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Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol. 6 (Yazoo 2064)

Track listing:
  1. Robinson County - Birkhead & Lane 3:06
  2. Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party - Floyd County Ramblers 3:09
  3. It's Cold In China - Mississippi Moaner 2:51
  4. Sail Away Lady - Parker & Dodd 2:59
  5. I'm Goin' Away In The Morn - Uncle Dave Macon & The Fruit Jar Drinkers 3:08
  6. Seven Sister Blues - Tenderfoot Edwards 2:55
  7. Cousin Sally Brown - Virginia Mountain Boomers 2:54
  8. Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Doggies - Girls Of The Golden West 2:46
  9. Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James 2:50
  10. Milwaukee Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston 3:20
  11. Davy - Weems String Band 2:55
  12. God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man - Eli Framer 3:13
  13. Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson 3:11
  14. My Trouble Blues - Jess Johnston & Byrd Moore 3:09
  15. Prayer Of Death - Part 2 - Charley Patton 2:49
  16. Cheat 'em - Red Headed Fiddlers 2:33
  17. Jesus Paved The Way - Dewey & Gassie Bassett 2:42
  18. Caroline - Louie Lasky 2:51
  19. Swamp Cat Rag - The Swamp Rooters 3:07
  20. Ten Cent Piece - Reaves White County Ramblers 3:03
  21. Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds 2:40
  22. Rolling River - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies 3:27
  23. At The Cross - Turney Brothers 2:56

Notes

1. BIRKHEAD & LANE,
Robinson County
2. FLOYD COUNTY RAMBLERS,
Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party
3. MISSISSIPPI MOANER,
It's Cold In China
4. PARKER & DODD,
Sail Away Lady
5. UNCLE DAVE MACON & FRUIT JAR DRINKERS,
I'm Goin' Away In The Morn
6. TENDERFOOT EDWARDS,
Seven Sister Blues
7. VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOOMERS,
Cousin Sally Brown
8. GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST,
Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Dogies
9. SKIP JAMES,
Cherry Ball Blues
10. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON,
Milwaukee Blues
11. WEEMS STRING BAND,
Davy
12. ELI FRAMER,
God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man
13. ECK ROBERTSON,
Sally Gooden
14. JESS JOHNSTON & BYRD MOORE,
My Trouble Blues
15. CHARLEY PATTON,
Prayer Of Death - Part 2
16. RED HEADED FIDDLERS,
Cheat 'Em
17. DEWEY & GASSIE BASSETT,
Jesus Paved The Way
18. LOUIS LASKY,
Caroline
19. THE SWAMP ROOTERS,
Swamp Cat Rag
20. REAVES WHITE COUNTY RAMBLERS,
Ten Cent Piece
21. BLIND JOE REYNOLDS,
Ninety Nine Blues
22. JESS HILLARD & HIS WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLIES,
Rolling River
23. TURNEY BROTHERS,
At The Cross

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.