Label: Bear Family Records.
Release Date: June 21, 2004.
Recording Time: 683 minutes.
Release Info: Compilation, Studio Recording.
Recording Date: July 8, 1924 - November 25, 1950.
Styles: Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Country Blues.
This features "All in Down & Out Blues," "I'll Tickle Nancy, " "Cumberland Mountain Deer Race, " and others. ~ Rovi Staff
Includes 9-CD box set with one DVD and 176-page hardcover book. Uncle Dave Macon was one of the first country stars to record, the first star of the Grand Ole Opry, and one of the first members elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Here for the first time are all of his commercial recordings, as well as several test pressings, rare home recordings, and an entire side of recently discovered Opry air checks from 1939-40 that have never been released. The DVD contains the 1940 film Grand Ole Opry that features Macon. The book contains newly discovered photos and illustrations, complete song lyrics transcribed by Paul Ritscher and Robert Nobley, a newly researched biography by Charles Wolfe, and a revised discography.
Credits: Roy Acuff - primary artist; Mike Armistead - illustrations, photography; Sanford Fillmore Bennett - composer; James A. Bland - composer; Johnson Bridgwater - composer; Billy Carter - composer; Norm Cohen - discography; Brenda Colladay - illustrations, photography; Jurgen Crasser - mastering; Gussie Davis - composer; Jimmie Davis - composer; Alton Delmore - guitar, vocals; Rabon Delmore - composer, guitar, vocals; Elviry - Performer, primary artist; Daniel Decatur Emmett - composer; Barney Fagan - composer; Stephen Foster - composer; The Fruit Jar Drinkers - performer, primary artist; Percy Gaunt - composer; Sid Harkreader - fiddle, guitar, primary artist, vocals; Ben Harney - composer; Kelly Harrell - composer; William Shakespeare Hays - composer; Elisha A. Hoffman - composer; Erich Hulsenbeck - photo research; I.F. Ingle - Arranger; May Irwin - composer; Christopher C. King - mastering, reissue producer, research, transfers; Paul Know - composer; Les Leverett - illustrations, photography; Russell Lloyd - composer; Samuel Lover - composer; Robert Lowry - composer; Bascom Lamar Lunsford - composer; Macon Family - illustrations, photography; Dorris Macon - guitar, vocals; Uncle Dave Macon - arranger, banjo, composer, guitar, handclapping, primary artist, speech/speaker/speaking part, vocals; Kirk McGee - banjo, composer, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Sam McGee - banjo, composer, guitar, primary artist, soloist, vocals; Andreas Merck - photo scanning; Dan Reed - composer; Ralph Rinzler - discography; Paul Ritcher - song transcriptions; James Rowe - composer; Tony Russell - discography; Frank Scott - composer; Ren Shields - composer; Smoky Mountain Boys - primary artist; Smoky Mountain Glenn Stagner - guitar, vocals; Cal Stewart - composer; Frank Stokes - composer; Wolfgang Taubenauer - artwork; Tell Taylor - composer; McGee Brothers - primary artist; Mazy Todd - fiddle; Traditional - composer; James W. Vaughan - composer; Holger Von Bargen - art direction; Charles Ward - composer; Weaver Brothers and Elviry and Elviry, The - performer, primary artist; Joseph Philbrick Webster - composer; Richard Weize - picture research, reissue producer; Charles Wesley - composer; Thomas Westendorf - composer; Gus Williams - composer; Walter Wilson - composer; Charles Wolfe - biographical information, illustrations, liner notes, photography, picture research; J.T. Wood - composer.
Tracks: 1) Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; 2) Hill Billie Blues; 3) Old Maid's Last Hope (A Burglar Song); 4) All I've Got's Gone; 5) The Fox Chase; 6) Papa's Billie Goat; 7) The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane; 8) (She Was Always) Chewing Gum; 9) Jonah And The Whale; 10) I'm Going Away To Leave You, Love; 11) Love Somebody; 12) Soldier's Joy; 13) Bile Them Cabbage Down; 14) Down By The River; 15) Run, Nigger, Run; 16) Old Dan Tucker; 17) Station Will Be Changed After A While; 18) Rooster Crow Medley; 19) Going Across The Sea; 20) Just From Tennessee; 21) Watermelon Smilin' On The Vine; 22) All-Go-Hungry Hash House; 23) From Jerusalem To Jericho; 24) I Tickled Nancy; 25) Arkansas Travelers; 26) The Girl I Left Behind Me; 27) Muskrat Medley; 28) Old Ship Of Zion; 29) Down In Arkansaw; 30) Down By The Old Mill Stream; 31) I Don't Reckon It'll Happen Again; 32) Save My Mother's Picture From The Sale; 33) Rise When The Rooster Crows; 34) Way Down The Old Plank Road; 35) The Bible's True; 36) He Won The Heart Of My Sarah Jane; 37) Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home; 38) I've Got The Mouning Blues; 39) Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man); 40) On The Dixie Bee Line (In That Henry Ford Of; 41) Mine); 42) Buck Dancer's Choice; 43) The Franklin Blues; 44) Whoop' Em Up Cindy; 45) Only As Far As The Gate, Dear Ma; 46) Just Tell Them That You Saw Me; 47) Poor Sinners, Fare You Well; 48) Old Ties; 49) Knoxville Blues; 50) We Are Up Against It Now; 51) Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo; 52) The Old Man's Drunk Again; 53) I Ain't Got Long To Stay; 54) Ain't It A Shame To Keep Your Honey Out In; 55) The Rain; 56) Stop That Knocking At My Door; 57) Sassy Sam; 58) Shout, Mourner, You Shall Be Free; 59) I Don't Care If I Never Wake Up; 60) In The Good Old Summer Time; 61) Something's Always Sure To Tickle Me; 62) Sourwood Mountain Medley; 63) Deliverance Will Come; 64) Wouldn't Give Me Sugar In My Coffee; 65) Kissin' On The Sly; 66) Hold On The Sleigh; 67) In The Good Old Days Of Long Ago; 68) My Girl's A High Born Lady; 69) The Cross Eyed Butcher And The Cackling Hen; 70) In The Old Carolina State (Where The Sweet; 71) Magnolias Bloom); 72) Never Make Love No More; 73) Arcade Blues; 74) Them Two Gals Of Mine; 75) Diamond In The Rough; 76) Tossing The Baby So High; 77) Sho' Fly, Don't Bother Me; 78) Uncle Ned; 79) Braying Mule; 80) Bake That Chicken Pie; 81) Rock About My Sara Jane; 82) Tell Her To Come Back Home; 83) Hold That Wood-Pile Down; 84) Carve That Possum; 85) Hop High Ladies, The Cake's All Dough; 86) Sail Away Ladies; 87) I'm A-Goin' Away In The Morn; 88) Sleepy Lou; 89) The Gray Cat On The Tennessee Farm; 90) Walk, Tom Wilson, Walk; 91) I's Gwine Back To Dixie; 92) Take Me Home, Poor Julia; 93) Go Along Mule; 94) Tom And Jerry; 95) Rabbit In The Pea Patch; 96) Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel; 97) Pickaninny Lullaby Song; 98) Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb; 99) The Maple On The Hill; 100) Poor Old Dad; 101) Walking In The Sunlight; 102) Bear Me Away On Your Snowy Wings; 103) The Mockingbird Song Medley; 104) Shall We Gather At The River; 105) In The Sweet Bye And Bye; 106) In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree; 107) Molly Married A Travelling Man; 108) When Reubin Comes To Town; 109) Got No Silver No Gold Blues; 110) Heartaching Blues; 111) Roe Rire Poor Gal; 112) You've Been A Friend To Me; 113) Backwater Blues; 114) More Like Your Dad Every Day; 115) I'll Never Go There Any More (The Bowery); 116) Jesus, Lover Of My Soul; 117) From Earth To Heaven; 118) The Coon That Had The Razor; 119) Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line; 120) Worthy Of Estimation; 121) I'm The Child To Fight; 122) Over The Road I'm Bound To Go; 123) The New Ford Car; 124) The Gal That Got Stuck On Everything She Said; 125) Comin' Round The Mountain; 126) Governor Al Smith; 127) Darling Zelma Lee; 128) Put Me In My Little Bed; 129) Life And Death Of Jesse James; 130) Man That Rode The Mule Around The World; 131) Tennessee Jubilee; 132) New Coon In Town; 133) For Goodness Sakes Don't Say I Told You; 134) We Need A Change In Business All Around; 135) Susie Lee; 136) Mister Johnson; 137) Farm Relief; 138) Uncle Dave's Travels, Part 3 (In And Around; 139) Since Baby's Learned To Talk; 140) Uncle Dave's Travels, Part 4 (Visit At The; 141) Over The Mountain; 142) Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry; 143) Uncle Dave's Travels, Part 1 (Misery In; 144) Uncle Dave's Travels, Part 2 (Around; 145) Tennessee Red Fox Chase; 146) The Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train; 147) Oh Baby, You Done Me Wrong; 148) She's Got The Money Too; 149) Oh Lovin' Babe; 150) Mysteries Of The World; 151) Come On Buddie, Don't You Want To Go; 152) 20.; 153) Go On, Nora Lee; 154) Was You There When They Took My Lord Away; 155) Thank God For Everything; 156) When The Train Comes Along; 157) Tennessee Tornado; 158) Don't Get Weary Children; 159) He's Up With The Angels Now; 160) Over The Mountain; 161) When The Harvest Days Are Over; 162) One More River To Cross; 163) Just One Way To The Pearly Gates; 164) I'll Tickle Nancy; 165) I'll Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; 166) All In Down And Out Blues; 167) Honest Confession Is Good For The Soul; 168) Fame Apart From God's Approval; 169) The Bum Hotel; 170) From Jerusalem To Jericho; 171) Two-In-One Chewing Gum; 172) Travelin' Down The Road; 173) Country Ham And Red Gravy; 174) Summertime On The Beeno Line; 175) He Won The Heart Of Sarah Jane; 176) Peek-A-Boo; 177) Working For My Lord; 178) She's Got The Money Too; 179) Wait Till The Clouds Roll By; 180) Things I Don't Like To See; 181) They're After Me; 182) My Daughter Wished To Marry; 183) Beautiful Love; 184) Give Me Back My Five Dollars; 185) Railroadin' And Gamblin'; 186) Cumberland Mountain Deer Race; 187) Johnny Grey; 188) The Gayest Old Dude That's Out; 189) Come Dearest The Daylight Is Gone /; 190) Nobody's Darling But Mine; 191) Don't Look For Trouble; 192) I'm Free, I've Broken The Chains; 193) Laugh Your Blues Away; 194) Travellin' On My Mind; 195) I'm Drifting Farther From You; 196) The Gray Cat On The Tennessee Farm; 197) Over The Mountain; 198) Eleven Cent Cotton; 199) Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man); 200) From Jerusalem To Jericho; 201) How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; 202) (She Was Always) Chewin' Gum; 203) Cumberland Mountain Deer Race; 204) Rabbit In The Pea Patch; 205) Bully Of The Town; 206) Mountain Dew; 207) Old Maid's Love Song; 208) Rock Of Ages; 209) Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; 210) Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man); 211) That's Where My Money Goes; 212) Long John Green; 213) Lady In The Car; 214) Cotton-Eyed Joe; 215) Something's Always Sure To Tickle Me; 216) (She Was Always) Chewing Gum; 217) All In Down And Out Blues; 218) All Go Hungry Hash House; 219) Whoa Mule; 220) No One To Welcome Me Home; 221) Banjo Solo; 222) Jenny Put The Kettle On; 223) Kissin' On The Sly; 224) Cannon County Hills; 225) Nobody's Darling But Mine; 226) Way Out On The Mountain; 227) Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; 228) Brother Johnson; 229) Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home; 230) (She Was Always) Chewing Gum; 231) Kissin' On The Sly; 232) Turkey In The Straw; 233) I Intend To Make Heaven My Home; 234) Honest Confession Is Good For The Soul; 235) Come Dearest The Daylight Is Gone; 236) I've Got A Mule To Ride; 237) Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home; 238) Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; 239) Shucking The Corn; 240) How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; 241) Peek-A-Boo; 242) He Won The Heart Of My Sarah Jane; 243) Over The Mountain; 244) I'm Going Away To Leave You, Love; 245) Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home; 246) All Go Hungry Hash House; 247) Turkey In The Straw; 248) Something's Always Sure To Tickle Me; 249) Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; 250) New Dude In Town; 251) From Jerusalem To Jericho; 252) Old Dan Tucker; 253) All Go Hungry Hash House; 254) Red River Valley; 255) Swing Your Partner (& Smoky Mountain Boys; 256) Down In Union County (& Smoky Mountain Boys; 257) Wabash Cannonball (& Smoky Mountain Boys With; 258) (Take Me Back To) That Old Carolina Home; 259) Just Tell Them That You Saw Me; 260) The Great Speckled Bird (& Smoky Mountain; 261) Down Home In Union (Reprise).