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    10/16/2001 | Palm Pictures (audio 

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    All Music Guide Review

    The successes of the breakthrough soundtrack from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? and the in-depth PBS television series Ken Burns' Jazz seem to have combined in the 2001 production of Palm Pictures' four-part TV series American Roots Music. The series touches on the development of the distinctly American styles of traditional folk, country, blues, gospel, Western swing, bluegrass, cajun, zydeco, Tejano, and Native American music. Corresponding with the television event, Palm has released a four-CD box set soundtrack with a 48-page booklet covering the styles covered during the show. Much like a broadened version of the amazing Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950-1970 CD set, American Roots Music has pulled together an impressive list of performers, including the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, B.B. King, Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Son House, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, the Staple Singers, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jimenez, and Bob Dylan. The depth of the track selection is impressive, as is the breadth of the performers chosen. The producers have chosen to include some studio recordings, and some audio tracks taken from the film archives, making for a somewhat uneven sound quality. While the previously unreleased nature of these select tracks will appeal to collectors and die-hard fans, those just exploring these styles might be turned off by the rough quality of these performances. The discs span more than eight decades of music, acting as a good overview of these genres for new listeners, while Americana enthusiasts will view it as another great collection of the most influential American roots artists in music history. [Also available from Palm is a 19-song CD sampler entitled American Roots Music: Highlights and a video collection containing the entire television series on DVD and VHS.] ~ Zac Johnson, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • American Roots Music Theme
  • 2:15

  • 2
  • Waiting for a Train
  • Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
  • 2:45

  • 3
  • Wildwood Flower
  • Carter Family
  • 3:16

  • 4
  • Take Me Back to My Old Carolina Home
  • Macon, Uncle Dave
  • 1:31

  • 5
  • Wabash Cannonball
  • Acuff, Roy
  • 2:36

  • 6
  • That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
  • Autry, Gene
  • 1:16

  • 7
  • Sitting on Top of the World
  • Wills, Bob
  • 3:15

  • 8
  • Uncle Pen
  • Monroe, Bill [1]
  • 2:43

  • 9
  • Salty Dog Blues
  • Flatt & Scruggs
  • 1:54

  • 10
  • Nine-Pound Hammer
  • Travis, Merle
  • 3:09

  • 11
  • Walking the Floor Over You
  • Tubb, Ernest
  • 1:49

  • 12
  • If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)
  • Frizzell, Lefty
  • 2:56

  • 13
  • Cold, Cold Heart
  • Williams, Hank
  • 2:44

  • 14
  • It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
  • Wells, Kitty
  • 2:32

  • 15
  • Black Mountain Rag
  • Watson, Doc
  • 2:35

  • 16
  • Earl's Breakdown
  • Scruggs, Earl
  • 2:34

  • 17
  • Little Maggie
  • Stanley, Ralph
  • 2:12

  • 18
  • Where Shades of Love Lie Deep
  • Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver
  • 3:31

  • 19
  • Stomping Grounds
  • Fleck, Béla & Flecktones
  • 6:37

  • 20 (2)
  • The King Biscuit Time (Opening Theme)
  • Cotton, James
  • :52

  • 21 (2)
  • Crazy Blues
  • Smith, Mamie
  • 3:27

  • 22 (2)
  • St. Louis Blues
  • Smith, Bessie
  • 3:12

  • 23 (2)
  • Black Snake Moan
  • Jefferson, Blind Lemon
  • 2:55

  • 24 (2)
  • Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
  • Patton, Charley
  • 3:05

  • 25 (2)
  • Cross Road Blues
  • Johnson, Robert
  • 2:39

  • 26 (2)
  • Death Letter Blues
  • House, Son
  • 4:58

  • 27 (2)
  • Another Night to Cry
  • Johnson, Lonnie
  • 3:18

  • 28 (2)
  • Foldin' Bed
  • Whister's Jug Band
  • 2:35

  • 29 (2)
  • Boogie Woogie Dream
  • 2:12

  • 30 (2)
  • Bye Bye Bird
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy
  • 2:33

  • 31 (2)
  • Shake for Me
  • Wolf, Howlin'
  • 3:28

  • 32 (2)
  • Got My Mojo Workin'
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:50

  • 33 (2)
  • The Thrill Is Gone
  • King, B.B.
  • 5:24

  • 34 (2)
  • Take a Little Walk With Me
  • Lockwood, Robert Jr.
  • 3:14

  • 35 (2)
  • Henry
  • Mo', Keb'
  • 5:40

  • 36 (3)
  • Joshua Fit de Battle
  • Fisk Jubilee Singers
  • 2:22

  • 37 (3)
  • Precious Lord, Take My Hand
  • Dorsey, Thomas A.
  • 5:11

  • 38 (3)
  • Blind Barnabus
  • Golden Gate Quartet
  • 2:09

  • 39 (3)
  • Down by the Riverside
  • Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
  • 3:05

  • 40 (3)
  • Move on Up a Little Higher
  • Jackson, Mahalia
  • 5:27

  • 41 (3)
  • Sit Down Servant
  • Staple Singers
  • 2:42

  • 42 (3)
  • Oh Happy Day
  • Hawkins, Edwin
  • 4:36

  • 43 (3)
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • Guthrie, Woody
  • 2:45

  • 44 (3)
  • Goodnight Irene
  • Lead Belly
  • 1:53

  • 45 (3)
  • So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
  • Weavers
  • 3:08

  • 46 (3)
  • The Soldier and the Lady
  • New Lost City Ramblers
  • 2:45

  • 47 (3)
  • Spike Driver Blues
  • Hurt, Mississippi John
  • 3:13

  • 48 (3)
  • If I Had a Hammer
  • Peter, Paul & Mary
  • 2:12

  • 49 (3)
  • Wee Shall Overcome
  • 2:07

  • 50 (3)
  • The Times They Are A-Changin'
  • Dylan, Bob
  • 3:14

  • 51 (4)
  • Allons À Lafayette
  • 2:56

  • 52 (4)
  • Madame Atchen
  • 3:03

  • 53 (4)
  • Port Arthur Blues
  • Balfa, Dewey
  • 3:18

  • 54 (4)
  • I'm a Hog for You
  • Chenier, Clifton
  • 3:41

  • 55 (4)
  • Dans la Louisianne
  • 3:16

  • 56 (4)
  • Ossun Two Step
  • Riley, Steve & Mammou Playboys
  • 2:26

  • 57 (4)
  • Mal Hombre
  • Mendoza, Lydia
  • 3:29

  • 58 (4)
  • Muchacha Bonita
  • Martínez, Narciso
  • 2:32

  • 59 (4)
  • Rosalito
  • Longoria, Valario
  • 5:21

  • 60 (4)
  • Las Nubes
  • Little Joe & Family
  • 4:29

  • 61 (4)
  • Ring of Fire
  • Saldívar, Mingo
  • 4:18

  • 62 (4)
  • Sorry Boy
  • Jiménez, Flaco
  • 3:18

  • 63 (4)
  • Yeibichei Song
  • 3:37

  • 64 (4)
  • Traditional Powow
  • Last Horse, Renzel & Kiyaksa
  • 1:14

  • 65 (4)
  • Jesus Loves Me
  • 4:24

  • 66 (4)
  • Wounded Knee
  • Westerman, Floyd
  • 2:13

  • 67 (4)
  • Enchantment Song
  • Nakai, R. Carlos
  • 2:52

  • 68 (4)
  • The Dance
  • Mirabal, Robert
  • 5:57

    • Credits

    • Jim Ed Brown
    • Director, Compilation Producer, Executive Producer, Producer


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