Nashville Early String Bands, Vol. 2

Nashville Early String Bands, Vol. 2

Nashville Early String Bands, Vol. 2

ASIN: B00004Z3R5

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For better or worse, Nashville has always been perceived as the home of country music. And, by the sounds of the great old-time music heard on this disc, back in the 1920s and '30s things were no different. Why the wealth of talent in one town? Blame it on the Grand Ole Opry. Cashing in on the early-20th-century passion for "traditional" American music, the radio show featured a motley bunch of personalities who only had one thing in common: they could play the hell out of their fiddles, guitars, harmonicas, or banjos. Listening to Deford Bailey play "Ice Water Blues" and "Alcoholic Blues" on his harmonica, you realize that old-time music isn't as much a sound or genre (Bailey freely mixes elements of the blues with white string-band styles) as a state of mind--stripped-down musicians playing their hearts out. Uncle Jimmy Thompson's fiddle style is just as lyrical and intense as Bailey's harp blowing; it's another highlight here (especially his narration on "Uncle Jimmy's Favorite Fiddling Pieces"). Diverse tunes by Uncle Dave Macon and Theron Hale round out this set of important old-time music. Want to hear the roots of the Grand Ole Opry? Here they are, in all of their gnarly glory. --Jason Verlinde

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Nashville Early String Bands, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Purity of Sound in the Music of Theron Hale and Daughters
 Nashville Early String Bands, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: County Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Z3R5
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

  1. Going Across The Sea - Crook Brothers String Band
  2. Over The Road I'm Bound To Go - Uncle Dave Macon
  3. Hale's Rag - Theron Hale & Daughters
  4. Ice Water Blues - Deford Bailey
  5. Old Master's Runaway - McGee Brothers & Todd
  6. Karo - Uncle Jimmy Thompson
  7. Bill Cheatam - Blind Joe Mangrum & Fred Shriver
  8. Brown's Ferry Blues - Sam & Kirk McGee
  9. Uncle Jimmy's Favorite Fiddling Pieces - Uncle Jimmy Thompson
  10. Jolly Blacksmith - Theron Hale & Daughters
  11. Jobbin Gettin' There - Crook Brothers String Band
  12. Alcoholic Blues - Deford Bailey
  13. Bacon & Cabbage - Blind Joe Mangrum & Fred Shriver
  14. Billy Wilson - Jimmy Thompson
  15. Muscle Shoals Blues - Deford Bailey
  16. Love Somebody - Crook Brothers String Band
  17. Fire In The Mountain - Theron Hale & Band
  18. Bake That Chicken Pie - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Guzzlers
  19. John Henry - Deford Bailey

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For better or worse, Nashville has always been perceived as the home of country music. And, by the sounds of the great old-time music heard on this disc, back in the 1920s and '30s things were no different. Why the wealth of talent in one town? Blame it on the Grand Ole Opry. Cashing in on the early-20th-century passion for "traditional" American music, the radio show featured a motley bunch of personalities who only had one thing in common: they could play the hell out of their fiddles, guitars, harmonicas, or banjos. Listening to Deford Bailey play "Ice Water Blues" and "Alcoholic Blues" on his harmonica, you realize that old-time music isn't as much a sound or genre (Bailey freely mixes elements of the blues with white string-band styles) as a state of mind--stripped-down musicians playing their hearts out. Uncle Jimmy Thompson's fiddle style is just as lyrical and intense as Bailey's harp blowing; it's another highlight here (especially his narration on "Uncle Jimmy's Favorite Fiddling Pieces"). Diverse tunes by Uncle Dave Macon and Theron Hale round out this set of important old-time music. Want to hear the roots of the Grand Ole Opry? Here they are, in all of their gnarly glory. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Purity of Sound in the Music of Theron Hale and Daughters.......2002-08-17

Among The Early String Bands, I find the music of Theron Hale and daughters unusual. There seems to be more of a refined, parlor music type of sound, that doesn't quite fit the catagory of country music. I have heard that one of the daughters, Ruth Hale was a violinist in the Early Nashville Symphony Orchestra, who complemented the father's style, by adding flourishes that enhanced the quality of the sound. The other daughter was engaged to the writer, Jesse Stewart, but did not marry him. It would be nice to hear more of their samples.

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