Country Music Pioneer

Aged sixteen he joined a medicine show. For the next thirty years he traveled the South as an entertainer and song-gatherer, acquiring a vast repertoire in the process. Here’s the young performer, showing all his talent, dynamism and showmanship. CD A: CLARENCE ASHLEY: 1.The Coo Coo Bird 2.The House Carpenter 3.Penitentiary Bound 4.Cincinnati Breakdown 5.The Old Arm Chair 6.One Dark And Stormy Night 7.Little Sadie 8.Sideline Blues 9.Baby All Night Long 10.Washington And Lee Swing 11.Goodnight Waltz 12.Old John Hardy 13.Naomi Wise 14.Sadie Ray 15.Bay Rum Blues 16.Ain’t No Use To High Hat Me 17.Drunk Man Blues 18.Go Way And Let Me Sleep 19.My North Carolina Home 20.Honeysuckle Rag 21.Short Life Of Trouble 22.You Are A Little Too Small 23.Frankie Silvers 24.Three Men Went A Huntin’ CD B: CLARENCE ASHLEY: 1.Dark Holler Blues 2.Haunted Road Blues 3.Times Ain’t Like They Used To Be 4.Corrina, Corrina 5.Rude And Rambling Man 6.The Train’s Done Left Me 7.There’s A Man Going Round Taking Names 8.Peg And Awl 9.The Hills Of Tennessee 10.Careless Love 11.Lay Down Baby Take Your Rest 12.Can’t You Remember When Your Heart Was Mine 13.Rising Sun Blues 14.The Old Grey Goose 15.Somebody’s Tall And Handsome 16.I’ll Be Washed 17.Over At Tom’s House 18.Fiddler’s Contest 19.My Sweet Farm Girl 20.Greenback Dollar EMRY ARTHUR: 21.I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 22.Jennie My Own True Love 23.The Day I Left Home 24.Blood Stained Dress CD C: EMRY ARTHUR: 1.The Little Black Train Is Coming 2.The Broken Wedding 3.Nobody’s Business 4.Down In Tennessee Valley 5.Train Whistle Blues 6.The Blind Boy 7.Six Months In Jail Ain’t Long 8.Empty Pocket Blues 9.Mother’s In Heaven Tonight 10.Frankie Baker – Part 1 11.Frankie Baker – Part 2 12.Heave Ho - The Anchor 13.Don’t Get Married 14.My Own True Lover 15.Look Out For The Window 16.Ramblin’ Hobo Blues 17.The Bootlegger’s Lullaby 18.Going Around The World 19.I’m Always Thinking Of You 20.Where The Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way 21.The Broken Wedding 22.I’m Always Thinking Of You 23.Sunshine And Shadows 24.Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye 25.Reuben Oh Reuben CD D: EMRY ARTHUR: 1.I’m A Man Of Constant Sorrow 2.Let That Liar Alone 3.A Railroad Lover For Me DOCK BOGGS: 4.Down South Blues 5.Sugar Baby 6.Country Blues 7.Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long 8.Old Rub Alcohol Blues 9.False Hearted Lover’s Blues 10.Lost Love Blues 11.Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There 12.Danville Girl 13.Pretty Polly 14.New Prisoner’s Song 15.Hard Luck Blues 16.Old Rub Alcohol Blues 17.Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There 18.Lost Love Blues DYKES MAGIC CITY TRIO: 19.Cotton Eyed Joe 20.Tennessee Girls 21.Twilight Is Stealing 22.Far Beyond The Blue Sky 23.Golden Slippers 24.Shortening Bread