American Roots: The Essential Album
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 3 August 2002
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Man of Constant SorrowRalph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys2:53
- 2Big Rock Candy MountainHarry “Haywire Mac” McClintock2:193.4 ★
- 3You Are My SunshineGene Autry2:25
- 4Get in Line BrotherLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys2:24
- 5Keep on the Sunny SideThe Carter Family2:505.0 ★
- 6This Land Is Your LandWoody Guthrie2:183.5 ★
- 7In the Jailhouse NowJimmie Rodgers3:214.0 ★
- 8Hard Time Killing Floor BluesSkip James3:23
- 9Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing MeSonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:20
- 10Blue Moon of KentuckyBill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:03
- 11Take Me Back to Happy ValleyBailey Brothers2:40
- 12Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send MeMississippi John Hurt3:08
- 13Freight Train BoogieThe Delmore Brothers2:46
- 14Take Me to the MountainsDel McCoury and The Dixie Pals3:20
- 15My Better YearsThe Johnson Mountain Boys3:27
- 16Leaving CottondaleAlison Brown3:11
- 17I Walk the LineJohnny Cash2:434.2 ★
- CD 2
- 1Duelling BanjosEric Weissberg & Steve Mandell3:193.8 ★
- 2Girl From the North CountryBob Dylan3:23
- 3Fishin' BluesTaj Mahal3:105.0 ★
- 4If I Could Only Win Your LoveThe Louvin Brothers2:23
- 5Deeper WellEmmylou Harris4:20
- 6Fools GoldPoco2:24
- 7Penny to My NameEva Cassidy3:41
- 8Tomorrow I'll Be GoneThe Johnson Mountain Boys2:24
- 9Banks of the PontchartrainNanci Griffith3:47
- 10Trouble I've Had It All My DaysMississippi John Hurt2:45
- 11I Ain't Broke but I'm Badly BentDavid Grisman1:59
- 12West Virginia My HomeHazel Dickens4:32
- 13Weeping WillowThe Country Gentlemen2:05
- 14You'll Get No More of MeLynn Morris Band3:06
- 15Foggy Mountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:22
- 16I Fought the LawHank Williams, Jr.2:23
- 17Orange Blossom SpecialThe Charlie Daniels Band3:01
Release credits
- vocal [5]
- guitar [13], lead vocals [13]
- producer [10]
- lead vocals [10], mandolin [10]
- harmonica [15]
- fiddle [10]
- associate [9], engineer [9]
- lead vocals [15], mandolin [1.15, 2.8]
- producer [1]
- producer [15]
- guitar [2.8, 1.15], lead vocals [15], tenor vocals [15]
- banjo [1.4, 1.10, 2.15], vocal [4]
- double bass [15]
- fiddle [1.15, 2.8]
- banjo [7]
- arranger [1]
- mandolin [4], vocal [4]
- producer [15]
- guitar [15]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- producer [13]
- double bass [10]
- fiddle [4]
- bass [1]
- double bass [15]
- producer [9]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- double bass [4], vocal [4]
- double bass [15]
- acoustic guitar [17], lead vocals [17]
- resonator guitar [15]
- double bass [8]
- guitar [2.15, 1.4, 1.10], vocal [4]
- electric guitar [17]
- co [9]
- double bass [17]
- background vocals [9]
- guitar [5], vocal [5]
- producer [9]
- fiddle [15]
- background vocals [13]
- banjo [1], lead vocals [1]
- banjo [8]
- engineer [1]
- guitar [1]
- producer [17]
- autoharp [5], vocal [5]
- guitar [8], vocal [8]
- banjo [15]
- fiddle [15], guest [15]
- harmonica [13]
- guitar [6], vocal [6]
- fiddle [1]
Issues
A3 August 2002