Beginner’s Guide to American Roots
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2004
Tracklist
- CD 1: Traditional Folk, Bluegrass & Old Time Country
- 1Hard TravelingWoody Guthrie2:37
- 2Rabbit in a LogThe Stanley Brothers2:26
- 3Where Did You Sleep Last Night?Lead Belly3:06
- 4Ballad of Alfred PackerPhil Ochs2:18
- 5I’m Gonna Be an EngineerPeggy Seeger4:33
- 6If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)Pete Seeger2:26
- 7Wabash CannonballJean Ritchie with Doc Watson3:21
- 8Get Up JohnBill Monroe2:38
- 9Freight TrainElizabeth Cotten2:14
- 10SouthboundDoc & Merle Watson2:44
- 11Duncan and BradyDave Van Ronk3:04
- 12Our Last GoodbyeThe Johnson Mountain Boys2:37
- CD 2: Rural Blues
- 1Good Morning Little SchoolgirlMississippi Fred McDowell3:36
- 2CandymanReverend Gary Davis2:37
- 3In My Time of Dyin’Josh White3:17
- 4Trouble in MindLightnin’ Hopkins2:58
- 5John HenrySonny Terry & Brownie McGhee4:07
- 6Sweet Home ChicagoRoosevelt Sykes3:00
- 7Chain Gang BluesBig Joe Williams5:20
- 8Baby Please Don’t GoBig Bill Broonzy3:15
- 9Long Road to TravelLonnie Johnson2:24
- 10House of the Rising SunRoscoe Holcomb3:52
- 11Black Snake MoanBlind Lemon Jefferson3:04
- 12Cocaine BluesReverend Gary Davis2:41
- CD 3: Modern Americana
- 1Taylor JohnKelly Joe Phelps5:43
- 2Love Takes the Best of YouCatie Curtis4:18
- 3Honey BabyDamien Jurado3:435.0 ★
- 4Talk to Me of MendicinoKate & Anna McGarrigle2:59
- 5Easy (As Falling Apart)Kelly Willis4:11
- 6Mail Box Blues (live)Taj Mahal3:43
- 7LafayetteLucinda Williams3:42
- 8MiracleJosh Rouse3:57
- 9Color of the SunWillard Grant Conspiracy4:42
- 10TallacatchaAlvin Youngblood Hart3:03
- 11With These HandsAlejandro Escovedo3:30
Release credits
- recording [3]
- acoustic guitar [11], lead vocals [11]
- background vocals [5], viola [5]
- assistant [3], recording [3]
- guitar [5], vocal [5]
- background vocals [5]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- Wurlitzer electric piano [5], acoustic guitar [5], electric guitar [5]
- guitar [1]
- mandolin [2]
- guitar [3], lead vocals [3]
- mandolin [12], vocal [12]
- guitar [10]
- guitar [12], vocal [12]
- bass [12]
- fiddle [12], vocal [12]
- producer [5]
- membranophone [5]
- executive [5]
- bass guitar [11]
- bass guitar [5]
- percussion [11]
- percussion [11]
- guitar family [4], piano [4], vocal [4]
- lead vocals [5], producer [5]
- mix [3], producer [3], recording [3]
- guitar [4], vocal [4]
- resonator guitar [5]
- vocal [4]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- guitar family [4]
- bass [2]
- percussion [11]
- percussion [11]
- membranophone [5]
- banjo [2], vocal [2]
- editor [4], recording [4]
- additional [4], vocal [4]
- percussion [11]
- harmonica [1.1, 2.5], vocal [5]
- acoustic guitar [11], baritone guitar [11]
- banjo [12], vocal [12]
- piano [11], synthesizer [11]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- fiddle [2]
- mandolin [1], vocal [1]
Issues
B2004