Diverse Kunstnere: American Epic (5xCD)

American Epic is an historic, multi-media endeavour that includes a three-part historical documentary broadcast series that uncovers the untold story of early American recorded music. Executive produced by T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford, and Jack White, it features ground-breaking, untold stories with never before seen archival film and rare photographs and interviews with the surviving family members of iconic American musicians.

As part of the wider campaign, Legacy Recordings will release a selection of products focusing on the original archival recordings, showcasing these authentic American stories and unheard performances once lost to time, and brought back from the beyond with mesmerizing clarity using state-of-the-art, proprietary restoration techniques and technology.



Tracklist

CD 1
Clarence Ashley - the Coo-coo Bird
Memphis Jug Band - on the Road Again
Washington White - the Panama Limited
Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers - Indian War Whoop
Frank Stokes - 'tain't Nobody Business if I Do (Part 1)
Andrew and Jim Baxter - K. C. Railroad Blues
Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound for the Promised Land
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues (Part 2)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford - I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Bentley Boys - Down on Penny's Farm
Whistler's Jug Band - Foldin' Bed
Weems String Band - Greenback Dollar
Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right in
The Carter Family - Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue
Columbus Fruge - Bayou Teche Waltz
Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink of Water Blues
J. P. Nester - Train on the Island

CD 2
Elder J. E. Burch - My Heart Keeps Singing
Julius Daniels - Ninety-nine Year Blues
Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers - I Get My Whiskey from Rocki
Rev. J. M. Gates - Death's Black Train is Coming
Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train
Tenneva Ramblers - Darling Where Have You Been So Long?
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Rocky Road
Amede, Ophy & Cleoma Breaux - Ma Blonde Est Partie
Carolina Tar Heels - Peg and Awl
Barbecue Bob - Chocolate to the Bone
Eddie Head and His Family - Down on Me
Cleoma Breaux Ft.joseph Falcon & Ophy Breaux -prenez Courage
Dilly and His Dill Pickles - Pickin' off Peanuts
Nelstone's Hawaiians - Just Because
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Burnett and Rutherford - Ladies on the Steamboat
Blind Willie Mctell - Mamma, 'tain't Long Fo' Day

CD 3
Cuarteto Flores - Cecilia
Los Borinquenos - La Coquetera
Guty Cardenas Y Lencho - Coconito
Emmett Miller - Lovesick Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Long Tall Mama
Two Poor Boys - John Henry Blues
Lead Belly - Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
Mississippi John Hurt - Louis Collins
Blind Gary Davis - I Am the Light of the World
Rev. F. W. Mcgee - Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Hopi Indian Singers - Chant of the Eagle Dance
Mike Hanapi and Ilima Islanders - Hilo Hula (Hilo Hanakahi)
Charlie Poole & North Carolina Ramblers - if the River Was W
Frank Hutchison - Stackalee
Ernest Stoneman - the Wreck of the '97
Buell Kazee - Faded Coat of Blue
Dock Boggs - Country Blues
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit-jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies
Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sail Away Lady
A.c. (Eck) Robertson - Sallie Gooden
Don Richardson - Arkansas Traveler

CD 4
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues
Charley Patton - Down the Dirt Road Blues
Banjo Joe - 3 Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home
Blind Blake and Charlie Spand - Hastings Street
Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave's Kept Clean
Golden Melody Boys - Gonna Have 'lasses in the Morning
Bumble Bee Slim & Memphis Minnie - New Orleans Stop Time
Ma Rainey - Prove It on Me Blues
Williamson Brothers & Curry - I'm Gonna Die with My Hammer I
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers - Banjoreno
Beale Street Sheiks - It's a Good Thing (Frank Stokes & Dan
Blind Willie Davis - Trust in God and Do the Right
Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues
Sam Collins - Lonesome Road Blues
Willie Brown - Future Blues
Henry Thomas 'ragtime Texas' - Bull Doze Blues
Massey Family - Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane)
Dick Justice - Henry Lee
William Moore - Old Country Rock
Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard - La Danseuse (The Dance
Son House - My Black Mama, Parts 1 & 2
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues

CD 5
Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
Lydia Mendoza - Mal Hombre
Frenchy's String Band - Sunshine Special
Robert Wilkins - Old Jim Kinnane's
Amede Ardoin & Dennis Mcgee - Les Blues De Voyage (Travel Bl
Stripling Brothers - the Lost Child
Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross the River of Jordan Some O
The Aloha Serenaders Featuring Sol K. Bright - Tomi Tomi
Mississippi Sheiks - Sittin' on Top of the World
Richard 'rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues
Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - the Indian Tom Tom
Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers -blues in a Bottle
Berthmost Montet and Joswell Dupuis - Je Me Suis en Alle
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Grou
Sol Ho'opi'i and His Novelty Quartette - E Mama Ea
Truett and George - Ghost Dance
Roosevelt Graves & Brother - Woke Up This Morning (With My M
Joseph Falcon - Allons a Lafayette
Los Madrugadores - Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta Parts 1 and 2
Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues (Parts 1 & 2)