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The Rough Guides: American Roots Box [Box]
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Originally Released: 2003
Discs: 4
Label: World Music Network (UK)
Item Number: WMN390032

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The Rough Guides: American Roots Box [Box]
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0.    DISC 1: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CAJUN & ZYDECO:   
1.    One Step at a Time - Clifton Chenier
2.    Zydeco Boogaloo - Buckwheat Zydeco
3.    Balfa Waltz - David Doucet
4.    La 'Tit Cord - Jimmy C. Newman
5.    La Misere M'a Fait Brailler - John Delafose & The Eunice Playboys
6.    Rolling Pin - Beausoleil
7.    Grande Bosco - Eddie LeJeune
8.    Bayou Pon Pon - Michael Doucet
9.    Two Step D'Amede - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
10.    Disco et Fais Do-Do - Bruce Daigrepont
11.    Kolinda - Beausoleil
12.    Slow Horses and Fast Women - Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
13.    La Pointe aux Pins - Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
14.    Fiddle Stomp - Wallace Read
15.    Jolie, Petite Blonde - Nathan Abshire
16.    Chicot Two-Step - The California Cajun Orchestra
17.    J'Etais au Bal - Jo-El Sonnier
18.    Let the Good Times Roll - Buckwheat Zydeco
19.    I Passed in Front of Your Door - D.L. Menard
0.    DISC 2: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BLUEGRASS:   
1.    Gospel Train - Larry Sparks
2.    Every Time You Say Goodbye - Alison Krauss & Union Station
3.    Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - The Bluegrass Album Band
4.    Matterhorn - The Country Gentlemen
5.    Hills of Home - Hazel Dickens
6.    Chicken Reel - Jim & Jesse And the Virginia Boys
7.    Lonesome Wind Blues - Rhonda Vincent
8.    Hello City Limits - Red Allen & The Kentuckians
9.    My Better Years - The Johnson Mountain Boys
10.    Shiloh - Emerson & Waldron
11.    Rank Stranger - Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys/Tom T. Hall
12.    Brighter Mansion - Longview
13.    Nashville Blues - J.D. Crowe & the New South
14.    Sweetheart, Darlin' of Mine - Claire Lynch
15.    I've Waited as Long as I Can - Tony Rice
16.    Crossfire - B‚la Fleck
17.    You'll Get No More of Me - Hazel Dickens
18.    You've Got the Look of a Perfect Diamond - The McCoury Brothers
19.    Can't Say Goodbye - IIIrd Tyme Out
20.    Mama's Hand - Lynn Morris
21.    I've Lived a Lot in My Time - Dry Branch Fire Squad
0.    DISC 3: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO DELTA BLUES:   
1.    Jumper on the Line - R.L. Burnside
2.    Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) - Robert Johnson
3.    Done Left Here - Mississippi Fred McDowell
4.    High Water Everywhere Part One - Charley Patton
5.    Walkin' Blues - Son House
6.    Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
7.    Country Blues - Muddy Waters
8.    Goin' Back to the Bridge - Asie Payton
9.    Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley/Elvie Thomas
10.    Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
11.    Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
12.    Black Mattie - Robert Belfour
13.    Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
14.    Future Blues - Willie Brown
15.    On the Wall - Louise Johnson
16.    Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
17.    Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
18.    Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
19.    Meet Me in the City - Junior Kimbrough
20.    That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
21.    Banker's Blues, The - Big Bill Broonzy
22.    Don't Mash My Digger So Deep - Bo Carter
23.    Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
24.    I'm So Glad - Skip James
0.    DISC 4: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO GOSPEL:   
1.    Christ Is All - The Soul Stirrers
2.    I Feel Good - Shirley Caesar/The Caravans
3.    Oh Lord - Stand by Me - The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
4.    New Home - The Staple Singers
5.    I'm on My Way to Caravan - Mahalia Jackson
6.    Move Upstairs - Bessie Griffin
7.    Heaven's Grocery Store - The Dixie Hummingbirds
8.    Keep Your Hand on the Plow - Montgomery Gospel Trio
9.    Jesus Is All - The Staple Singers
10.    Run All the Way - Mahalia Jackson
11.    Life Is Like a Mountain - Dorothy Norwood/Albertina Walker
12.    I'm Willing - The Caravans/Inez Andrews/Albertina Walker
13.    Go Tell It on the Mountain - Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
14.    Tribute to Granny, A - Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes
15.    Leaning and Depending on the Lord - Sweet Honey in the Rock
16.    Hallelujah - The Fairfield Four
Each disc included in this box set is also available individually.

It's not a bad idea at all, putting four of the Rough Guide albums together to make up the American Roots Box set. And four excellent ones have been chosen for this, pulling from the diverse corners of American roots music to round things out. So there's Cajun & Zydeco, Delta Blues, Bluegrass, and Gospel. All intelligently compiled, covering both famous and lesser-known artists, it makes for a fine introduction to a complex musical culture. No one's going to pretend that even this box is exhaustive -- it doesn't even cover all the albums on American music that the label has done -- but it makes a strong introduction. ~ Chris Nickson


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