Celebrating the Johnson City Sessions on The Edge of Americana presents:

The Edge Of AmericanaCelebrating the Johnson City Sessions on The Edge of Americana

Happy Election Day!!!  But tonight we are going to work our way through some of the wonderfully wierd old time music recorded in Johnson City Tennessee  by Columbia in 1928 and 1929 and featured in this just released Bear Family box set.  Otto

 

Artist / Song Title / Album / Label
The Stanley Brothers / Little Maggie / Earliest Recordings – The Complete Rich-r-tone 78's / Reverant
Grant Brothers & Their Music / Johnson Boy / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Roane County Ramblers / Johnson City Rag / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Bruce Molsky / Johnson City Rag / Contented Must Be / Rounder
Blind Lemon Jefferson / One Dime Blues / / Yazoo
Clarence Greene / Johnson City Blues / The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929 / Bear Family
Geoff Muldaur / Sweet To Mama / The Texas Sheiks /
Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper / Steamboat Man / The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929 / Bear Family
McVay & Johnson / Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Jack Jackson / Flat Tire Blues / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
George Roark / I Ain't A Bit Drunk / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Roane County Ramblers / Free A Little Bird – 130 Model / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Whitetop Mountaineers / Free Little Bird / Go Away With Me: Music From Virginia's Hills and Hollers / Self Released
George Wade & Francum Braswell / Think A Little / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland / Lonesome Weary Blues / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Ellis Williams / Buttermilk Blues / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Moatsville String Ticklers / Moatsville Blues / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Charlie Bowman & His Brothers / Roll On Buddy / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Bill Monroe / Roll On, Buddy / Blue Moon Of Kentucky, 1936 – 1949 [Disc 2] / Bear Family
Bowman Sisters / Old Lonesome Blues / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Clarence Ashley / Little Sadie / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers / Little Sadie / Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers / Self Released
Bateman Sacred Quartet / Nothing Like Old Time Religion / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Ira & Eugene Yates / Powder And Paint / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Fred Richards / My Katie / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
The Bentley Boys / Down On Penny's Farm / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Bob Dylan / Hard Times In New York Town / The Bootleg Series, Volume 9: The Witmark Demos, 1962 – 1964 / Rounder
Clarence "Tom" Ashley / The Coo Coo Bird / Anthology Of American Folk Music / Smithsonium Folkways
Byrd Moore & His Hot Shots / Careless Love / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Sonny Terry / New Careless Love / Deep River Of Song: Black Appalachia / Rounder
Bowman Sisters / Swanee River / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Mary Z. Cox / Swannee River / Banjo Dreamin' Suwannee Nights / Self Released
Ed Helton Singers / A Storm On The Sea (The Sinking Of The Steamship Vestris) / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Richard Harold / The Battleship Maine / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
McVay & Johnson / I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland / Beckley Rag / The Johnson City Sessions, 1928 – 1929 / Bear Family

Otto Konrad

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    November 5th, 2013

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