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Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934
Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934
UPC: 788065713027
Format: CD (4 disc)
Release Date: May 18, 2010
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Liner Note Author: Pat Harrison.
Recording information: Birmingham, AL (02/05/1927); New York, NY (02/05/1927); Richmond, IN (02/05/1927); Birmingham, AL (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); New York, NY (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); Richmond, IN (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); Birmingham, AL (07/28/1927-08/17/1927); New York, NY (07/28/1927-08/17/1927); Richmond, IN (07/28/1927-08/17/1927).
Although best known for its jazz releases, Fred Gennett's self-named Gennett Records label also did extensive recording in the rural folk genre, tracking various singers and string bands from the South in the 1920s and 1930s. This expansive four-disc set compiled by Chris King collects nearly 100 of these rare sides issued between 1927 and 1934, including early recordings by Ernest Stoneman, the Red Fox Chasers, Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, and a trio of lovely clawhammer banjo pieces from John Hammond. Modern country grew out of these kinds of back-porch performances, and what they lack in polish and sleekness they more than make up for with pure heart and soul. ~ Steve Leggett
Recording information: Birmingham, AL (02/05/1927); New York, NY (02/05/1927); Richmond, IN (02/05/1927); Birmingham, AL (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); New York, NY (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); Richmond, IN (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); Birmingham, AL (07/28/1927-08/17/1927); New York, NY (07/28/1927-08/17/1927); Richmond, IN (07/28/1927-08/17/1927).
Although best known for its jazz releases, Fred Gennett's self-named Gennett Records label also did extensive recording in the rural folk genre, tracking various singers and string bands from the South in the 1920s and 1930s. This expansive four-disc set compiled by Chris King collects nearly 100 of these rare sides issued between 1927 and 1934, including early recordings by Ernest Stoneman, the Red Fox Chasers, Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, and a trio of lovely clawhammer banjo pieces from John Hammond. Modern country grew out of these kinds of back-porch performances, and what they lack in polish and sleekness they more than make up for with pure heart and soul. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle
2 - Good Bye, My Darlin'
3 - My Sarah Jane
4 - Storms May Rule the Ocean
5 - Cabin with Roses at the Door
6 - My Boyhood Happy Days
7 - Some Day I'll Wander Back Again
8 - We Can Only Have One Mother
9 - Taylor's Quickstep
10 - Richmond Blues
11 - These Bones Gwine Rise Again
12 - My Carolina Home
13 - Let Her Go I'll Meet Her
14 - She's Only a Bird in a Guilded Cage
15 - Meet Me in the Moonlight
16 - There's More Pretty Girls Than One
17 - Two Faithful Lovers
18 - Cabin with Roses at the Door
19 - Six Months Ain't Long
20 - New River Train
21 - John Hardy
22 - Kenney Wagner's Surrender
23 - Poor Tramp Has to Live
24 - Long Eared Mule
25 - Round Town Gals
Disc 2:
1 - Arkansas Traveler
2 - Turkey in the Straw
3 - Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?
4 - Wreck on the Mountain Road
5 - Stolen Love
6 - Tell Mother I'll Meet Her
7 - Weeping Willow Tree
8 - Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine
9 - Put My Little Shoes Away
10 - Mississippi Sawyer
11 - Twinkle Little Star
12 - Looking to My Prayer
13 - We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore
14 - May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister
15 - Something Wrong with My Gal
16 - Honeysuckle Time
17 - Blind Man and His Child
18 - Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 1
19 - Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 2
20 - Virginia Bootleggers
21 - Naomi Wise
22 - Devilish Mary
23 - Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All One Size
24 - My Dear Old Mountain Home
25 - He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground
Disc 3:
1 - Deer Walk
2 - Devil in Georgia
3 - Take Those Lips Away
4 - Jacks Creek Waltz
5 - Martha Campbell
6 - Girl I Left Behind Me
7 - Rocky Mountain
8 - Cripple Creek
9 - Old Buzzard
10 - Arkansas Traveler
11 - Johnny Inchin' Along
12 - Buck Creek Gal
13 - I've Got a Girl Named Susie
14 - Run Smoke Run
15 - Gray Eagle
16 - Forked Deer
17 - Sourwood Mountain
18 - Coal Creek March
19 - Eighth of January
20 - Fire on the Mountain
21 - Wild Geese
22 - Fox Chase
23 - Little Birdie
24 - Purty Polly
25 - As Free a Little Bird as Can Be
Disc 4:
1 - Richmond Cotillion
2 - John Brown's Dream
3 - Merry Girl
4 - Yellow Rose of Texas
5 - I Know My Name Is There
6 - Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
7 - Wandering Boy
8 - Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South
9 - When You Ask a Girl to Leave Her Happy Home
10 - Old Joe Clark
11 - Evening Star Waltz
12 - Home Sweet Home
13 - Last Days in Georgia
14 - Flop Eared Mule
15 - That Old Tiger Rag
16 - Favourite Two Step
17 - Careless Lover
18 - Mama Don't Allow No Low Down Hangin' Round
19 - Bully of the Town
20 - Snatch 'Em Back Blues
21 - Bed Bugs Makin' Their Last Go Round
22 - All Night Long
23 - When the Snowflakes Fall Again
24 - Birmingham Jail
1 - When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle
2 - Good Bye, My Darlin'
3 - My Sarah Jane
4 - Storms May Rule the Ocean
5 - Cabin with Roses at the Door
6 - My Boyhood Happy Days
7 - Some Day I'll Wander Back Again
8 - We Can Only Have One Mother
9 - Taylor's Quickstep
10 - Richmond Blues
11 - These Bones Gwine Rise Again
12 - My Carolina Home
13 - Let Her Go I'll Meet Her
14 - She's Only a Bird in a Guilded Cage
15 - Meet Me in the Moonlight
16 - There's More Pretty Girls Than One
17 - Two Faithful Lovers
18 - Cabin with Roses at the Door
19 - Six Months Ain't Long
20 - New River Train
21 - John Hardy
22 - Kenney Wagner's Surrender
23 - Poor Tramp Has to Live
24 - Long Eared Mule
25 - Round Town Gals
Disc 2:
1 - Arkansas Traveler
2 - Turkey in the Straw
3 - Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?
4 - Wreck on the Mountain Road
5 - Stolen Love
6 - Tell Mother I'll Meet Her
7 - Weeping Willow Tree
8 - Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine
9 - Put My Little Shoes Away
10 - Mississippi Sawyer
11 - Twinkle Little Star
12 - Looking to My Prayer
13 - We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore
14 - May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister
15 - Something Wrong with My Gal
16 - Honeysuckle Time
17 - Blind Man and His Child
18 - Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 1
19 - Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 2
20 - Virginia Bootleggers
21 - Naomi Wise
22 - Devilish Mary
23 - Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All One Size
24 - My Dear Old Mountain Home
25 - He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground
Disc 3:
1 - Deer Walk
2 - Devil in Georgia
3 - Take Those Lips Away
4 - Jacks Creek Waltz
5 - Martha Campbell
6 - Girl I Left Behind Me
7 - Rocky Mountain
8 - Cripple Creek
9 - Old Buzzard
10 - Arkansas Traveler
11 - Johnny Inchin' Along
12 - Buck Creek Gal
13 - I've Got a Girl Named Susie
14 - Run Smoke Run
15 - Gray Eagle
16 - Forked Deer
17 - Sourwood Mountain
18 - Coal Creek March
19 - Eighth of January
20 - Fire on the Mountain
21 - Wild Geese
22 - Fox Chase
23 - Little Birdie
24 - Purty Polly
25 - As Free a Little Bird as Can Be
Disc 4:
1 - Richmond Cotillion
2 - John Brown's Dream
3 - Merry Girl
4 - Yellow Rose of Texas
5 - I Know My Name Is There
6 - Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
7 - Wandering Boy
8 - Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South
9 - When You Ask a Girl to Leave Her Happy Home
10 - Old Joe Clark
11 - Evening Star Waltz
12 - Home Sweet Home
13 - Last Days in Georgia
14 - Flop Eared Mule
15 - That Old Tiger Rag
16 - Favourite Two Step
17 - Careless Lover
18 - Mama Don't Allow No Low Down Hangin' Round
19 - Bully of the Town
20 - Snatch 'Em Back Blues
21 - Bed Bugs Makin' Their Last Go Round
22 - All Night Long
23 - When the Snowflakes Fall Again
24 - Birmingham Jail