The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3728   Message #19401
Posted By: Dale Rose
17-Jan-98 - 10:22 PM
Thread Name: The origin of Country Music
Subject: RE: The origin of Country Music
You people are going to think I have set up a tent for camping at this site! I don't know why I did not think of this before. There is a site called Folk Music on Recordings. It is absolutely wonderful, and getting better all the time. Check it out at http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/folkindex/maindex.htm Search for one of the titles, say Carroll County Blues~~there are 19 versions listed! Follow the Narmour and Smith link to a complete listing of their recordings. (that are in the data base, anyway) There are a goodly number available that I did not list. They are mostly available on Where the Southern Crosses the Dog, Musical Traditions 104 (1995) cassette only, available from another favorite site of mine, Musical Traditons Magazine in England at http://www.mustrad.org.uk/index.htm They have a lot of good articles, discussions, and reviews, as well as selling cassettes. As soon as I figure out how to change dollars to pounds, I intend to get their whole set of reissues.

Try the Folk Music on Recordings site on your favorite song or whatever. You just might be amazed at what you can turn up!