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American Roots Music

VARIOUS American Roots Music (2001 US 68-track 4-CD box set, featuring a superb collection of tracks celebrating the rich tapestry of American roots music. This comprehensive set serves as the companion to the acclaimed PBS documentary seriesof the same name. The set is divided into four themed discs: Country, Blues, Gospel/Folk, and Cajun/Zydeco/Tejano/Native American, showcasing legendary artists such as Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, The Carter Family, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, B.B. King, and many more. This beautifully curated anthology highlights the roots and evolution of American popular music, tracing influences from rural folk traditions to modern sounds. A must-have for collectors and enthusiasts of American music history. Housed in a deluxe hardcover book-style packaging with an iconic black & white cover image of B.B. King, complete with a detailed booklet featuring extensive liner notes, artist biographies, and historical context)

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Release Year 2001 - 24 years ago
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Format CD Album Box Set
Record Label Palm Pictures
Complete Stock List Go to Various-Blues & Gospel
Product Catalogue No PALMCD 2075-2
Music Genre Blues
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Country
1-1 Ricky Scaggs*, Earl Scruggs, James Cotton , Marc Savoy And Ann Savoy– American Roots Music Theme 2:15
1-2 Jimmy Rodgers*– Waiting For A Train 2:46
1-3 The Carter Family– Wildwood Flower 3:17
1-4 Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers– Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home 1:32
1-5 Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans– Wabash Cannonball 2:36
1-6 Gene Autry– That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine 1:17
1-7 Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys*– Sitting On Top Of The World 3:16
1-8 Bill Monroe– Uncle Pen 2:44
1-9 Flatt & Scruggs– Salty Dog Blues 1:54
1-10 Merle Travis– Nine-Pound Hammer 3:09
1-11 Ernest Tubb– Walking The Floor Over You 1:50
1-12 Lefty Frizzell– If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time 2:56
1-13 Hank Williams– Cold Cold Heart 2:44
1-14 Kitty Wells– It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 2:32
1-15 Doc Watson– Black Mountain Rag 2:35
1-16 Earl Scruggs– Earl's Breakdown 2:34
1-17 Ralph Stanley– Little Maggie 2:13
1-18 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver– Where The Shades Of Love Lie Deep 3:32
1-19 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones– Stomping Grounds 6:38
Blues
2-1 James Cotton– The King Biscuit Time Theme 0:52
2-2 Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds– Crazy Blues 3:27
2-3 Bessie Smith– St. Louis Blues 3:13
2-4 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Black Snake Moan 2:56
2-5 Charley Patton– Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues 3:05
2-6 Robert Johnson– Cross Road Blues 2:40
2-7 Son House– Death Letter Blues 4:58
2-8 Lonnie Johnson (2)– Another Night To Cry 3:18
2-9 Whistler's Jug Band– Foldin' Bed 2:35
2-10 Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson– Boogie Woogie Dream 2:12
2-11 Sonny Boy Williamson (2)– Bye Bye Bird 2:33
2-12 Howlin' Wolf– Shake For Me 3:28
2-13 Muddy Waters– Got My Mojo Working 2:50
2-14 B.B. King– The Thrill Is Gone 5:25
2-15 Robert Lockwood Jr.– Take A Little Walk With Me 3:14
2-16 Keb' Mo'– Henry 5:40
Gospel
3-1 The Fisk Jubilee Singers– Joshua Fit The Battle 2:22
3-2 Thomas A. Dorsey– Precious Lord, Take My Hand 5:11
3-3 The Golden Gate Quartet– Blind Barnabus 2:10
3-4 Sister Rosetta Tharpe– Down By The Riverside 3:06
3-5 Mahalia Jackson– Move On Up A Little Higher 5:28
3-6 The Staple Singers– Sit Down Servant 2:43
3-7 Edwin Hawkins– Oh Happy Day 4:36
3-8 Woody Guthrie– This Land Is Your Land 2:46
3-9 Leadbelly– Goodnight Irene 1:54
3-10 The Weavers– So Long It's Been Good To Know You 3:09
3-11 New Lost City Ramblers*– The Soldier And The Lady 2:48
3-12 Mississippi John Hurt– John Henry 3:14
3-13 Peter, Paul & Mary– If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) 2:12
3-14 SNCC Freedom Singers* With Pete Seger*– We Shall Overcome 2:08
3-15 Bob Dylan– The Times They Are A-Changin' 3:14
Cajun/Zydeco
4-1 Joseph Falcon < Cleoma Breaux– Allons À Lafayette 2:56
4-2 Amédé Ardoin And Dennis McGee– Madame Atchen 3:03
4-3 Dewey Balfa– Port Arthur Blues 3:19
4-4 Clifton Chenier– I'm A Hog For You 3:41
4-5 Marc Savoy And Ann Savoy– Dans La Louisianne 3:17
4-6 Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys– Ossun Two-Step 2:27
Tejano
4-7 Lydia Mendoza– Mal Hombre 3:30
4-8 Narciso Martinez– Muchacha Bonita 2:33
4-9 Valerio Longoria– Rosalito 5:22
4-10 Little Joe & La Familia*– Las Nubes 4:30
4-11 Mingo Saldivar– Ring Of Fire 4:19
4-12 Flaco Jimenez– Sorry Boy 3:18
Native American
4-13 Unidentified Performers*– Yeibichei Song 3:37
4-14 Renzel Last Horse And Kiyaksa– Traditional Powwow 1:15
4-15 Everette Red Bear And Sandor Iron Rope– Jesus Loves Me 4:24
4-16 Floyd Westerman– Wounded Knee 2:13
4-17 R. Carlos Nakai– Enchantment Song 2:53
4-18 Robert Mirabal– The Dance 5:58

CD ALBUM BOX SET  
Recording Artist Various-Blues & Gospel
Product Title American Roots Music
Product Information Various-Blues & Gospel American Roots Music USA CD Album Box Set.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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