Songs of the Carter Family cover

Songs of the Carter Family is a 2000 CD by Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin on Appleseed Recordings (APR CD 1043). Its twelve songs come from the repertoire of A. P., Sara and Maybelle Carter, who made their first recordings for Victor in Bristol, Tennessee, under Ralph Peer on 1 August 1927 and recorded around 300 songs between 1927 and 1942.

The program opens with “Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath” and “Bear Creek Blues” and includes “Meet Me in the Moonlight,” “Single Girl, Married Girl,” “Sow ’Em on the Mountain,” “Motherless Children,” “River of Jordan” and “Don’t Forget This Song.” It closes with “March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away,” a song attributed to A. P. Carter. Stecher, who produced the album and wrote its liner notes, plays guitar and mandolin; Brislin plays guitar. Both sing, and Larry Hanks and Suzy Thompson are credited with vocals as well. A review at the time noted that the CD uses only a few instruments.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbath 3:17
  2. 2 Bear Creek Blues 3:56
  3. 3 Meet Me in the Moonlight alt version 3:30
  4. 4 Single Girl Married Girl alt version 3:19
  5. 5 Sow ‘Em on the Mountain alt version 3:04
  6. 6 Dreaming Of You Darling 3:31
  7. 7 Bye And Bye 5:11
  8. 8 Motherless Children 4:12
  9. 9 Dark And Stormy Weather 2:52
  10. 10 River of Jordan alt version 4:07
  11. 11 Don't Forget This Song 3:08
  12. 12 March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away 2:52

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