“Anthology Of American Folk Music” by Various Artists - album review
| features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1952 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1950s |
Compiled by musicologist Harry Smith from his personal collection of Hillbilly, Gospel, Blues and Cajun performances from the late 20s to early 30s. The entertaining set has many delightful and obscure surprises lurking, and it's understandable that many of the folks who picked up on it went on to play important roles in the folk revival of the 50s and 60s.
The Jukebox Rebel
16–Sep–2011
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:26]  Dick Justice - Henry Lee (Traditional) Folk |
| A2 | [02:55]  Nelstone’s Hawaiians - Fatal Flower Garden (Traditional) Folk |
| A3 | [03:14]  Clarence Ashley - The House Carpenter (Traditional) Folk |
| A4 | [03:16]  Coley Jones - Drunkard’s Special (Traditional) Folk |
| A5 | [03:02]  Bill and Belle Reed - Old Lady And The Devil (Traditional) Folk |
| A6 | [03:02]  Buell Kazee - The Butcher’s Boy (Traditional) Folk |
| A7 | [03:02]  Buell Kazee - The Wagoner’s Lad (Traditional) Folk |
| A8 | [03:08]  "Chubby" Parker - King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O (Traditional) Folk |
| A9 | [02:59]  Uncle Eck Dunford - Old Shoes And Leggins (Traditional) Folk |
| A10 | [03:13]  Burnett and Rutherford - Willie Moore (Traditional, Dick Burnett) Folk |
| A11 | [02:57] Buster Carter and Preston Young - A Lazy Farmer Boy (Traditional) Folk |
| A12 | [02:57]  The Carolina Tar Heels - Peg And Awl (Traditional) Folk |
| A13 | [03:09]  G. B. Grayson - Ommie Wise (Traditional) Folk |
| A14 | [03:12] Kelly Harrell and The Virginia String - My Name Is John Johanna (Traditional) Folk |
| B1 | [02:54]  Edward L. Crain - Bandit Cole Younger (Traditional) Folk |
| B2 | [03:03]  Kelly Harrell - Charles Guiteau (Traditional) Folk |
| B3 | [02:55]  The Carter Family - John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (Traditional) Folk |
| B4 | [03:24] Williamson Brothers and Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand (Traditional) Folk |
| B5 | [02:58] Frank Hutchison - Stackalee (Traditional) Folk |
| B6 | [03:31]  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers - White House Blues (Traditional) Folk |
| B7 | [03:25]  Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (Traditional) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B8 | [02:55]  William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down (Unknown) Soul |
| B9 | [03:16]  The Carter Family - Engine 143 (Traditional) Country |
| B10 | [06:13]  Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones, parts 1 And 2 (Traditional) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B11 | [02:47] The Bently Boys - Down On Penny’s Farm (Traditional) Folk |
| B12 | [03:07] Charlie Patton - Mississippi Boweavil Blues (Charlie Patton) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B13 | [03:16]  The Carolina Tar Heels - Got The Farm Land Blues (Unknown) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| C1 | [02:56]  "Uncle Bunt" Stephens - Sail Away Lady (Traditional) Country |
| C2 | [03:14]  Jilson Setters - The Wild Wagoner (Traditional) Folk |
| C3 | [02:52]  Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers - Wake Up Jacob (Traditional) Folk |
| C4 | [02:54]  Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard - La Danseuse (Delma Lachney) Folk |
| C5 | [02:44]  Andrew and Jim Baxter - Georgia Stomp (Unknown) Country |
| C6 | [02:59]  Eck Robertson and Family - Brilliancy Medley (Traditional) Folk |
| C7 | [03:10]  Floyd Ming and his Pep-Steppers - Indian War Whoop (Hoyt Ming) Country |
| C8 | [02:52] Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp (Henry Thomas) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| C9 | [03:01]  Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue (Jim Jackson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| C10 | [02:47]  Columbus Frugé - Saut’ Crapaud (Columbus Frugé) Folk |
| C11 | [02:57] Joseph Falcon - Acadian One Step (Joseph Falcon) Folk |
| C12 | [03:00] The Breaux Frères - Home Sweet Home (Henry Bishop, John Howard Payne) Folk |
| C13 | [02:55]  Cincinnati Jug Band - Newport Blues (Bob Coleman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| C14 | [02:39]  Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra - Moonshiner’s Dance Part One (Frank Cloutier, Juventino Rosas) Jazz |
| D1 | [01:28]  Rev. J. M. Gates - Must Be Born Again (William Sleeper, George Coles Stebbins) Soul |
| D2 | [01:26]  Rev. J. M. Gates - Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting (Horatius Bonar, John B. Dykes) Soul |
| D3 | [02:42] Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Rocky Road (J. C. Brown, Paine Denson) Soul |
| D4 | [02:50]  Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Present Joys (A. Marcus Cagle, Joseph Cottle) Soul |
| D5 | [02:56]  Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 - This Song Of Love (Unknown) Soul |
| D6 | [02:23] Sister Mary Nelson - Judgement (Unknown) Soul |
| D7 | [02:52] Memphis Sanctified Singers - He Got Better Things For You (Traditional) Folk |
| D8 | [03:16] Elders McIntorsh and Edwards’ Sanctified Singers - Since I Laid My Burden Down (Traditional) Soul |
| D9 | [03:02]  Mason, Moses - John The Baptist (Traditional) Folk |
| D10 | [02:58] Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Dry Bones (Traditional) Folk |
| D11 | [03:18]  Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator (Willie Johnson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| D12 | [03:11] The Carter Family - Little Moses (Traditional) Country |
| D13 | [03:01] Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Singers - Shine On Me (George N. Allen, Thomas Shepherd, Isaac Watts) Soul |
| D14 | [02:40] Rev. F.W. McGee - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (Herbert Buffum) Jazz |
| D15 | [03:19] Rev. D.C. Rice and his Sanctified Congregation - I’m In The Battle Field For My Lord (Sylvana Bell, E.V. Banks) Jazz |
| E1 | [02:54] Clarence Ashley - The Coo Coo Bird (Traditional) Folk |
| E2 | [02:58] Buell Kazee - East Virginia (Traditional) Folk |
| E3 | [03:44] Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues (Noah Lewis) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| E4 | [03:01]  Didier Hébert - I Woke Up One Morning In May (?) Folk |
| E5 | [03:05] Richard "Rabbit" Brown - James Alley Blues (Richard Brown) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| E6 | [02:56] Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby (Traditional) Folk |
| E7 | [03:19] Bascom Lamar Lunsford - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (Traditional) Folk |
| E8 | [02:42] Ernest Stoneman and Hattie Stoneman - Mountaineer’s Courtship (Traditional) Folk |
| E9 | [03:15] The Stoneman Family - The Spanish Merchant’s Daughter (Traditional, Ernest Stoneman) Folk |
| E10 | [03:08]  Memphis Jug Band - Bob Lee Junior Blues (Jennie Mae Clayton, Clayton Shade, Will Shade) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| E11 | [02:44] The Carter Family - Single Girl, Married Girl [1927 version] (Traditional) Folk |
| E12 | [03:08] Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme (Traditional) Folk |
| E13 | [02:55] Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rabbit Foot Blues (Lemon Jefferson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| E14 | [03:01] Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell - Expressman Blues (James Rachell, Yank Rachell) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F1 | [02:22] Ramblin’ Thomas - Poor Boy Blues (Traditional) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F2 | [03:13] Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Feather Bed (Traditional, Gus Cannon) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F3 | [02:56] Dock Boggs - Country Blues (Traditional, Moran Lee Boggs) Folk |
| F4 | [03:04] Julius Daniels - 99 Year Blues (Julius Daniels) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F5 | [02:44] Blind Lemon Jefferson - Prison Cell Blues (Lemon Jefferson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F6 | [02:52] Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Lemon Jefferson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F7 | [02:59] Cleoma Breaux and Ophy Breaux with Joseph Falcon - C’est Si Triste Sans Lui (?) Folk |
| F8 | [02:58] Uncle Dave Macon - Way Down The Old Plank Road (Traditional) Country |
| F9 | [03:15] Uncle Dave Macon - Buddy Won’t You Roll Down The Line (David Harrison Macon) Folk |
| F10 | [03:14] Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues (Mississippi John Hurt) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F11 | [02:31] Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan (Traditional, Tewee Blackman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| F12 | [02:57] J.P. Nestor - Train On The Island (J. Preston Nestor) Country |
| F13 | [03:12] Ken Maynard - The Lone Star Trail (Traditional) Folk |
| F14 | [02:44] Henry Thomas - Fishin’ Blues (Henry Thomas) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
