| Description |
4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
"American roots music ... was inspired by, and is the soundtrack to the documentary television series of the same name."--Container. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Event |
Recorded 1920-2001. |
| Note |
Compact discs; with program notes (56 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.) bound in container. |
| Contents |
CD 1. Country. American roots music theme (Ricky Skaggs ... [et al.]) -- Waiting for a train (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wildwood flower (Carter Family) -- Take me back to my old Carolina home (Uncle Dave Macon) -- Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff) -- That silver haired daddy of mine (Gene Autry) -- Sitting on top of the world (Bob Wills) -- Uncle Pen (Bill Monroe) -- Salty dog blues (Flatt and Scruggs) -- Nine-pound hammer (Merle Travis) -- Walking the floor over you (Ernest Tubb) -- You've got the money, I've got the time (Lefty Frizzell) -- Cold cold heart (Hank Williams) -- It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels (Kitty Wells) -- Black Mountain rag (Doc Watson) -- Earl's breakdown (Earl Scruggs) -- Little Maggie (Ralph Stanley) -- Where shades of love lie deep (Doyle Lawson ; Quicksilver) -- Stomping grounds (Béla Fleck ; Flecktones). |
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CD 2. Blues. The King Biscuit time theme (James Cotton) -- Crazy blues (Mamie Smith) -- St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith) -- Black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues (Charley Patton) --Cross road blues (Robert Johnson) -- Death letter blues (Son House) -- Another night to cry (Lonnie Johnson) -- Foldin' bed (Whistler's Jug Band) -- Boogie woogie dream (Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson) -- Bye bye bird (Sonny Boy Williamson) -- Shake for me (Howlin' Wolf) -- Got my mojo working (Muddy Waters) -- The thrill is gone (B.B. King) -- Take a little walk with me (Robert Lockwood Jr.) -- Henry (Keb' Mo'). |
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CD 3. Gospel. Joshua fit de Battle (Fisk Jubilee Singers) --Precious Lord, take my hand (Thomas A. Dorsey) -- Blind Barnabus (Golden Gate Quartet) -- Down by the riverside (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) -- Move on up a little higher (Mahalia Jackson) -- Sit down servant (Staple Singers) -- Oh happy day (Edwin Hawkins) -- Folk. This land is your land (Woody Guthrie) -- Goodnight Irene (Lead Belly) -- So long it's been good to know yuh (Weavers) -- The soldier and the lady (New Lost City Ramblers) -- John Henry (Mississippi John Hurt) -- If I had a hammer : (The hammer song) (Peter, Paul and Mary) ; We shall overcome (SNCC Freedom Singers ; Pete Seeger) ; The times they are a-changin' (Bob Dylan). |
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CD 4. Cajun/Zydeco. Allons à Lafayette (Joe Falcon ; Cleoma Breaux) -- Madame Atchen (Amédé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee) -- Port Arthur blues (Dewey Balfa) -- I'm a hog for you (Clifton Chenier) -- Dans la Louisianne (Marc and Ann Savoy) -- Ossun two-step (Steve Riley ; Mamou Playboys) -- Tejano. Mal hombre (Lydia Mendoza) -- Muchacha Bonita (Narciso Martínez) -- Rosalito (Valerio Longoria) -- Las nubes (Little Joe y la Familia) -- Ring of fire (Mingo Saldívar) -- Sorry boy (Flaco Jiménez) -- Native American. Yeibichei song (unidentified performers) -- Traditional powwow (Renzel Last Horse and Kiyaska) -- Jesus loves me (Everette Red Bear and Sandor Iron Rope of the Native American Church) -- Wounded Knee (Floyd Westerman) -- Enchantment song (R. Carlos Nakai) -- The dance (Robert Mirabal). |
| Language |
Sung in English, French Creole, Spanish, or Native American languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Country music.
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Country music.
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Blues (Music)
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Blues (Music)
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Gospel music.
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Gospel music.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Music.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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Folk music -- United States.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Cajun music.
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Cajun music.
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Zydeco music.
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Zydeco music.
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Tejano music.
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Tejano music.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Music.
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Indians of North America -- Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Television soundtracks.
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Television soundtracks.
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Television music.
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Television music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Title |
American roots music (Television program)
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| Music No. |
PALMCD 2075-2 Palm |
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