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Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol. 5 (Yazoo 2063)

Track listing:
  1. Railroad Blues - Sam Mcgee 3:17
  2. Step Stone - Floyd County Rambler 3:02
  3. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James 2:50
  4. Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band 3:10
  5. Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis 2:48
  6. Famer's Blues - Eli Framer 3:06
  7. No Room For A Tramp - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston 3:15
  8. Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead 2:49
  9. Mule Skinner Moan - Ben Covington 3:02
  10. Shortening Bread - Reaves White County Ramblers 2:54
  11. Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds 2:59
  12. A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins 3:00
  13. Railroad Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston 3:22
  14. Way Down In North Carolina - Grayson County Railsplitters 2:31
  15. Citaco - The Swamp Rooters 3:04
  16. Pistol Blues - Unknown 3:02
  17. Boat Song March - Murphy Brothers Harp Band 3:02
  18. I've Got No Honey - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers 2:59
  19. Bonnie Bess - Wilmer Watts & Lonley Eagles 2:57
  20. Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds 2:57
  21. Hamilton's Special Breakdown - Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy 2:54
  22. Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners 2:56
  23. Some Happy Day - Charley Patton 3:09

Notes

1. SAM MCGEE,
Railroad Blues
2. FLOYD COUNTY RAMBLERS,
Step Stone
3. SKIP JAMES,
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
4. WEEMS STRING BAND,
Greenback Dollar
5. JIMMIE DAVIS,
Doggone That Train
6. ELI FRAMER,
Framer's Blues
7. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON,
No Room For A Tramp
8. GARLAND BROTHERS & GRINSTEAD,
Just Over The River
9. BEN COVINGTON,
Mule Skinner Moan
10. REAVES WHITE COUNTY RAMBLERS,
Shortening Bread
11. J.P. NESTOR & NORMAN EDMONDS,
Black-Eyed Susie
12. BUDDY BOY HAWKINS,
A Rag Blues
13. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON,
Railroad Blues
14. GRAYSON COUNTY RAILSPLITTERS,
Way Down In North Carolina
15. THE SWAMP ROOTERS,
Citaco
16. UNKNOWN,
Pistol Blues
17. MURPHY BROTHERS BAND,
Boat Song March
18. FRANK BLEVINS & HIS TAR HEEL RATTLERS,
I've Got No Honey Babe Now
19. WILMER WATTS & THE LONELY EAGLES,
Bonnie Bess
20. BLIND JOE REYNOLDS,
Cold Woman Blues
21. WYZEE, TUCKER & LECROY,
Hamilton's Special Breakdown
22. BULL MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS,
Johnny Goodwin
23. CHARLEY PATTON,
Some Happy Day

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.