Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, Vol. 5

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, Vol. 5
Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 30s
Yazoo 2063; Ordering Information

A collection of classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American rural music. This series is a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s including fiddle tunes, rags, banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.


1. SAM MCGEE, Railroad Blues 2. FLOYD COUNTY RAMBLERS, Step Stone 3. SKIP JAMES, Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues 4. WEEMS STRING BAND, Greenback Dollar 5. JIMMIE DAVIS, Doggone That Train 6. ELI FRAMER, Framer's Blues 7. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON, No Room For A Tramp 8. GARLAND BROTHERS & GRINSTEAD, Just Over The River 9. BEN COVINGTON, Mule Skinner Moan 10. REAVES WHITE COUNTY RAMBLERS, Shortening Bread 11. J.P. NESTOR & NORMAN EDMONDS, Black-Eyed Susie 12. BUDDY BOY HAWKINS, A Rag Blues	13. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON, Railroad Blues 14. GRAYSON COUNTY RAILSPLITTERS, Way Down In North Carolina 15. THE SWAMP ROOTERS, Citaco 16. UNKNOWN, Pistol Blues 17. MURPHY BROTHERS BAND, Boat Song March 18. FRANK BLEVINS & HIS TAR HEEL RATTLERS, I've Got No Honey Babe Now 19. WILMER WATTS & THE LONELY EAGLES, Bonnie Bess 20. BLIND JOE REYNOLDS, Cold Woman Blues 21. WYZEE, TUCKER & LECROY, Hamilton's Special Breakdown 22. BULL MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS, Johnny Goodwin 23. CHARLEY PATTON, Some Happy Day