2019 - This collection of 93 instrumentals and songs provides a tantalizing glimpse into the string band music performed by Texas 'hillbilly' musicians in the 1920s and 1930s. An eternity of musical secrets is locked within these discs that beg for further study and sleuthing, and will keep the listener mesmerized for a lifetime. These musicians from the pre-war era drew from very old folk traditions while they forged new pathways with boundary breaking experimentation. A journey far back into the depths of an early Texas, when the music was resonating with echoes of the elders and the birthing pangs of young bloods. A magical place where you'll find as much diversity within the early string band traditions as you find in the history of popular Texas music itself. Feat. East Texas Serenaders, Eck Robertson, Red Headed Fiddlers, Oscar Harper, Cartwright Brothers, Lewis Brothers, Prince Albert Hunt and many more.
93 Songs
- CD 1:
- SALLIE GOODEN
- SALLY JOHNSON
- BULL AT THE WAGON
- BLUES IN A BOTTLE
- TRAVELING MAN
- PADDY ON THE HAND CAR
- THE STEELEY RAG
- SAN ANTONIO
- ZACATECAS
- DREAM SHADOWS
- BABE
- EIGHTH OF JANUARY
- FORKED DEER
- BEAUMONT RAG
- BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND
- GULF WALTZ
- MINEOLA RAG
- TEXAS QUICKSTEP
- NEVER ALONE WALTZ
- RAGTIME ANNIE
- TURKEY IN THE STRAW
- ACORN STOMP
- SHANNON WALTZ
- CD 2:
- LEATHER BRITCHES
- TOM SHERMAN'S BARROOM
- ARKANSAW TRAVELER
- CUBAN TWO STEP RAG
- CHEAT 'EM
- FAR IN THE MOUNTAIN
- SWEETEST FLOWER
- COMBINATION RAG
- MEXICAN BEANS
- MOTHER-IN-LAW
- UTAH CARROL
- GET ALONG LITTLE DOGIES
- POSSUM RAG
- CRAZY RAG
- DEL RIO WALTZ
- EAST TEXAS DRAG
- SALLY JOHNSON
- SHE GAVE UP
- BEAUMONT RAG
- TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
- THE ISLAND UNKNOWN (PT. 1)
- THE ISLAND UNKNOWN (PT. 2)
- CD 3:
- LONELY COWBOY (PT. 1)
- LONELY COWBOY (PT. 2)
- CALIOPE
- WHEN SUMMER COMES AGAIN
- PRISONER BOY
- TEXAS FAREWELL
- ON THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
- WHEN THE WORK'S ALL DONE THIS FALL
- SALLY JOHNSON AND BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND
- DONE GONE
- WAKE UP JACOB
- WALTZ OF ROSES
- RAGTIME ANNIE
- TEXAS WALTZ
- ARIZONA STOMP
- SHANNON WALTZ
- BRILLIANCY MEDLEY
- AMARILLO WALTZ
- THREE IN ONE TWO-STEP
- MEADOW BROOK WALTZ
- DALLAS BOUND
- TERRELL TEXAS BLUES
- BROWN KELLY WALTZ (PT. 1)
- BROWN KELLY WALTZ (PT. 2)
- CD 4:
- CHICKEN IN THE GARDEN
- HOUSTON SLIDE
- TOM & JERRY
- THERE'S A BROWN SKIN GIRL DOWN THE ROAD SOMEWHERE
- TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
- BITTER CREEK
- RAGTIME ANNIE
- SALLY JOHNSON
- YEARLING'S IN THE CANEBRAKE/THE GAL ON THE LOG
- DUSTY MILLER/MA FERGUSON
- KELLY WALTZ
- BOUQUET WALTZ
- OZARK RAG
- LOUISA WALT
- GREAT BIG 'TATERS
- RUN BOY RUN
- RED WING
- NEW BROOM
- ST. JOB'S WALTZ
- FATAL WEDDING
- MAMMY'S LITTLE BLACK-EYED BOY
- PICKANNINY LULLABY
- BEAUMONT RAG
- SERENADERS' WALTZ
