Root Hog or Die: An Alan Lomax Centennial Tribute
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 1 March 2017
Tracklist
- 1I’m a Rambler, I’m a GamblerAlan Lomax3:10
- 2I Could Hear My Name a Ringin’Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy3:34
- 3One, Two, ThreeAnita Wilkins and group1:29
- 4Ol Carneàl El Va El Vé (Carnival Comes and Goes)Celeste Cappelli and group1:06
- 5Le Jour de l’an (New Year’s Day)Edward King3:07
- 6HamboneSteven Wright1:59
- 7DinahSheila Kay Adams2:12
- 8Steal Away / Didn’t Hear Nobody PrayRev. R.C. Crenshaw & Greater Harvest M.B. Church congregation6:07
- 9Alabama BoundJelly Roll Morton4:04
- 10Sally Ann JohnsonClark Kessinger and group2:10
- 11Go Down Old HannahErnest Williams and group2:40
- 12New Prospect (#320)United Sacred Harp Musical Association2:15
- 13Finnish WaltzAbraham "Aapo" Juhani1:21
- 14FaroRosa Lee Hill6:13
- 15Banshi instrumentalJasimuddin0:47
- 16High SocietyAlphonse Picou & Paul Dominguez, Jr.2:17
- 17Sing AnythingNeal Morris2:42
- 18Como las propias rosasBanda de Castelló de la Ribera3:10
- 19Amen, Amen, AmenMohead Plantation Church of God In Christ1:47
- 20Madame Young / Mon chère bébé créoleDennis McGee2:58
- 21Her Mantle So GreenMargaret Barry3:57
- 22Meet Me on the RoadBeatrice Dick and group1:31
- 23Nnuena (Christmas novena)Luigino Scollo & Pietro Guarrasi2:20
- 24CindyHobart Smith2:01
- 25Pu’in Bracken (Pulling Bracken)Isla Cameron1:19
- 26Cherry Ball BluesSkip James3:58
- 27Downhearted BluesSon House5:46
- 28Baile de Ibio (Warrior Dance)Unidentified2:53
- 29Big Kilmarnock BonnetJohn Steven and group4:34
- 30Chèz‐o, prete m yon chèz‐o (Chair, Oh! Let Me Have a Chair)La Roux Chayopye2:29
- 31Train on the IslandWade Ward0:47
- 32Arkansas TravelerElmer Barton2:10
- 33Cornbread Rough, Biscuit ToughBobby Jean Hemphill, Ruby Hemphill & Lucille Rice0:47
- 34Down in ArkansasAlmeda Riddle2:30
- 35Jolly Tinker / The Pretty Girls of MayoPaddy Breen & Michael Coleman2:22
- 36You Got to Reap What You Sow / A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It RightMcKinley Peebles & Bessie Jones4:38
- 370:48
- 38Bonsoir MoreauCanray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin2:11
- 39In a Shanty in Old Shanty TownBig Bill Broonzy4:07
- 40Tramps and HawkersJimmy McBeath2:45
- 41Remember Jesus Died When He Was YoungCharles Barnett3:00
- 42Ninna NannaVenturina Marandella1:12
- 43Read ’em JohnJohn Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers and the Georgia Sea Island Singers1:22
- 44StrigaturiUnidentified2:13
- 45Flirtation DanceSouth Hill Methodist Church women's league1:32
- 46Zoological GardensBrendan Behan2:41
- 47Indian RedWhite Eagles Mardi Gras Indians5:00
- 48Lenga Serpentina (Serpent Tongue)Compagna Sacco3:13
- 49Laura LeeEmma Hammond0:27
- 50Sailing in the Boat When the Tide Run StrongElizabeth Austin and group1:10
- 51When We Reach That Other ShoreBrother Alec Stamps & Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church Congregation2:16
- 52Lord Have MercyMississippi Fred McDowell1:49
- 53When I Can Read My Titles ClearVera Ward Hall1:25
- 54Going to FishingFiddlin’ Joe Martin and group3:22
- 55Cruising Round YarmouthHarry Cox3:38
- 56RambleawayShirley Collins3:22
- 57Fare You Well My Little Annie DarlingLittle Daw Henson2:54
- 58Join this Food CampaignHerth Colaire and group1:49
- 59My Gal’s a CorkerCedar Place Children1:49
- 60Jerusalem CuckooAlice Gibbs3:29
- 61Memories of the 1940 National Folk Festival / Fisher’s HornpipeUncle Eck Dunford with Uncle Charlie Higgins3:35
- 62Calypso InvasionDuke of Iron and group2:31
- 632:43
- 64This Old World’s in a TangleCalvin Frazier & Sampson Pittman3:45
- 65Tammuriata (drum rhythms)Unidentified fishermen3:44
- 66Wi’ My Rovin’ EyeJeannie Robertson1:37
- 67Diamond JoeBessie Jones1:18
- 68So Soon I’ll Be at HomeSid Hemphill and group1:38
- 69Cold MountainsTexas Gladden1:15
- 70Reuben TrainRay Hicks3:10
- 71MacPherson’s RantDavie Stewart6:45
- 72The Hundredth ManBukka White5:35
- 73I Wonder Where My Mother Has GoneEmperor Mackenzie0:56
- 74Coco rico de la Habana (Good coconuts from Havana)Unidentified street vendor0:17
- 75Roll Roll Roll and GoBabsy McQueen and group1:20
- 76The Day Is Past and GoneIndian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists4:01
- 77Cosher Bailey Had an EngineJohn Llewellyn Edwards and the Treorchy Male Choir & Treorchy Male Choir2:25
- 78Stop All the BusesCecil Augusta2:57
- 79Ya Malikna (Oh, Our King)Troupe of Monsieur Mohamed ben Abderrahmane5:55
- 80Yo sí la queríaEpifanio Capellán and group3:30
- 81Di yo pa hele pou nouRaphael Hurtault and group1:21
- 82I’ll Be Waiting ThereSophie Loman Wing and group1:37
- 83Early in the Morning“22” and group4:47
- 84Prayer / DoptionRev. Olsie Cowan and Spiritual Baptist congregation4:13
- 85Nottamun TownJean Ritchie2:24
- 86Fandango de ComaresInez Muñoz and Grupo de Cádiz2:39
- 87Two Step de EuniceDennis McGee0:54
- 88Blues #2Belton Sutherland4:37
- 89High Force Agricultural ShowMark Anderson3:34
- 90Al‐Hamdulillah (Thanks Be to God)Unidentified Amazigh man0:40
- 91Little and LowSouthern Fife & Drum Corps2:48
- 921:48
- 93Keen for a Dead ChildKitty Gallagher1:44
- 94Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying BedMississippi Fred McDowell & Annie Mae McDowell1:09
- 95Grace’s FavouriteBallinakill Ceilidhe Band1:31
- 96Free a Little BirdBascom Lamar Lunsford2:18
- 97Mormond BraesJohn Strachan4:14
- 98I’m TiredBright Light Quartet2:51
- 99Duérmete, niño angelito (Sleep, angel baby)Dolores Fernández Geijo0:47
- 100I Bid You GoodnightUnidentified men3:33
Release credits
- choir vocals [12]
- field recordist [5, 12, 14, 16, 33, 54, 57, 68, 78, 83], producer [34], recording [2, 11, 24, 26-27, 34, 36, 43, 53, 67, 69, 71, 91]
- guitar [68]
- vocal [34]
- clarinet [16]
- lead vocals [83]
- vocal [36, 43, 67]
- guitar [2]
- vocal [33]
- guitar [78], vocal [78]
- accordion [71], vocal [71]
- guitar [57], vocal [57]
- fife [91], vocal [91]
- foot stomps [5], vocal [5]
- field recordist [57]
- vocal [43]
- vocal [54], washboard [54]
- piano [24]
- recording [11]
- lead vocals [43]
- harmonica [54]
- field recordist [54]
- vocal [83]
- snare drum [91]
- bass drum [91]
- vocal [33]
- banjo [68]
- vocal [43]
- guitar [36], vocal [36]
- piano [2]
- guitar [16]
- vocal [43]
- guitar [14], vocal [14]
- vocal [33]
- assistant [34]
- fiddle [68], vocal [68]
- guitar [26], vocal [26]
- guitar [27], vocal [27]
- harmonica [2], vocal [2]
- vocal [69]
- vocal [53]
- vocal [83]
- bass drum [68]
- guitar [54]
- vocal [83]
Issues
RDigital Media1 March 2017