4/11/11

Foot Stompin' Mountain Music

Well folks, here`s a neat LP. It features the autoharp playing old-time or traditional type country music. We have some great artists here, such as Ernest "Pop" Stoneman and autoharp "wizard" Kilby Snow, which could not be beat at playing fiddle tunes. Neriah & Kenneth Benfield are somewhat similar in style to Kilby Snow. I can`t say much about the autoharp, I don`t know all that much about them, but this is a great record. It`s not just a boring instrumental disc, most of the songs also have singing and all cuts are great examples of the styles of music played and sang to the autoharp. Hope you-all like it!! via Tracks for side 1--- Stoney`s Waltz - Ernest Stoneman Sweet Marie - Neriah & Kenneth Benfield May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? - Kilby Snow She`ll Be Coming `Round The Mountain - Kilby Snow & Wade Ward Flop-Eared Mule - Kilby Snow Bile `Em Cabbage Down - Ernest Stoneman & Mike Seeger All I Got`s Gone - Ernest Stoneman Ella`s Grave - Neriah & Kenneth Benfield Shortnin` Bread - Kenneth Benfield Old Joe Clark - Kenneth Benfield Waltz - Neriah Benfield Precious Jewel - Kilby Snow Ain`t Going To Work Tomorrow - Kilby Snow ... Tracks for side 2--- Mule Skinner Blues - Kilby Snow John Henry - Kilby Snow Weeping Willow Tree - Neriah & Kenneth Benfield Wreck Of Number Nine - Ernest Stoneman Red River Valley - Kilby & Jim Snow The Great Reaping Day - Ernest Stoneman I`m Alone, All Alone - Ernest Stoneman & Mike Seeger Jacob`s Ladder - Kenneth Benfield `Way Down In The Country - Kenneth Benfield Benfield Hoedown - Neriah Benfield Wildwood Flower - Kilby Snow & Mike Seeger Tragic Romance - Kilby Snow, Hazel Dickens & Mike Seeger ...