Rural Roots Of Bluegrass

Songs, Stories & History

Wayne Erbsen's newest book takes a deep look at bluegrass music to uncover its true roots: ballads of early pioneers, Scots-Irish fiddle tunes, black spirituals, plantations melodies, blues, murder ballads, sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley, North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. The book is richly illustrated with over 100 vintage photos and includes lyrics, musical notation, chords, history and playing tips to 94 songs. There are also nearly 80 pages of history and profiles portraying important musicians including the Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Bradley Kincaid, Riley Puckett, Charlie Poole, Wade & J.E. Mainer, Vernon Dalhart, Carolina Tar Heels, G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Ernest V. Stoneman, Blue Sky Boys, Fiddlin' John Carson, Coon Creek Girls, Earl Scruggs, Eck Robertson, Callahan Brothers, Samantha Bumgarner, Bill Monroe Zeke & Wiley Morris, Jimmie Rodgers and Stringbean. Optional CD by Wayne Erbsen and Laura Boosinger is available containing fourteen songs from the book.

Inhalt:

• A Beautiful Life
• All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
• Amazing Grace
• Angel Band
• Are You Tired of Me, Darling?
• Banjo Pickin' Girl
• Banks of the Ohio
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
• Bury Me Beneath the Willow
• Careless Love
• Columbus Stockade Blues
• Cotton-Eyed Joe
• Cripple Creek
• Cumberland Gap
• Darling Cory
• Dig a Hole in the Meadow
• Don't Go Out Tonight, My Darling
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
• Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky
• Down in the Willow Garden
• Dream of the Miner's Child
• Drifting Too Far From the Shore
• East Virginia
• Footmarks in the Snow
• Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee
• Give Me the Roses
• Going to Georgia
• Handsome Molly
• He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
• I Wonder How the Old Folks are at Home
• I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
• I'll Remember You in My Prayers
• In the Pines
• Jealous Lover
• Jesse James
• Jimmie Brown the Paper Boy
• John Hardy
• Johnson Boys
• Just Over in the Gloryland
• Karl & Harty
• Katie Cline
• Katie Dear
• Knoxville Girl
• Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
• Leather Britches
• Life's Railway to Heaven
• Little Bessie
• Little Log Cabin in the Lane
• Little Maggie
• Little Rosewood Casket
• Little Whitewashed Chimney
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Long Journey Home
• Lord, I'm Coming Home
• Man of Constant Sorrow
• Maple on the Hill
• Mary of the Wild Moor
• Midnight on the Stormy Deep
• My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
• My Old Cottage Home
• New River Train
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Oh Those Tombs
• Old Joe Clark
• Poor Ellen Smith
• Precious Memories
• Pretty Polly
• Put My Little Shoes Away
• Rabbit in the Log
• Red Rocking Chair
• Red Wing
• Reuben's Train
• Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Roll on Buddy
• Roving Gambler
• Sally Goodin'
• Seeing Nelly Home
• Shady Grove
• Shake Hands With Mother Again
• Short Life of Trouble
• Sweet Sunny South
• They're at Rest Together
• Turkey in the Straw
• The Unclouded Day
• Wabash Cannonball
• Wait till the Clouds Roll By
• Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John
• What Would You Give in Exchange?
• When the Bees are in the Hive
• When You and I Were Young, Maggie
• Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
• White House Blues
• Whoa Mule
• Wild Bill Jones
• Wildwood Flower