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Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol. 7 (Yazoo 2067)

Track listing:
  1. Bust Down Stomp - Dilly & His Dill Pickles 3:18
  2. Dixie Mail - Jimmie Tarlton 3:22
  3. Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill 3:13
  4. Mineola Rag - East Texas Serenaders 2:44
  5. Christ Arose - Sheffield Male Quartet 3:03
  6. Rainy Night Blues - 'gitfiddle Jim' 3:14
  7. Good Gal Remember Me - Three Tobacco Tags 3:01
  8. Texas Quickstep - Red Headed Fiddlers 2:53
  9. Ham Bone Blues - Ed Bell 2:48
  10. Cannonball Rag - David Miller 2:48
  11. Little More Sugar Medley - Fiddlin John Carson & His Virginia Reelers 3:07
  12. Devil And My Brown Blues - Bo Weavil Jackson 2:57
  13. Horseshoe Bend - Stripling Brothers 3:00
  14. Primrose Hill - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers 2:56
  15. Hard Luck Child - Skip James 3:06
  16. Go On, Nora Lee - Uncle Dave Macon & Sam Mcgee 3:09
  17. Jeunes Gens Campagnard - Dennis Mcgee 2:44
  18. I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordon Some Of These Days - Jay Bird Coleman 3:09
  19. Only A Tramp - Uncle Pete & Louise 3:01
  20. Jack Of Diamnds - Ben Jarrell & Frank Jenkins 2:48
  21. Dry Spell Blues, Part 1 - Son House 3:11
  22. Pike's Peak - 'ted' Sharp, Hinman & Sharp 3:10
  23. I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go - Old Southern Sacred Singers 3:14

Notes

1. DILLY & HIL DILL PICKLES,
Bust Down Stomp
2. JIMMIE TARLTON,
Dixie Mail
3. KING SOLOMON HILL,
Times Has Done Got Hard
4. EAST TEXAS SERENADERS,
Mineola Rag
5. SHEFFIELD MALE QUARTET,
Christ Arose
6. "GITFIDDLE JIM",
Rainy Night Blues
7. THREE TOBACCO TAGS,
Good Gal Remember Me
8. RED HEADED FIDDLERS,
Texas Quickstep
9. ED BELL,
Ham Bone Blues
10. DAVID MILLER,
Cannonball Rag
11. FIDDLIN JOHN CARSON & HIS VIRGINIA REELERS,
Little More Sugar In The Coffee/Peter Went A'Fishin
12. BO WEAVIL JACKSON,
Devil And My Brown Shoes
13. STRIPLING BROTHERS,
Horseshoe Bend
14. DANIELS-DEASON SACRED HARP SINGERS,
Primrose Hill
15. SKIP JAMES,
Hard Luck Child
16. UNCLE DAVE MACON & SAM MCGEE,
Go On, Nora Lee
17. DENNIS MCGEE,
Jeunes Gens Campagnard
18. JAY BIRD COLEMAN,
I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days
19. UNCLE PETE & LOUISE,
Only A Tramp
20. BEN JARREL & FRANK JENKINS,
Jack Of Diamonds
21. SON HOUSE,
Dry Spell Blues - Part 1
22. "TED" SHARP, HINMAN & SHARP,
Pike's Peak
23. OLD SOUTHERN SACRED SINGERS,
I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go

A collection of classic recordings fromthe 1920s and 30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American traditional music. This series is a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s, including fiddle tunes, rags banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.