Various Artists Dust to Digital - Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music & Photo / Various [CD]
Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music & Photo / Various
Various Artists Dust to Digital
CD Rel Date: 2014-11-11
What happens when a 78 collector marries a collector of antique photographs? Lead Kindly Light: recordings of rural Southern music: old time, string band music from Appalachia, extremely rare country blues and African American gospel singing from 1924-1939. a portrait of the rural American South between the dawn of the twentieth century and World War II, Lead Kindly Light brings together two CDs of traditional music from early phonograph records and a fine hardcover book of never-before-published vernacular photography. North Carolina collectors Peter Honig and Sarah Bryan have spent years combing back roads, from deep in the Appalachian mountains to the cotton and tobacco lowlands, in search of the evocative music and images of the pre-War South. The music of Lead Kindly Light presents outstanding lesser-known recordings by early stars of recorded country music, as well as rarely- and never-reissued treasures by obscure country, blues, and gospel artists. The photographs, mainly images of the rural and small-town South, are richly textured depictions of family life, work, and fun, and the often accidental beauty of the vernacular snapshot. 159 photographs from the collection of Sarah Bryan reproduced in full color. 46 audio recordings from the 78 RPM record collection of Peter Honig. 176-page hardcover book with 2 CDs. 8.5 inches x 6.5 inches. Debossed and tip-on cover.
Tracklist:
- Buster Carter and Preston Young I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Buster Carter ; Preston Young
- Georgia Yellow Hammers Mary Don't You Weep - Georgia Yellow Hammers
- Narmour ; Smith Jake Leg Rag - Narmour ; Smith
- Prince Moore Church Bells - Prince Moore
- Roane County Ramblers Callahan Rag - Roane County Ramblers
- Banjo Joe Engineer Joe - Banjo Joe
- Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet I Want to Go Where Jesus Is - Ernest Phipps ; His Holiness Quartet
- Amos Baker I Wish I Were a Mole in the Ground - Amos Baker
- Lewis Brothers When Summer Comes Again - Lewis Brothers 1
- Dykes' Magic City Trio Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio 1
- Leake County Revelers Johnson Gal - Leake County Revelers 1
- Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1 - Gid Tanner 1
- Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 2 - Gid Tanner 1
- Mississippi Bracey Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey 1
- Jilson Setters Little Boy Working on the Road - Jilson Setters 1
- Loveless Twins Quartet Lead Kindly Light - Loveless Twins Quartet 1
- Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters Roll on the Ground - Al Hopkins ; His Buckle Busters 1
- J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers Concord Rag - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers 1
- Uncle Eck Dunford and Ernest Stoneman Barney McCoy - Uncle Eck Dunford and Ernest Stoneman 2
- Blue Ridge Highballers Round Town Girls - Blue Ridge Highballers 2
- Carter Family Motherless Children - the Carter Family 2
- Rev. W. M. Mosley and His Congregation Labor for the Lord - Rev. W.M. Mosley and His Congregation 2
- Home Folk Fiddlers Arkansas Hoedown - Home Folk Fiddlers 2
- Allen Brothers Skipping and Flying - the Allen Brothers 2
- Fiddlin' Sam Long of the Ozarks Sandy Land - Fiddlin' Sam Long 2
- Rev. J. C. Burnett True Friendship - Rev. J.C. Burnett 2
- Narmour and Smith Tequila Hop Blues - Narmour ; Smith 2
- Orville Reed the Telephone Girl - Orville Reed 2
- Burnett and Ruttledge Blackberry Blossoms - Burnett ; Ruttledge 3
- Kid Williams and Bill Morgan When He Died He Got a Home in Hell - Kid Williams ; Bill Morgan 3
- Buster Carter and Preston Young It's Hard to Love and Can't Be Loved - Buster Carter ; Preston Young 3
- Carter Family Kitty Waltz - the Carter Family 3
- Birmingham Entertainers Johnny Bring the Jug 'Round the Hill - Birmingham Entertainers 3
- Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers Old Time Corn Shuckin', Part 1 - Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers 3
- Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers Old Time Corn Shuckin', Part 2 - Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers 3
- Mainer's Mountaineers Train Carry My Girl Back Home - Mainer's Mountaineers 3
- Miller's Merrymakers Old Time Breakdown - Miller's Merrymakers 3
- Riley Puckett Railroad Bill - Riley Puckett 3
- Leake County Revelers Been to the East, Been to the West - Leake County Revelers 4
- Charlie Bowman and His Brothers Gonna Raise the Ruckus Tonight - Charlie Bowman ; His Brothers 4
- Charlie Parker and Mack Woolbright Man Who Wrote the Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man - Charlie Parker ; Mack Woolbright
- Dykes' Magic City Trio Cotton Eyed Joe - Dykes Magic City Trio 4
- Joe Smith Kidnapping Is a Terrible Crime - Joe Smith 4
- Rev. W. M. Mosley the Comforter Has Come - Rev. W.M. Mosley 4
- Roane County Ramblers Johnson City Rag - Roane County Ramblers 4
- Jilson Setters - Way Up on Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters