The Essential Guide to American Roots
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2006
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Theme / Cannon Ball BluesThe Carter Family2:21
- 2Come On In My KitchenRobert Johnson2:514.0 ★
- 3Pretty Boy FloydWoody Guthrie3:03
- 4The Rambler’s BluesThe Stanley Brothers2:49
- 5I’m So Lonesome I Could CryHank Williams2:494.2 ★
- 6Mal Hombre (live)Lydia Mendoza4:04
- 7Oh DeathDock Boggs3:22
- 8The One I Love Is GoneHazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard3:12
- 9Crowley WaltzThe Hackberry Ramblers2:14
- 10Shake ’Em On DownMississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods3:08
- 11Please Settle in VietnamLightnin’ Hopkins4:12
- 12Folsom Prison BluesJohnny Cash2:504.4 ★
- 13Crawlin’ King SnakeJohn Lee Hooker2:47
- 14My Tennessee Mountain HomeDolly Parton3:043.7 ★
- CD 2
- 1Mr Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)Howlin’ Wolf2:29
- 2Vamos a BailarFreddy Fender2:14
- 3Zydeco et pas saleClifton Chenier3:16
- 4Gimme a PennyBig Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters’ Blues Band4:37
- 5Bright Lights, Big CityJimmy Reed2:43
- 6Junco PartnerJames Booker5:10
- 7En bas du chêne vertDewey Balfa, Marc Savoy and D.L. Menard4:18
- 8Dust My Broom (feat. Sonny Boy Williamson)Elmore James2:48
- 9Poquita Fé (feat. Ry Cooder)Flaco Jiménez4:17
- 10Finger Lickin’ GoodCharlie Musselwhite3:59
- 11Lonesome, Orn’ry and MeanSteve Young3:38
- 12Hot Burrito #1The Flying Burrito Brothers3:42
- 13RippleJimmie Dale Gilmore4:50
- 14My Old Friend the BluesSteve Earle3:093.0 ★
- CD 3
- 18 Miles HighChris Hillman4:07
- 2Radio KingGolden Smog3:12
- 3Him Who Saved MeChip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez4:40
- 4I’ll Fly AwayGillian Welch & Alison Krauss2:58
- 5Grandmother and Mother’s LegacyRadmilla Cody3:27
- 6Don’t Come the Cowboy with Me, Sonny JimKelly Willis3:58
- 7Passionate Kisses [live]Lucinda Williams2:40
- 8Come Pick Me UpRyan Adams5:18
- 9Oh MeMeat Puppets3:034.0 ★
- 10Put You DownAlejandro Escovedo5:49
- 11Praise MusicAubrey Ghent3:47
- 12I Found OutNathaniel Mayer4:07
- 13You Better RunJunior Kimbrough7:37
- 14Song for the Morning StarR. Carlos Nakai4:16
Release credits
- electric guitar [10], lead vocals [10]
- lead vocals [8]
- executive [2]
- fiddle [8]
- producer [14]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- recording [13]
- background vocals [10]
- producer [3, 7], recording [7]
- mix [14], recording [14]
- washboard [3]
- accordion [3], vocal [3]
- bass guitar [9]
- guitar [9], vocal [9]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- mandolin [8]
- violin [10]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- fiddle [7]
- banjo [7], vocal [7]
- vocal [14]
- producer [2]
- engineer [3]
- guitar [8], lead vocals [8], slide guitar [8], vocal [8]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- drums (drum set) [14]
- double bass [8], tenor vocals [8]
- piano [6], vocal [6]
- double bass [7]
- producer [6]
- electric guitar [10]
- producer [6]
- recording [6]
- acoustic guitar [12], lead vocals [12], vocal [12]
- banjo [8]
- double bass [8]
- producer [8]
- electric guitar [12]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- accordion [7], fiddle [7]
- double bass [12]
- guitar [8], recording [7]
- recording [8]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- producer [13]
- task [14]
- producer [12]
- harmonica [8]
- engineer [9]
- prepared piano [10], synthesizer [10]
- acoustic guitar [10]
- lead vocals [14]
- synthesizer [10]
- recording [14]
- recording [2]
- background vocals [10]
- guitar [3], vocal [3]
Issues
- T2006