and commanding presence she displayed on each song, it seemed as if she had been cutting tracks daily. Baker moved from sassy and combative blues tunes like "Never Let Your Deal Go Down" and "But On The Other Hand Baby" to chilling numbers like "Police Dog Blues, " novelty tunes, double-entendre cuts, folk pieces, and even country-flavored material. Singing and playing in vintage Piedmont style with a two- and three-finger technique, Etta Baker offered timeless, memorable performances. -- Ron Wynn, All-Music Guide

"This is a splendidly crafted album . . . gentle, rolling finger-picking blues and traditional acoustic guitar." --The Pittsburgh Press

"Wonderful, wonderful collection of Piedmont blues guitar picking by one of the best players my ears have ever met." --San Diego County Preview

Recommended - "...There is a wealth of traditional music here, mainly from the black Appalachian blues of the early part of the century...This disc is a treasure." Option - Jan/Feb 92

"...one of the most enjoyable releases for many years...an intimate collection and it is as if you were in her parlour at home. The songs are well chosen and the guitar playing is clear, confident and full of joy..." Blues & Rhythm - Nov 91, p. 21

1. Jennie Jenkins : The New Lost City Ramblers
2. Sent My Brown Jug Downtown : Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger Larry Eisenburg
3. Build My House : Woody Guthrie
4. Howard's Tennis Shoes Had Holes in the Toes : Howard Finster
5. Froggie Went-A-Courtin : Jim Nollman
6. Come All Ye Bold Sailormen : Pete Seeger
7. Darktown Strutter's Ball
8. Space Girl's Song : Peggy Seeger
9. Talking Fishing Blues : Woody Guthrie
10. Sally Ann : Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price
11. Great Green Globs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts : Mike Seeger
12. How I Hunted the Little Fellows : Pete Seeger
13. Freight Train: Elizabeth Cotten
14. Wolf Song : Irene Poolaw
15. Turtle Song : Irene Poolaw
16. Adam and Eve : Loman D. Cansler
17. Lonesome Train : Sonny Terry
18. Pig in a Pen: Smiley Hobbs
19. There Was a Man and He Was Mad : Pete Seeger
20. Mi Carrochita : Ben Tavera King

1. Introduction - Dick Waterman
2. Preaching Blues - Son House
3. Death Letter Blues - Son House
4. Empire State Express - Son House
5. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
6. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
7. Levee Camp Blues - Robert Pete Williams **
8. Louise - Mississippi Fred McDowell
9. Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Round - Reverend Robert Wilkins
10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Reverend Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
11. What Do You Think About Jesus - Annie Mae McDowell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Rev. Robert Wilkins
12. Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite, The - Lightnin' Hopkins
13. Come On Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
14. Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins
15. Freddie - Mance Lipscomb
16. So Different Blues - Mance Lipscomb

1. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
2. Here I Am Lord Send Me - Mississippi John Hurt
3. Pallet On Your Floor - Mississippi John Hurt
4. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller **
5. I Can't Quit You Baby John Lee Hooker {a}
6. Stop Now Baby - John Lee Hooker {a}
7. Walkin' Blues - Muddy Waters *
8. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters *
9. Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
10. Wrinkles - Lafayette Leake & Willie Dixon
11. Cocaine - Dave Van Ronk
12. Drop Down Mama - John Hammond
13. Grizzly Bear - Eric Von Schmidt
14. Traveling Blues - "Spider" John Koerner
15. See See Rider - The Chambers Brothers
16. Blues With A Feeling - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
17. Look Over Yonders Wall - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
18. Born In Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

1. Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie
2. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
3. Mean Old 'Frisco Blues - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
4. Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
5. Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
6. Evil Gal Blues - Dinah Washington
7. I Wonder - Cecil Gant
8. Blood On The Moon - Hot Lips Page
9. Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
10. Angels In Harlem - Doctor Clayton
11. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday
12. Hoodoo Hoodoo - John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson
13. Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown And His Mighty Men
14. Chicken-Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
15. Trouble Blues - Charles Brown
16. Crawlin' Kingsnake - John Lee Hooker
17. When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too) - Tampa Red
18. Cairo Blues - Li'l Son Jackson
19. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - Robert Nighthawk
20. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
21. Every Day I Have The Blues - Lowell Fulson
22. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis Quintette/Little Esther Phillips

1. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Pt. I) - Muddy Waters
2. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim And The Houserockers
3. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
4. Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long) - Elmore James
5. How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
6. Black, Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy
7. Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats
8. Juke - Little Walter And His Night Cats
9. Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
10. Mean Old World - Little Walter And His Night Cats
11. I Smell A Rat - Big Mama Thornton
12. Gabbin' Blues - Big Maybelle
13. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
14. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim And His Band
15. Eisenhower Blues - J. B. Lenoir
16. Okie Dokie Stomp - Gatemouth Brown/The Pluma Davis Orchestra
17. Come Back Baby - Ray Charles And His Orchestra
18. How Long, How Long Blues - Jimmy Rushing
19. Cherry Red - Joe Turner And His All-Stars
20. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
21. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
22. Three Hours Past Midnight - Johnny 'Guitar' Watson

1. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
2. Junker's Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
3. Sweets' Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
4. Living With The Blues - Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee
5. Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell
6. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
7. Pardon Denied Again - Robert Pete Williams
8. Freddie - Mance Lipscomb
9. Hide Away - Freddie King
10. Goin' Back To Florida - Lightnin' Hopkins
11. Trust My Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson
12. Drivin' Wheel - Junior Parker
13. Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
14. Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby Bland
15. Tongue Lashing - Albert Collins
16. Worry, Worry - B. B. King
17. Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo
18. Think - Jimmy McCracklin
19. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
20. Early In The Morning - Junior Wells
21. Sweet Home Chicago - Johnny Shines

1. Crosscut Saw - Albert King
2. Every Night And Every Day - Magic Sam
3. Why I Sing The Blues - B. B. King
4. Everybody Knows About My Good thing (Pt.1) - Little Johnny Taylor
5. Little Bluebird - Little Milton
6. Your Turn To Cry - Jimmy Johnson
7. Down Home Blues - Z. Z. Hill
8. Your Husband Is Cheatin' On Us - Denise LaSalle
9. How Long This Must Go On - Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes And The Playboys
10. Jr. Blues - Junior Kimbrough
11. Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style - Taj Mahal
12. Stubborn Woman - Tutu Jones
13. Cities Need Help - Buddy Guy
14. You - Billy Branch

This four-disc set is just what you might expect from Smithsonian -- comprehensive and well-conceived. It contains representative major blues figures for each time period for the years 1940 through 1994 -- everyone from Ma Rainey to Taj Mahal. For most periods, the selection is excellent. The only downside to this approach is that for time periods with great blues activity, some major artists have been dropped from the collection, while for other time periods with low blues activity, minor artists are included. This approach results in biographies and selections for artists like Earl Hooker, Big Walter Horton, and J.B. Hutto missing from the collection. Aside from the above complaint, this is the best collection for its size (four discs) that has been produced to date. The artists selected and the selections for each of the artists are in most cases excellent -- the best of the best, so to speak. This is a veritable tour of the best in recorded blues.

The 90-page liner notes by Larry Hoffman contain copious notes on the various selections, including artist biographies (and photos!), comments on the takes, etc. -- perhaps the most thorough liner notes of its kind. The introductory essay focuses more on race relations than on the blues music. -- Michael Erlewine, All-Music Guide

MEAN OLD WORLD: THE BLUES FROM 1940-1994 was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.

1. Penitentary Blues : Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
2. Sweet Old Chicago : Roosevelt Sykes
3. Blue Moon of Kentucky : Bill Monroe
4. If I Had a Hammer : Pete Seeger
5. Lafayette : Lucinda Williams
6. Bosco Stomp : Allie Young, Bessyl Duhon, Rodney Balfa
7. Better Day : Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
8. Long Road to Travel : Lonnie Johnson
9. The Cuckoo Bird (The Coo-Coo Bird) : Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson
10. Pretty Saro : Doug and Jack Wallin
11. Freight Train: Elizabeth Cotten
12. Old Joe Bone : The New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger, John Cohen
13. Have a Feast Here Tonight : Bill Monroe, Doc Watson
14. Freedom Road : Josh White
15. This Land is Your Land : Woody Guthrie
16. Two Good Men : Woody Guthrie
17. Black Girl (In the Pines) : Lead Belly
18. Irene (Goodnight Irene) : Lead Belly
19. Somebody's Been Fooling #1 : Big Joe Williams
20. Hesitation Blues : Dave Van Ronk
21. I'm Gonna Be an Engineer : Peggy Seeger
22. Delgadina : Mercedez Lopez
23. I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor : Michele Lanchester, Sweet Honey in the Rock
24. Virgo : Mary Lou Williams
25. Syl-O-Gism : Mary Lou Williams
26. We Shall Overcome : The Freedom Singers, Dorothy Cotton, Pete Seeger

1. In The Sweet Bye And Bye - Elizabeth Cotten
2. Tie Your Dog Sally Gal - Will Adam
3. Banjo Instrumental - J.C. "Cleve"
4. Lost Train Blues - V.L. Sutphin
5. Shortening Bread - Vernon and Cleve Sutphin
6. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - Vernon and Cleve Sutphin
7. Old Gambling Man - J.J. Neece
8. John Henry - J.J. Neece
9. Shout Little Lulu - Louise Foreacre
10. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire - Kilby Snow Kilby Snow
11. Gather In The Golden Grain - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
12. Going To Lay Down My Burdens - Elizabeth White
13. John Henry - Lesley Riddle
14. Pretty Fair Damsel - Tom Ashley
15. It's These Hard Times - Pearly "Grandma" Davis
16. Old-Time Reel - Pearly "Grandma" Davis Jackson Schottische - A.L. Hall and Group
17. Lone Prairie - Wade Ward
18. Molly Put The Kettle On - Wade Ward
19. Last Gold Dollar - Edsel Martin/Bill McElreath
20. John Henry - Bill and Jean Davis
21. Three Nights Drunk - The Blue Ridge Buddies
22. Jimmie Sutton - The Blue Ridge Buddies
23. Going To Lay Down My Old Guitar - Snuffy Jenkins/Ira Dimmery
24. Black Mountain Rag - Arthur Smith/Sam McGee/Kirk McGee
25. Aut Talk On The World - Clyde Lewis
26. Red Wing - "Lost John" Ray/Walt Koken
27. Leather Breeches - Eck Robertson/New Lost City Ramblers
28. Blackberry Blossom - Sherman Lawson
29. Alabama Gals - Emmett Cole
30. Old Joe Clark - George Landers
31. Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
32. Queen Sally - Archie Sturgill
33. Poor Orphan Child - Kate Peters Sturgill
34. My Virginia Rose - Scott Boatright
35. I'm Leaving You - Sara Carter Bayes/Maybelle Carter
36. He Said If You Love Me Feed My Sheep - Stancer Quartet
37. I Would Not Live Always - Clarence Ferrill

1. Georgia Buck (Thompson, Odell) - 3:12
2. Corinna (Reid, Babe) - 1:25
3. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (Baker, Etta) - 2:18
4. Low Baked a Hoe Cake (Cotten, Libba) - 1:19
5. Snow a Little, Rain a Little (Snipes, John) - 3:51
6. Fox Chase (Roberts, Dink) - 2:19
7. Going to Write Me a Letter (Reed, Ola Belle) - 3:18
8. Worried Blues (Bumgarner, Samantha) - 3:18
9. Mr. Garfield (Bascom Lamar Lunsford) - 8:20
10. Cleveland's Marching to the White... (Dickens, Bernie) - 1:24
11. Old Doctor That Fell in the Well (Gaster, Marvin) - 1:50
12. Hello Coon (Babson, Walter Raleigh) - 2:57
13. Sugar Babe (Wiseman, Scotty) - 2:26
14. Reuben's Train (Watson, Doc) - 2:40
15. Rambling Hobo (Carlton, Gaither) - :56
16. Cumberland Gap (Proffitt, Frank) - 1:23
17. Roustabout (Cockerham, Fred) - 1:21
18. Cotton Eyed Joe (Kimble, Stella) - 2:18
19. John Henry (Jarrell, Tommy) - 1:21
20. Lost Indian (Creed, Kyle) - 2:34
21. Cripple Creek (Lowe, Charlie) - 2:41
22. Under the Double Eagle (Marion, Carlie) - 3:07

1. Blue Ridge Mountain Home (Davis, Glenn) - 3:15
2. Little Log Cabin in the Lane (Sears, Kelly) - 2:29
3. Royal Clog (Helton, Ernest) - 3:06
4. Arkansas Traveler/Old Black... (Everhart, Clay) - 1:54
5. Babtist Shout (Jenkins, Frank) - 2:46
6. American and Spanish Fandango (Smith And Allgood) - 3:04
7. Shuffle, Feet, Shuffle (Hendley, Fisher) - 2:37
8. Missouri Waltz (J.G./Britt, Jerry Wayne) - 3:09
9. Italian Waltz (Nance, Carl) - 1:40
10. There'll Come a Time (Poole, Charlie) - 3:29
11. Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never (Woolbright, Mack) - 3:19
12. Cotton Mill Blues (Watts, Wilmer) - 3:02
13. Come Bathe in That Beautiful Pool (Walsh, Dock) - 2:57
14. Biscuits (Watson, Arnold) - 3:17
15. Whoa, Mule, Whoa (Whitener, Hobbie) - 2:20
16. I Left My Old Home in the Mountains (Pegram, George) - 4:20
17. Short Life and It's Trouble (Mainer, Wade) - 2:27
18. Nancy Rowland (Jenkins, Snuffy) - :50
19. Railroad (Overton, A.C.) - 1:23
20. Nut Medley: Chinquapin Hunting/Acorn... (Best, Carroll) - 2:14

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this disc is the amazing range of styles culled from banjo players in a single state. The fact that the recordings were gathered over many decades provides uneven recording quality, but all the performances are riveting. While the two-disc set might be overkill for the casual listener, true banjo lovers will find years of listening pleasure. -- Tim Sheridan, All-Music Guide