Charles Frazier’s novel and the film Cold Mountain opened the door to a world of Appalachian history, life, and music. Now, John Cohen and Smithsonian Folkways take you all the way home to the source and the spirit of Appalachia in the signature sounds of its musical elders. Descendents of the 19th-century Appalachian frontier families perform traditional music they inherited from their Civil War-era ancestors. 70 minutes. 36-page booklet with historic photos.
Field Holler – TJ Chesser
I Wish My Baby Was Born – Dillard Chandler
Look Down That Lonesome Road – Bill Cornetti
Morning Star – Sacred Harp Singers
Camp Chase – French Carpenter
John Brown’s Dream – Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters
Sweet Sunny South – Dock Boggs
Battle of Stone River, the – Oscar Parks
Sweet Glories Rush Upon My Sight – Old Regular Baptists
Roustabout – Dink Roberts
Fox Race – Joe Patterson
Jim and John – Lonnie & Ed Young
Day Is Past and Gone, the – Dorothy Melton
Omie Wise – Roscoe Holcomb
Silk Merchant’s Daughter – Dellie Norton
Hicks Farewell – Dillard Chandler
Three Little Babes – Texas Gladden
Wayfaring Stanger – Bill Monroe
Rank Stranger – the Stanley Brothers
Christmas Time Soon Be Over – Fiddlin’ John Carson
And Am I Born to Die – Doc Watson
Pulling the Skiff – Ora Dell Graham
Pumpkin Pie – Joe Thompson/Odell Thompson
Give the Fiddler a Dram – James Crase
Angel Band – E.C. & Orna Ball
Old Man Below, the – Gaither Carlton
When Sorrows Encompass Me ‘Round – Tommy Jarrell/Fred Cockerham