"COUNTRY" Vol 2 - Country Gospel 1929-1946

Country, Vol. 2: Country Gospel 1929-1946 is another volume of early recordings exploring the roots of American music put out by French label Frémeaux & Associés; but where most of their other collections focused on early black spirituals, this one focuses on white artists such as Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, and the Carter Family. Again, Frémeaux & Associés has put together a nice collection focusing not only on the bigger names mentioned above, but also lesser-knowns like Carson Robinson, the Armstrong Twins, Molly O'Day, and Carl Story. As the collection's title suggests, this compilation is filled with country gospel, which tends to be less uplifting than the spirituals that found a home on the label's previous compilations. The music here occasionally takes a glass-half-empty approach to spirituality, such as in Jimmie Davis' performance of "There's Evil in Ye Children" and Molly O'Day's "The Drunken Driver," which evokes the dark Bible belt impression of the Southern United States and parallels the arc of murder ballads associated with the same place and time in U.S. history.

trax disc 1:
1. Motherless Children - The Carter Family 2. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 3. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 4. There's Evil In Ye Children - Jimmie Davis 5. You'll Never Miss Your Mother - Grayson & Whitter 6. On The Rock Ehere Moses Stood - The Carter Family 7. I'll Lead A Christian Life - Reverend G.P. Harris 8. Dry Bones - Bacon Lamar Lunsford 9. We Shall All Be Reunited - Alfred G. Karnes 10. Old Time Religion - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Quartet 11. No Telephone In Heaven - The Carter Family 12. Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail - The Wade Family 13. What Would You Give In Exchange - The Wade Family 14. God Holds The Future In His Hands - The Monroe Brothers 15. The Saints Go Marchin In - The Monroe Brothers 16. Shining City Over The River - The Dixon Brothers 17. In The Vine Covered Chapel - The Delmore Brothers 18. Heavenly Light Is Shining On Me - The Delmore Brothers
trax disc 2:
1. Will The Circle Be Unbroken? - The Monroe Brothers 2. Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Carson Robison 3. Just Inside The Pearly Gates - The Anglin Twins 4. When The Golden Train Comes Down - The Sons Of The Pioneers 5. You Must Come In At The Door - The Sons Of The Pioneers 6. It Won't Be Long - Roy Acuff 7. The Prodigal Son - Roy Acuff 8. Precious Memories - The Shelton Brothers 9. Address From Heaven - The Armstrong Twins 10. Calling You - Hank Williams 11. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul - Hank Williams 12. Speak To Me Little Darling - The Blue Sky Boys 13. My Lord Keeps A Record - Carl Story 14. Are You Afraid To Die? - Carl Story 15. Echoes From The Burning Bush - Carl Story 16. Wicked Path Of Sin - Bill Monroe 17. The Drunken Driver - Molly O'Day 18. The Tramp On The Street - Molly O'Day
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