The Haint of the Budded Rose (2003)

About this title: If you like your roots music performed among friends, on the back porch or in the kitchen, you are in for quite a treat. This two-CD set (97 minutes in total duration) chronicles Martin Stephenson's musical journey through North Carolina in July 2000. Invited by Dolph Ramseur, a fan, Stephenson crossed the Atlantic to meet sung and unsung heroes of American roots music. The journey revolves around the figure of Charlie Poole. Stephenson meets fiddlers, banjo players, and singers in their homes, trading tunes and stories with them while Ramseur keeps a mini-disc recorder close by, capturing ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Oral Tradition [Stephenson]
2. Living in the Country [Harrell]
3. Ragtime Annie [Traditional]
4. The Old Man Died [Harrell]
5. Charlie Poole and the Police [Traditional]
6. Weary Blues [Traditional]
7. Black Mountain Rag [Traditional]
8. Write a Letter to My Mother [Traditional]
9. Slide Guitar [Baker]
10. You're a Beautiful Lady Etta [Traditional]
11. Forks of Sandy [Traditional]
12. Wild Horse [Traditional]
13. November Fields [Brown]
14. At Charlie Poole & Posey Rorrer's [Traditional]
15. Collie Malone [Traditional]
16. Green, Green, Grass of Home [Putman]
17. Chestnut Waltz [Traditional]
18. Goodbye Liza Jane [Traditional]
19. That Lonesome Sounding Fiddle [Traditional]
20. The Day Posey Rorer Sold His Fiddle [Stephenson]
21. The Good Doctor [Burrell]
22. The Sweet Sunny South [Traditional]
23. Intro [Traditional]
24. Old Time Radio Man [Childers]
25. Chit Akins Make Me a Star [Bowman]
26. Step Up and Go [Traditional]
27. A Dear Old Grey Haired Mother [Mullis]
28. Charlie Chased by Haints [Traditional]
29. Mt. Airy (Standing at the Crossroads) [Smith/Wright]
30. How Great Thou Art [Traditional]
31. Jessup's Reel [George]
32. Wildwood Flower [Traditional]
33. Posey Gave Up on the Music [Traditional]
34. Foggy Mountain Top [Traditional]
35. Intro [Brown/Ramseur]
36. The Rounds [Traditional]
37. Intro [Walker]
38. Some Day I'm Gonna Rock & Roll [Walker]
39. Police Dog Blues [Traditional]
40. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad [Traditional]
41. Lynchburg Town [Traditional]
42. Toodle Oodle Ooh [Wright]
43. November Fields [Traditional]
44. A Corn Licker Still in Georgia [Traditional]
45. Charlie Poole's Funeral [Traditional]
46. New Five Cent Piece [Traditional]

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