Hillbilly Blues
Show 93: Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 1: Early Country Blues Crossover
This is the earlier mountain-and-country side of the argument, where old-time records, minstrel leftovers, blues phrases, and lonesome rural songs all share bloodlines. The show documents how early country music was never cleanly separate from blues, especially in guitar songs, railroad numbers, and hard-luck ballads.
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This is the earlier mountain-and-country side of the argument, where old-time records, minstrel leftovers, blues phrases, and lonesome rural songs all share bloodlines. The show documents how early country music was never cleanly separate from blues, especially in guitar songs, railroad numbers, and hard-luck ballads.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County Jail Blues | Gene Autry | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Sales Tax On The Women | The Dixon Brothers | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Worried Blues | Frank Hutchison | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Red Nightgown Blues | Jimmie Davis | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Trouble Minded Blues | Cliff Carlisle | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Johnson City Blues | Clarence Green | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Ben Dewberry's Last Run | Jimmie Rodgers | 1 | - | |
| 8 | K.C. Whistle Blues | Lester McFarland | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Wreck Of The Old 97 | Vernon Dalhart | 1 | - | |
| 10 | Buck Dancer's Choice | Sam McGee | 1 | Yes | - |
| 11 | Lonesome Valley | The Carter Family | 2 | Yes | - |
| 12 | Black Dog Blues | Bayless Rose | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train | The Delmore Brothers | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Hamtramck Mama | The York Brothers | 2 | - | |
| 15 | I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow | Emry Arthur | 2 | - | |
| 16 | A New Salty Dog | The Allen Brothers | 2 | - | |
| 17 | Old Black Dog (Original Mix) | Dick Justice | 2 | - | |
| 18 | The Rich Man & The Poor Man | Bob Miller | 2 | Yes | - |
| 19 | Get Along Little Doggies | Cartwright Brothers;Various Artists | 3 | Yes | - |
| 20 | Stockade Blues | Fiddlin John Carson | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Born in Hard Luck | Chris Bouchillon | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Down South Blues | Dock Boggs | 3 | - | |
| 23 | Little Sadie | Clarence Ashley | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Way Down the Old Plank Road | Uncle Dave Macon;Sam McGee | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Oh Molly Dear | B.F. Shelton | 3 | - | |
| 26 | The Moonshiner | Buell Kazee | 3 | - | |
| 27 | Cool Water | Sons of the Pioneers | 3 | - | |
| 28 | Nobody's Business | Riley Puckett | 3 | - | |
| 29 | West Virginia Gals | Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters | 3 | Yes | - |
| 30 | All Night Long Blues | Burnett & Rutherford | 4 | Yes | - |
| 31 | Ain't Nobody's Business | Earl Johnson | 4 | - | |
| 32 | The Arkansas Sheik | Riley Puckett;Clayton McMichen | 4 | - | |
| 33 | Train 45 | Gilliam Banmon Grayson;Henry Whitter | 4 | - | |
| 34 | Lonesome Old River Blues | Roy Acuff | 4 | - | |
| 35 | Alimony Blues | Al Dexter | 4 | - | |
| 36 | Lonesome Road Blues | Williamson Brothers, Curry | 4 | - | |
| 37 | Blues in a Bottle | Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers;Various Artists | 4 | - | |
| 38 | Take a Drink on Me | Charlie Poole | 4 | Yes | - |
| 39 | Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel | Harry McClintock | 5 | Yes | - |
| In The Shelter | Jimmy Buffett | - |