The Unsung Father of Country Music

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Goodbye, Dear Old Step Stone

  Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Stoneman
  3:12
• 2
  John Hardy

  Justin Winfield
  3:09
• 3
  The Resurrection

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:13
• 4
  West Virginia Highway

  Ernest V. Stoneman - Kahle Brewer
  3:04
• 5
  The Titanic
  3:13
• 6
  The Spanish Merchant's Daughter

  Stoneman Family
  3:15
  4.0 ★
• 7
  The Burial of Wild Bill

  Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
  2:51
• 8
  Sweeping Through the Gates

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:11
• 9
  Long Eared Mule

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Grayson County Boys
  3:05
• 10
  The Religious Critic
  2:58
• 11
  Possum Trot School Exhibition Part 1

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
  3:31
• 12
  Possum Trot School Exhibition Part 2

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
  3:30
  5.0 ★
• 13
  I Am Resolved

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:04
• 14
  A Message From Home Sweet Home

  Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
  3:06
• 15
  The Wreck of the '97

  Ernest V. Stoneman Trio
  2:51
• 16
  Old Joe Clark
  3:06
• 17
  Mountaineer's Courtship

  E. Stoneman - Miss I. Frost - E. Dunford
  3:18
• 18
  No More Good-Byes

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  2:45
• 19
  The Raging Sea, How It Roars

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
  3:22
• 20
  The Face That Never Returned
  3:06
• 21
  Ramblin' Reckless Hobo

  The Sweet Brothers
  2:59
• 22
  Hop Light Ladies

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers
  4:09
• 23
  All I've Got's Gone

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:20
• CD 2
• 1
  Goodbye, Dear Old Stepstone

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:20
• 2
  The Railroad Flagman's Sweetheart

  Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
  3:08
• 3
  There's a Light Lit Up in Galilee

  Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
  2:45
• 4
  Sourwood Mountain

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  2:54
• 5
  The Orphan Girl
  2:48
• 6
  Too Late

  Stoneman Family
  3:29
• 7
  The Fate of Talmadge Osborne
  3:17
• 8
  I Know My Name Is There

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:05
• 9
  Flop Eared Mule

  Ernest V. Stoneman Trio
  3:07
• 10
  The Lightning Express
  3:09
• 11
  Old Time Corn Shuckin' Part 1

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
  2:57
• 12
  Old Time Corn Shuckin' Part 2

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
  3:25
• 13
  Are You Washed in the Blood?

  Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
  3:18
• 14
  When the Snowflakes Fall Again

  Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers
  3:09
• 15
  The Wreck on the C & O
  3:28
• 16
  Once I Had a Fortune

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers
  3:37
• 17
  The Road to Washington

  Mr. and Mrs. Ernest V. Stoneman
  3:11
• 18
  He Is Coming After Me

  Ernest V. Stoneman and The Dixie Mountaineers
  3:32
• 19
  Say, Darling, Say

  Justin Winfield
  3:03
• 20
  The Old Hickory Cane
  3:00
• 21
  New River Train

  Justin Winfield
  2:52
• 22
  Nine Pound Hammer

  Ernest and Eddie Stoneman
  2:41
• 23
  All I Got's Gone

  Ernest and Eddie Stoneman
  2:58

More by Ernest V. Stoneman

Edison Recordings 1928

Edison Recordings 1928 1996

What Will I Do, for My Money's All Gone / Sweet Summer Has Gone Away

What Will I Do, for My Money's All Gone / Sweet Summer Has Gone Away 1928

Dying Girl's Farewell / Tell Mother I Will Meet Her

Dying Girl's Farewell / Tell Mother I Will Meet Her 1928

My Horses Ain't Hungry / The Orphan Girl

My Horses Ain't Hungry / The Orphan Girl 1927

The Fatal Wedding / The Fate of Talmadge Osborne

The Fatal Wedding / The Fate of Talmadge Osborne 1927

We Courted in the Rain / Kitty Wells

We Courted in the Rain / Kitty Wells 1927

Release credits

• Bolen Frost
  banjo [2.3-4, 2.6, 2.11-12, 1.6, 1.11-12, 1.16]
• Edna Brewer
  vocal [8]
• Ernest Stoneman
  autoharp [2.5, 2.10, 2.15, 1.5, 1.10, 1.20], baritone vocals [1.5-6, 1.10, 1.16-17, 1.20, 1.23, 2.3-6, 2.10-11, 2.15-17, 2.20], concertmaster [3], guitar [1.4, 1.8, 1.11-12, 1.16-17, 2.4, 2.6, 2.11-12, 2.17, 2.20], harmonica [2.3-6, 2.10, 2.15, 2.17, 2.20, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.16-17, 1.20], vocal [8]
• George Stoneman
  banjo [1.11-12, 2.11-12]
• Hattie Stoneman
  soprano vocals [1.6, 1.16, 2.3-4, 2.6], violin [2.3, 2.17, 1.6]
• Irma Frost
  organ [8], soprano vocals [2.8, 2.13, 1.17-18], vocal [8]
• Iver Edwards
  ukulele [11-12]
• Kahle Brewer
  fiddle [8], violin [1.4, 1.16, 2.4, 2.11-12]
• Ralph Peer
  producer [2.8, 2.11-13, 1.8, 1.17-18]
• Sam Patton
  spoken vocals [11-12]
• Uncle Eck Dunford
  fiddle [8], guitar [1.6, 2.3], spoken vocals [12], violin [2.6, 2.11-12, 1.11-12], vocal [2.3, 1.17]

Issues

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  The Unsung Father of Country Music

  2x CD
  2008