American Roots Music [Box Set] (2001)

About this title: The successes of the breakthrough soundtrack from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? and the in-depth PBS television series Ken Burns' Jazz seem to have combined in the 2001 production of Palm Pictures' four-part TV series American Roots Music. The series touches on the development of the distinctly American styles of traditional folk, country, blues, gospel, Western swing, bluegrass, cajun, zydeco, Tejano, and Native American music. Corresponding with the television event, Palm has released a four-CD box set soundtrack with a 48-page booklet covering the styles covered during the show. Much ... read more

Tracks:

1. American Roots Music Theme [Traditional]
2. Waiting for a Train [Rodgers]
3. Wildwood Flower [Carter]
4. Take Me Back to My Old Carolina Home [Traditional]
5. Wabash Cannonball [Carter]
6. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine [Autry/Long]
7. Sitting on Top of the World [Chatmon/Vinson]
8. Uncle Pen [Monroe]
9. Salty Dog Blues [Morris/Morris]
10. Nine-Pound Hammer [Travis]
11. Walking the Floor Over You [Tubb]
12. If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) [Beck/Frizzell]
13. Cold, Cold Heart [Williams]
14. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels [Miller]
15. Black Mountain Rag [Traditional]
16. Earl's Breakdown [Scruggs]
17. Little Maggie [Stanley]
18. Where Shades of Love Lie Deep [Parris/Wright]
19. Stomping Grounds [Fleck/Wooten]
20. The King Biscuit Time (Opening Theme) [Public Domain]
21. Crazy Blues [Bradford]
22. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
23. Black Snake Moan [Leadbelly]
24. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues [Patton]
25. Cross Road Blues [Johnson]
26. Death Letter Blues [House]
27. Another Night to Cry [Johnson]
28. Foldin' Bed [Public Domain]
29. Boogie Woogie Dream [Ammons]
30. Bye Bye Bird [Dixon/Williamson]
31. Shake for Me [Dixon]
32. Got My Mojo Workin' [Foster]
33. The Thrill Is Gone [Hawkins/Darnell]
34. Take a Little Walk With Me [Lockwood]
35. Henry [Moore/Parker]
36. Joshua Fit de Battle [Public Domain]
37. Precious Lord, Take My Hand [Dorsey]
38. Blind Barnabus [Public Domain]
39. Down by the Riverside [Public Domain]
40. Move on Up a Little Higher [Brewster]
41. Sit Down Servant [Staples]
42. Oh Happy Day [Hawkins]
43. This Land Is Your Land [Guthrie]
44. Goodnight Irene [Leadbelly/Lomax]
45. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) [Guthrie]
46. The Soldier and the Lady [Public Domain]
47. Spike Driver Blues [Hurt]
48. If I Had a Hammer [Hays/Seeger]
49. Wee Shall Overcome [Horton/Carawan/Hami]
50. The Times They Are A-Changin' [Dylan]
51. Allons À Lafayette [Dee]
52. Madame Atchen [Public Domain]
53. Port Arthur Blues [Public Domain]
54. I'm a Hog for You [Chenier]
55. Dans la Louisianne [Bruce]
56. Ossun Two Step [Public Domain]
57. Mal Hombre [Traditional]
58. Muchacha Bonita [Martínez]
59. Rosalito [Public Domain]
60. Las Nubes [Solano]
61. Ring of Fire [Cash/Kilgore]
62. Sorry Boy [Mendez]
63. Yeibichei Song [Public Domain]
64. Traditional Powow [Public Domain]
65. Jesus Loves Me [Public Domain]

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