Released in February 2003, Kentucky Mountain Music is the type of box set that will have old-time music lovers drawing up their holiday wish-list early. A roots music novice will probably question the size and scope of the set: Why would one state, after all, need seven full discs to document its music? But devotees know that (a) Yazoo wouldn't put out anything but a quality product and (b) Kentucky holds more old-time musical riches than most states. As Richard Nevins notes, "no other state comes even close in both terms of fascinating diversity of styles and prodigious amounts of great performances." Each disc contains 22-25 performances including fiddle tunes, string band music, and vocals from the 1920s and 1930s. A number of well-respected names make multiple appearances including Burnett and Rutherford, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Doc Roberts. There are a number of fine cuts from Jimmy Johnson String Band("Gate to Go Through" and "Drink More Cider"),and Taylor's Kentucky Boys ("The Dixie Cowboy" and "Forked Deer"). There's a fun, snappy version of "Hot Corn" by Martin and Roberts, and some nifty banjo work by Henry L. Bandy on "Five Up." There are also oddities like Bill Bundy's "Poison in a Glass of Wine," about a jealous boy who poisons both himself and his true love, and the whimsical instrumental by the Fiddlin' Doc Roberts trio called "Honeymoon Stomp." The overall sound quality is good, though, as the liner notes point out, old recordings offer their share of problems when it comes to fidelity. The field recordings in particular were poorly recorded, leaving less room for improvement. Many kinks, however, have been ironed out, and fans will be thankful to have these recordings. This massive set is supplemented by an attractive booklet featuring good photographs and solid liner notes by Nevins and Charles K. Wolfe. Kentucky Mountain Music is a lovingly completed box set that will prove the perfect present for old-time fanatics everywhere.
Disc: 1
1. Ladies On The Steamboat Burnett & Rutherford
2. The Dying Soldier Buell Kazee
3. Little Rabbit/Rabbit Where's Your Mammy Crockett Family Mountaineers
4. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man Shortbuckle Roarke & Family
5. Eighth Of January Ted Gossetts Band
6. All Night Long Blues Burnett & Rutherford
7. Shipping Port Jimmy Johnsons String Ban
8. The Rowan County Crew Robert L. Day
9. Deer Walk Doc Roberts
10. Let Her Go, I'll Meet Her Rutherford & Foster
11. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It Walter Family
12. Lillie Dale Martin & Roberts
13. Cumberland Gap - Rutherford, Moore & Burnett
14. The Old Fish Song James Howard
15. The Red Hill Special Fort Thomas Group
16. If I Die A Railroad Man Green Bailey
17. Grand Hornpipe J.W. Day
18. East Virginia Walter Williams
19. Forked Deer Taylors Kentucky Boys
20. Pretty Polly Pete Steele
21. Run Banjo Justis Begley
22. We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
Disc: 2
1. Curley Headed Woman Burnett & Rutherford
2. Gate To Go Through Jimmy Johnsons String Band
3. Hot Corn Martin & Roberts
4. Grandma's Rag Taylor, Moore & Burnett
5. I'm As Free Little Birdie As Can Be Rutherford & Foster
6. Rocky Mountain Goat Ted Gossetts Band
7. Shut Up In Coal Creek Mine Green Bailey
8. Sugar In My Coffee (medley) Crockett Family Mountaineers
9. The Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy) Buell Kazee
10. New Money Doc Roberts
11. Pearl Bryan Burnett & Rutherford
12. Crooked John Kentucky String Ticklers
13. The Moonshiner Daw Henson
14. Forked Deer J.W. Day
15. The Dixie Cowboy Taylors Kentucky Boys
16. Mississippi Sawyer Walter Williams
17. Six Months Ain't Long Rutherford & Foster
18. Blackberry Blossom Ed Morrison
19. Ellen Smith Theophilus Hoskins
20. Five Up Henry L. Bandy
21. Payday At Coal Creek Pete Steele
22. Golden Willow Tree Justis Begley
23. The Last Appeal Alice & Martha Williams & Elizabeth Flatt
Disc: 3
1. Way Up On Clinch Mountain J.W. Day
2. Going To Jail Ted Gossetts Band
3. Richmond Blues Rutherford & Foster
4. Soap In The Washpan Jimmy Johnsons String Band
5. Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down McVay & Johnson
6. Old Voile Blue Ridge Mountaineers
7. Gentle Annie Asa Martin
8. Billy In The Low Ground Burnett & Rutherford
9. Lady Margaret And Sweet William Daw Henson
10. And The Cat Came Back Doc Roberts
11. Pass Around The Bottle Walter Williams
12. Coal Creek March Marion Underwood
13. Johnny O Johnny Pete Steele
14. Taylor's Quickstep (Monroe County Quickstep) Rutherford & Foster
15. I've Been All Around This World Justis Begley
16. Jenny Baker Jimmy Johnsons String Band
17. Come All You Roving Cowboys Clay Walters
18. Soldier's Joy Taylors Kentucky Boys
19. I Came To This Country Maynard Britton
20. Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes - Part 1 - Husking Bee/Old Molly Hare/Wild Horse/Soldier's Joy/Arkansas Traveller) Crockett Family Mountaineers
21. Rambling Reckless Hobo Burnett & Rutherford
22. Wild Horses Bill Stepp & Walter Williams
23. Old Christmas Boyd Asher
24. The Rowan County Feud Ted Chesnut
25. Wish I Had My Time Again Hatton Brothers
Disc: 4
1. Old Flannigan Blue Ridge Mountaineers
2. Willie Moore Burnett & Rutherford
3. The Wild Wagoner J.W. Day
4. My Cabin Home Among The Hills Asa Martin
5. Bow Legged Irishman Ted Gossetts Band
6. There's No One Like The Old Folks Rutherford & Foster
7. Old Blind Dog Jimmy Johnsons String Band
8. The Sporting Bachelors Buell Kazee
9. Sourwood Mountain Taylors Kentucky Boys
10. The Roving Boy Justis Begley
11. Of Old Time Dance Tunes - Part 2 (Sourwood Mountain/Sally In The Garden/Sally Goodin Crockett Family Mountaineers
12. Lack Fol Diddle I Day Pete Steele
13. Lost John Burnett & Rutherford
14. There's More Pretty Girls Than One Rutherford & Foster
15. Shaker Ben Walter Family
16. Jesus Walking Through The Land Rev. Sherwin Sizemore & Church of the Ten Elders
17. Pickaway Greens String Band
18. Wallins Creek Girls Daw Henson
19. We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes Blind Ed Morrison
20. John Hardy Walter Williams
21. Wink The Other Eye Hacks String Band
22. Hickory Jack Boyd Asher
23. Working's Too Hard J.M. Mullins
24. Sail Away Ladies Henry L. Bandy
25. The Great Reaping Day Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
Disc: 5
1. Buffalo Gals (Medley) Crockett Family Mountaineers
2. Three Black Sheep Howard & Peak
3. Run Them Coons In The Ground Clifford Gross
4. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground Green Bailey
5. Fire On The Mountain Ted Gossetts Band
6. Wake Up You Drowsy Sleepers Oaks Family
7. Cuttin At The Point Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
8. The Cowboy Trail Buell Kazee
9. Drink More Cider Jimmy Johnsons String Band
10. Two Faithful Lovers Rutherford & Foster
11. Maxwell Girl Taylors Kentucky Boys
12. Swafford Branch Stills Daw Henson
13. Wild Hog In The Woods Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
14. The Soldier And The Lady Marvin Thornton & Fort Thomas Group
15. Pine Tree Kentucky Woodchoppers
16. Lord Daniel Green Maggard
17. Leaving Here Blues Kentucky String Ticklers
18. The Peddler And His Wife James Howard
19. Waynesburgh Doc Roberts
20. Little Stream Of Whiskey Burnett & Rutherford
21. Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love Madisonville String Band
22. Little Birdie Pete Steele
23. Hog Eyed Man Theophilus Hoskins
24. (fragment) Walter Williams
25. I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes McVay & Johnson
Disc: 6
1. Bill Cheatam Mangrum & Shriver
2. Short Life Of Trouble Buell Kazee
3. B Flat Rag Madisonville String Band
4. The Fate Of Ellen Smith Green Bailey
5. Washington Quadrille Jimmy Johnsons String Band
6. Storms May Rule The Ocean Rutherford & Foster
7. Gray Eagle Taylors Kentucky Boys
8. Bile Dem Cabbage Down Crockett Family Mountaineers
9. Martha Campbell Doc Roberts
10. I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again Burnett & Rutherford
11. Shelvin Rock Charlie Wilson & His Hillbillies
12. The Roving Cowboy Buell Kazee
13. Fox Chase Ted Gossetts Band
14. Dogs In The Ashcan Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
15. Come All Ye Fair And Handsome Girls Green Maggard
16. Rambling Hobo Pete Steele
17. Leather Breeches Clifford Gross
18. Poison In A Glass Of Wine Bill Bundy
19. The Valentine Tom West
20. Flying Cloud Waltz Walter Family
21. A Western Union Telegram Ed Morrison
22. My Little Carpenter James Howard
23. Hook And Line Hatton Brothers
24. Will It Pay Oaks Family
Disc: 7
1. Rocky Mountain Goat Clifford Gross
2. The Orphan Girl Buell Kazee
3. Honeymoon Stomp Doc Roberts Trio
4. I Ain't A Bit Drunk George Roark
5. Bacon And Cabbage Mangrum & Shriver
6. I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart Howard & Peak
7. Little Boy Working On The Road J.W. Day
8. I Must See My Mothers Martin & Hobbs
9. New Harmony Waltz Kentucky Woodchoppers
10. Sugar Hill Crockett Family Mountaineers
11. Kentucky Plowboy's March Hacks String Band
12. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone Oaks Family
13. Tipple Blues Kentucky String Ticklers
14. He's Only A Miner Killed In The Ground Ted Chesnut
15. Rye Straw Doc Roberts
16. She's A Flower From The Fields Of Alabama Rutherford, Moore & Burnett
17. Ching Chow Jimmy Johnsons String Band
18. My Mothers Hands Shortbuckle Roark & Family
19. My Pretty Snow Deer Madisonville String Band
20. Walter Family Waltz Walter Family
21. Going Across The Sea Henry L. Bandy
22. Knoxville Rag Taylor, Moore & Burnett
23. I'm Rolling Along Buell Kazee
Yazoo Records was an American record label founded in the mid-1960s by Nick Perls. It specialized in early American blues, country, jazz, and other rural American genres collectively known as roots music
The first five releases (L 1001 to L 1005) were issued under the label name of Belzona Records. The label was then renamed Yazoo Records, and the first five releases were reissued under the new name.
The Belzona and Yazoo labels featured an Art Deco drawing of a peacock, adapted from the 1927 label of Black Patti Records.
For Yazoo Records Perls compiled rare 78-rpm recordings made in the 1920s by musicians such as Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, the Memphis Jug Band, Blind Blake, and Blind Lemon Jefferson; Times Ain't Like They Used to Be. Perls founded a second label, Blue Goose Records, in 1970, for which he recorded "rediscovered" black blues artists and younger blues and jazz performers.
In 1989 Yazoo was acquired by Shanachie Records In 2014, Yazoo signed its first current artists, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and released their album So Delicious on February 17, 2015.
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