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Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol. 3 (Yazoo 2047)

Track listing:
  1. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson 3:06
  2. Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men 2:53
  3. Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison 3:18
  4. Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short 3:26
  5. Acorn Stomp - East Texas Serenaders 2:53
  6. Sal Got A Meatskin - Carlisle Brothers 2:53
  7. Streetcar Blues - Sleepy John Estes 3:16
  8. Fort Smith Breakdown - Luke Highnight & His Ozark Strutters 2:46
  9. Sleepy Desert - Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles 3:06
  10. Walking Blues - Son House 2:56
  11. Sweet Rivers - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 3:11
  12. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers 3:26
  13. Mean Black Cat - Charlie Patton 2:57
  14. Billy In The Lowground - Lowe Stokes 3:04
  15. Good Time Blues - Jelly Roll Anderson 2:44
  16. Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - Fiddling John Carson 2:53
  17. Steel Driving Man - Fruit Jar Guzzlers 3:05
  18. I'm So Glad - Skip James 2:50
  19. Rok About My Sara Jane - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers 3:23
  20. I'm Taking My Audition To Sing Up In The Sky - Cap, Andy & Flip 3:11
  21. Undertaker Blues - Buster Johnson & James Cole's Washboard Band 3:03
  22. Sally Johnson - Oscar Harper's Texas String Band 2:34
  23. I'll Stay On The Right Road Now - Fa Sol La Singers 2:49

Notes

1.BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON,
I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
2.ASHLEY'S MELODY MEN,
Bath House Blues
3.FRANK HUTCHISON,
Worried Blues
4. JELLY JAW SHORT,
Snake Doctor Blues
5. EAST TEXAS SERENADERS,
Acorn Stomp
6. CARLISLE BROTHERS,
Sal Got A Meatskin
7. SLEEPY JOHN ESTES,
Streetcar Blues
8. LUKE HIGHNIGHT & HIS OZARK STRUTTERS,
Fort Smith Breakdown
9. WILMER WATTS & HIS LONELY EAGLES,
Sleepy Desert
10. SON HOUSE,
Walking Blue
11. ALLISON'S SACRED HARP SINGERS,
Sweet Rivers
12. WILLIAMSON BROTHERS & CURRY,
Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand
13. CHARLIE PATTON,
Mean Black Cat
14. LOWE STOKES,
Billy In The Lowground
15. JELLY ROLL ANDERSON,
Good Time Blues
16. FIDDLING JOHN CARSON & HIS VIRGINIA REELERS,
Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over
17. FRUIT JAR GUZZLERS,
Steel Driving Man
18. SKIP JAMES,
I'm So Glad
19. UNCLE DAVE MACON & HIS FRUIT JAR DRINKERS,
Rock About My Sara Jane
20. CAP, ANDY, AND FLIP,
I'm Taking My Audition To Sing Up In The Sky
21. BUSTER JOHNSON & JAMES COLE'S WASHBOARD BAND,
Undertaker Blues
22. OSCAR HARPER'S TEXAS STRING BAND,
Sally Johnson
23. FA SOL LA SINGERS,
I'll Stay On The Right Road Now

"The mystical allure of old music is listening
to something that speaks of another time and
place, as is communicated in the music contained
in these mysterious grooves" - FMQB

"Will make you alternately grin and weep
with joy." - Victory Music Review

A collection of classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American rural 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.