Family Tradition: The Stoneman Legacy, released in 2008, honored one of the most remarkable multigenerational stories in American roots music. Ernest 'Pop' Stoneman, the Virginia-born singer and instrumentalist who recorded for OKeh Records in the 1920s, established a musical family whose members spread the old-time and country tradition across decades and generations. His daughter Roni Stoneman became a beloved figure through her work on Hee Haw, and the family's collective recordings document the transition from the pre-commercial folk tradition into the country and bluegrass mainstream. 'Cripple Creek' and 'Let's All Go Down to the River' are songs embedded in the oldest layers of the American mountain music tradition, and the Stoneman family's performances carry genuine historical connection to the culture from which the songs originally grew.
Tracklist
- 1 Watermelon on the Vine alt version 2:15
- 2 Under the Double Eagle alt version 3:48
- 3 Muleskinner Blues alt version 4:23
- 4 Wreck of the Old 97 alt version 2:30
- 5 Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane alt version 2:44
- 6 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues alt version 3:21
- 7 Cripple Creek Source Recording 2:18
- 8 Let’s All Go Down to the River Source Recording 1:57
- 9 Soldier’s Joy alt version 1:35
- 10 I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes alt version 3
- 11 Whippoorwill Song 2:14
- 12 Tecumseh Valley alt version 4:55
- 13 Old Joe Clark alt version 2:34
- 14 Little Maggie alt version 2:44
- 15 Tupelo County Jail 2:04
- 16 I Washed My Face In the Morning Dew 3:16
- 17 Steel Guitar Rag 3:11
- 18 Life is Like a Mountain Railway alt version 3:28
- 19 Orange Blossom Special alt version 2:56
- 20 Mama Don't Allow 2:57