Nashville at Newport (1995)

About this title: Nashville at Newport chronicles the legendary folk festival's gradual acceptance of country music by gathering a total of 31 Newport performances by country artists from 1963 to 1968. The disc opens with one song apiece from Jimmie Driftwood, Mother Maybelle Carter, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Next come several songs each by Hazel Dickens and Kirk McGee. Then there are extended sets (at least six songs) by Ike Everly and his son Don (of the Everly Brothers), Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys, and Johnny Cash. Although the recording quality is sometimes not quite up to par, the performances ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Battle of New Orleans [Driftwood]
2. Cannonball Blues (He's Solid Gone) [Carter]
3. Mule Skinner Blues [Rodgers/Vaughn]
4. Walking in My Sleep [Jean]
5. A Tiny Broken Heart [Hill/Louvin/Louvin]
6. The One I Love Is Gone [Gibson]
7. Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home [Stanley]
8. Milk 'Em in the Evening Blues [Ford]
9. Pig in the Pen [Stanley/Stanley]
10. Hell Among the Yearlings [Public Domain]
11. Blue Smoke [Travis]
12. Everly Rag [Travis]
13. Step It up and Go [Howard]
14. Bass Fiddle Rag [Everly]
15. Nellie Gray [Everly]
16. Dirty Guitar Blues [Everly]
17. Wabash Cannonball [Carter]
18. Cannonball Rag [Travis]
19. Fox Chase Medley
20. I Wash My Hands in Muddy Water [Babcock]
21. Dixie Breakdown [Reno/Lunceford]
22. Steel Guitar Chimes [Acuff]
23. Introduction
24. Big River [Cash]
25. Folsom Prison Blues [Cash]
26. I Still Miss Someone [Cash/Cash]
27. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
28. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Dylan]
29. I Walk the Line [Cash]
30. The Ballad of Ira Hayes [LaFarge]
31. Keep on the Sunny Side [Carter/Garett]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.