Acknowledgements Introduction User Notes 1. "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" - Fiddlin'' John Carson (Okeh 4890) (1923) 2. "Silly Bill"/"Old Time Cinda" - The Hill Billies (Okeh 40294) (1925) 3. "Woman''s Suffrage" - George Reneau (Vocalion 14999) (1925) 4. "The Death of Floyd Collins"/"Little Mary Phagan" - Vernon Dalhart (Columbia 15031-D) (1925) 5. "When the Work''s All Done This Fall" - Carl T. Sprague (Victor 19747) (1925) 6. "Seneca Square Dance"/"Echoes of the Ozarks" - Fiddlin'' Sam Long (Gennett 3284) (1926) 7.

"Wish to the Lord I Had Never Been Born" - Luther B. Clarke Accomp. by Blue Ridge Highballers (Columbia 15096-D) (1926) 8. "Where We''ll Never Grow Old"/"Pictures from Life''s Other Side" - Smith''s Sacred Singers (Columbia 15090-D) (1926) 9. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"/"Sweet Bunch of Daisies" - McMichen''s Melody Men (Columbia 15111-D) (1926) 10. "I''m a Stern Old Bachelor" - Chubby Parker (Silvertone 5012) (1927) 11. "Going Slow"/"Spartanburg Blues" - Homer Christopher and Raney Van Vink (Okeh 45117) (1927) 12. "Carbolic Rag"/"Stone Mountain Wobble" - Scottdale String Band (Okeh 45118) (1927) 13.

"Chain Gang Special"/"Walk Right in Belmont" - Watts and Wilson (Paramount 3019) (1927) 14. "Gray Eagle"/"Forked Deer" - Hill''s Virginia Mountaineers [Taylor''s Kentucky Boys] (Silvertone 8183) (1927) 15. "The Picture on the Wal"/"My Carolina Girl" - Georgia Yellow Hammers (Victor 20943) (1927) 16. "You Can''t Make a Monkey out of Me" - Eva Quartette with W. J. Smith (Gennett 6239) (1927) 17. "A Corn Licker Still in Georgia"-Parts 1 and 2 - Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris, Bob Nichols and Bill Brown (Columbia 15201-D) (1927) 18. "Blue Yodel" - Jimmie Rodgers (Victor 21142) (1927) 19.

"Combination Rag" - East Texas Serenaders (Columbia 15229-D) (1927) 20. "Davy"/"Greenback Dollar" - Weems String Band (Columbia 15300-D) (1927) 21. "Handy Man"/"I Tickled ''Em" - New Arkansas Travelers (Victor 21288) (1928) 22. "Hog Eye" - Pope''s Arkansas Mountaineers (Victor 21295) (1928) 23. "The Bluefield Murder" - Roy Harvey and North Carolina Ramblers (Brunswick 250) (1928) 24. "A Fiddler''s Contest" - The Tennessee Ramblers (Brunswick 257) (1928) 25. "Rye Waltz"/"Medley-Scottische" - Bob Skiles Four Old Tuners (Okeh 45211) (1928) 26."Hallelujah! I''m a Bum"/"The Bum Song"/"Mac"- (Harry McClintock) (Victor 21343) (1928) 27.

"Home Again Medley" - Red Mountain Trio (Columbia 15260-D) (1928) 28. "A Red-Headed Widow Was the Cause of It All"/"Don''t Get One Woman on Your Mind" - Willard Hodgin (Banjo Joe) (Victor 21485) (1928) 29. "Stay in the Wagon Yard" - "Peg" Moreland (Victor V-40008) (1928) 30. "Eleven Cent Cotton Forty Cent Meat"-Parts 1 and 2 - Bob Ferguson [Bob Miller] (Co 15297-D) (1928) 31. "Lindy"/"Louise" - Proximity String Quartet (Columbia 15533-D) (1928) 32. "When the Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger" - Earl Shirkey and Roy Harper [Roy Harvey] (Columbia 15326-D) (1928) 33. "Just Over the River"/"Beautiful" - Garland Brothers and Grinstead (Columbia 15679-D) (1928) 34. "The Lost Child" - Stripling Brothers (Vocalion 5321) (1928) 35.

"Who Broke the Lock on the Hen-House Door?"/"She''ll Be Comin'' Round the Mountain When She Comes" - H. M. Barnes and His Blue Ridge Ramblers (Brunswick 310) (1929) 36. "Wimbush Rag"/"Barrow County Stomp" - Theo. and Gus Clark (Okeh 45339) (1929) 37. "Birmingham Jail"/"Six Months Ain''t Long" - Ezra Hill and Henry Johnson [Robinette and Moore]/ Marlow and Young [Rutherford and Foster] (Champion 15750) (1929) 38. "Henry Ford''s Model A"/"Married Life Blues" - Oscar Ford (Columbia 15437-D) (1929) 39. "Flop Eared Mule"/"Lynchburg Town" - The Highlanders (Paramount 3171) (1929) 40.

"Levee Breaking Blues"-Parts I and II - Happy Bud Harrison (Vocalion 5332) (1929) 41. "Over the Hills to the Poorhouse"- W. C. Childers (Champion 45166) (1929) 42. "Haunted Hunter" - Billie Maxwell (The Cowgirl Singer) (Victor V-40241) (1929) 43. "Lonely Cowboy"-Parts 1 and 2 - Arthur Miles (Victor V-40156) (1929) 44. "Sugar Hill"/"Fresno Blues" - "Dad" Crockett/Johnny & Albert Crockett (Brunswick 372) (1929) 45. "Tim Brook" -Carver Boys (Paramount 3199) (1929) 46.

"Tennessee Coon Hunt"/"Hen Cacklin'' Piece" - Whit Gaydon (Victor V-40315) (1929) 47. "Where the Sweet Magnolias Bloom" - Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers (Victor V-4184) (1929) 48. "Three Men Went a Hunting" - Byrd Moore and His Hot Shots (Columbia 15496-D) (1929) 49 ."Down on Penny''s Farm"- The Bentley Boys (Columbia 15565-D) (1929) 50."The Fate of Rhoda Sweetin"- Charles Freshour and the Lonely Eagles (Paramount 3247) (1929) 51. "Cotton Mill Girl" - Earl McCoy and Jessie Brock (Columbia 15499-D) (1929) 52."The Roamin'' Musician" - Bill Tuttle (Columbia 15697-D) (1929) 53."That''s the Blue Heaven for Me"/"Since I''ve Grown So Used to You" - George E.

Harris (Columbia 15543-D) (1930) 54."Streak o'' Lean-Streak o'' Fat"- A. A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly (Vocalion 5430) (1930) 55. "Salvation Is for All" - Rev. Edward Boone (Gennett 7248) (1930) 56. "The Bald Headed End of the Broom"/"The Nick Nack Song" - Ridgel''s Fountain Citians (Vocalion 5455) (1930) 57. "Forty Per Cent" - Earl McCoy, Alfred Meng and Clem Garner (Columbia 15622-D) (1930) 58.

"I''ve Got the Chain Store Blues" - Allen Brothers (Victor V-40276) (1930) 59."My Father Doesn''t Love Me" - Louis McDaniel-Gid Smith [Lewis McDaniel] (Timely Tunes C-1560) (1930) 60. "Flat Wheel Train Blues"-Nos. 1 and 2 - Red Gay and Jack Wellman (Brunswick 523) (1930) 61. "Got the Jake Leg Too" - Ray Brothers (Victor 23508) (1930) 62."The Night Herding Song"-Marc Williams (Panachord 25510) (1930) 63. "Eleven More Months and Ten More Days"-Parts 1 and 2 - Colt Brothers acc. Rex Cole Mountaineers (Panachord 25029) (1931) 64.

"When Katie Comes Down to the Gate"/"A Little White Rose" - Murphy Bros. (Superior 2716) (1931) 65. "Prosperity Is Just Around Which Corner?"/"What Are You Squawkin'' About?"-Carson Robison Trio (Conqueror 7935) (1932) 66."That''s My Rabbit-My Dog Caught It" - Walter Family (Champion S-16653) (1933) 67."Chinatown, My Chinatown"- Milton Brown and His Brownies (Decca 5166) (1935) 68. "Bankhead Blues" - Nations Brothers (Shelton and Marshall) (Vocalion 03118) (1935) 69. "Feels Good"/"Let Me Play with It" - Hartman''s Heart Breakers (Bluebird B-6481) (1936) 70. "Those Rambling Blues" - Steelman Sisters (Melotone 6-11-69) (1936) 71.

"Courtin''"/"V-8 Blues"- Three Tobacco Tags (Bluebird B-6730) (1936) 72. "Wondering" - Riverside Ramblers (Bluebird B-6926) (1937) 73. "The Last Letter" - Rex Griffin (Decca 5383) (1937) 74. "Hello Stranger" - The Carter Family (Decca 5479) (1937) 75. "Cotton Mill Blues" - Lester (The Highway Man) [Lester "Pete" Bivins] (Decca 5559) (1938) 76. "Guitar Blues"/"Sweet Hawaiian Chimes"- The DeZurik Sisters (Caroline and Mary Jane) (Conqueror 9252) (1938) 77. "Truck Driver''s Blues" - Cliff Bruner and His Boys (Decca 5725) (1939) 78. "New San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Vocalion/Okeh 05694) (1940) Sources General Bibliography Timeline Index.