Mountain Music of Kentucky

Various Artists

Smithsonian Folkways

Field recordings collected by John Cohen in the mountains of Kentucky in 1959. Some of the tracks were originally released on an LP in 1960.

Tracks

• Old Age Pension Blues - Bill Cornett
• Hook and Line - Bill Cornett
• John Henry - Bill Cornett
• Pretty Polly - Bill Cornett
• Old Reuben - Bill Cornett
• Spring of '65 - J.D. Cornett
• Sally in the Garden - J.D. Cornett
• Barbara Allen - J.D. Cornett
• When We Shall Meet - Old Regular Baptist Church
• Amazing Grace - Old Regular Baptist Church
• Across the Rocky Mountain - Roscoe Holcomb
• Graveyard Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
• Cripple Creek - Roscoe Holcomb
• True Love - Roscoe Holcomb
• Sally in the Garden - Marion Sumner
• Lost Indian - Marion Sumner
• Hollow Poplar - Marion Sumner
• The Death of the Blue Eagle - George Davis
• Little Birdie - Willie Chapman
• Lost Indian - Willie Chapman
• Jaw Bone - Willie Chapman
• Bunker's Hill - Willie Chapman
• Cacklin' Hen - Willie Chapman
• Julie Ann - Willie Chapman
• Born in Old Kentucky - Bill Cornett
• Buck Creek Girls - Bill Cornett
• Sweet Willie - Bill Cornett
• Cluck Old Hen - Bill Cornett
• Coney Island (Coney Isle) - Roscoe Holcomb
• Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down - Roscoe Holcomb
• Wayfaring Stranger - Roscoe Holcomb
• Stingy Woman - Roscoe Holcomb
• East Virginia - Roscoe Holcomb
• Single Girl - Roscoe Holcomb
• Black Eyed Suzy - Roscoe Holcomb
• Hills of Mexico - Roscoe Holcomb
• Foreign Lander - Martha Hall
• Kitty Alone - Martha Hall
• Young and Tender Ladies - Martha Hall
• Charlie's Neat - Granville Bowlin
• Cotton Eyed Joe - Granville Bowlin
• Little Sunshine - Granville Bowlin
• Wild Bill Jones - Granville Bowlin
• Great Speckled Bird - Holiness Church
• Clap and Shout - Holiness Church
• Cry from the Cross - Holiness Church
• Clap, Shout and Shriek - Holiness Church
• Wagoner's Lad - Mr. and Mrs. John Sams
• The Absentee - Mr. and Mrs. John Sams
• The Coo-Coo (Coo-Coo Bird) - Mr. and Mrs. John Sams
• Marthis Campbell - James Crase
• Sally Goodin' - James Crase
• Fiddler a Dram - James Crase
• Fox Chase - James Crase
• Old Joe Clark - James Crase
• Fire on the Mountain - James Crase
• Ways of the World - James Crase
• Inch Along - James Crase
• Skip to My Lou - James Crase
• St. Louis Blues - Lee Sexton
• Pretty Polly - Lee Sexton
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Lee Sexton
• Fox Chase - Lee Sexton
• Ruby - Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby
• No Letter in the Mail - Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby
• Pretty Fair Miss in the Garden - Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby
• John Henry - Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby
• Rocky Island - Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby