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| The Unsung Father Of Country Music 1925-1934 | 
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| Artist: Ernest V. Stoneman
Label: 5-String Productions
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22019
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 880336005098
EAN: 0880336005098
ASIN: B001CDL8KA
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Goodbye, Dear Old Step Stone - Ernest V. Stoneman, Crider, A.J. | | • | John Hardy | | • | The Resurrection - Ernest V. Stoneman, Street, G.R. | | • | West Virginia Highway | | • | The Titanic | | • | The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Ernest V. Stoneman, Wakefield, A.M. | | • | The Burial of Wild Bill - Ernest V. Stoneman, Wallace Crawford, C | | • | Sweeping Through the Gates | | • | Long Eared Mule | | • | The Religious Critic | | • | Possum Trot School Exhibition, Pt. 1 | | • | Possum Trot School Exhibition, Pt. 2 | | • | I Am Resolved - Ernest V. Stoneman, Hartsough, Palmer | | • | A Message from Home Sweet Home | | • | The Wreck of the Old '97 | | • | Old Joe Clark | | • | Mountaineer's Courtship | | • | No More Good-Byes - Ernest V. Stoneman, Latta, E.R. | | • | The Raging Sea, How It Roars | | • | The Face That Never Returned | | • | Ramblin' Reckless Hobo | | • | Hop Light Ladies | | • | All I've Got's Gone |
Disc 2
| • | Goodbye, Dear Old Step Stone | | • | The Railroad Flagman's Sweetheart | | • | There's a Light Lit Up in Galilee | | • | Sourwood Mountain | | • | The Orphan Girl | | • | Too Late | | • | The Fate of Talmadge Osborne | | • | I Know My Name Is There - Ernest V. Stoneman, Warner | | • | Flop Eared Mule | | • | The Lightning Express - Ernest V. Stoneman, Helf, J. Fred | | • | Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 1 | | • | Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 2 | | • | Are You Washed in the Blood? - Ernest V. Stoneman, Hoffman, Elisha A. | | • | When the Snowflakes Fall Again | | • | The Wreck on the C&O | | • | Once I Had a Fortune | | • | The Road to Washington | | • | He Is Coming After Me - Ernest V. Stoneman, Hacker | | • | Say, Darling, Say | | • | The Old Hickory Cane - Ernest V. Stoneman, Furmanw, Josephine | | • | New River Train | | • | Nine Pound Hammer | | • | All I Got's Gone |
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This is One Worth Having December 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is just an amazing collection. King and Sapoznik have absolutely nailed it in terms of identifying Stoneman's importance to American music. As always, they have also provided impeccable selection of material, great remastering, and well-written, intelligent notes.
Lightning Express to your Ears October 28, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
For some time I survived on the County Records Stoneman collection, but this collection gives the listener direct access to Stoneman's truly diverse talents. The ripping, romping "Long Ear Mule" is reason enough to get the discs. Then there's the hilarious "Religious Critic," forerunner to the light comic sensibility of modern country music. But the king of them all, for me, is Stoneman's version of "The Wreck of the '97," by far the best version of the tune I've heard. Its quick guitar runs and syncopated fiddle/harmonica break perfectly captures the tragedy of speed.
The packaging is suberb, and the remastering is excellent.
If you even think you like old-timey country, you got to get this in your ears ASAP.
Stoneman gets his due October 24, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful two disc collection of 46 songs by early Country Music pioneer Ernest V. Stoneman. It should, if there's any justice controlling the music world, provoke a deeper recognition in early country music fans, and in anyone interested in the history of American music, of the value of Stoneman's contributions. The entire package makes the case, and makes it well, that Stoneman has at least as much a claim on the title of Father of Country Music as more well-known pioneers such as Charlie Poole and Jimmy Rodgers. Stoneman avoided the personal excesses of the former and lacked the superstar status and distinctive personality of the latter. Moreover, as Henry Sapoznik's liner notes point out, Ralph Peer's continued over-eager marketing of Rodgers after his death helped create a mythology around Rodgers that still frames our assessment of the development of early country music. This box-set is a giant step forward in the efforts to retrieve Stoneman from relative obscurity and to develop a greater appreciation for his gifts as a songwriter, arranger, and recording artist.
He recorded on a number of different labels and with a variety of outfits, which contributes to the diverse and highly textured sound of this collection. In addition to recording solo, Stoneman recorded with groups featuring members of his family, including his wife Hattie on fiddle. He also cut sides with Galax, Va. brothers Herbert and Earl Sweet and with father and son team Frank and Oscar Jenkins, from North Carolina.
Stoneman was a multi-instrumentalist, manning not only the guitar but the autoharp and banjo as well. Songs such as "The Titanic" and "The Wreck on the C&O" feature Stoneman on his autoharp and self-accompaniment on harmonica. The slightly eerie drone of the autoharp on the "The Titanic" befits its subject matter. Stoneman's crisp guitar work, featured on many of the tracks, is full of the active bass-run style that characterizes Old-Timey guitar playing. The rich variety of musical styles used by Stoneman and his rotating cast of bandmates is impressive. The discs feature recordings of fiddle tune standards, ballads, gospel numbers like "The Resurrection," and hillbilly vaudeville bits.
The packaging is attractive and informative, including pithy annotations for all of the songs. The twenty page essay by Sapoznik is well-written and lively, telling Stoneman's story and providing the sort of historical background and cultural context that help bring the tracks to life. Scattered throughout the package are photographs of Stoneman and his family, reproductions of early twentieth century postcard images of western Virginia, and ancient advertising images. The re-mastering work of the original 78 records by Christopher King is excellent; the tracks have minimal crack and hiss. In fact, they suggest that the aesthetic principle guiding his transfer work is that noise should be minimized, but not at the price of allowing the recordings to lose their character precisely as 78s. Pass this one by at your peril, Old-Timey Music fans.
Yet another revelatory collection October 20, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I don't like much, but I really like this set. Saved me literally years and hundred of dollars looking for old 78's. But more impressive is the notes which provide context for what you're actually listening to. Highest recommendation possible.
A Brilliant Piece of Country Music History October 6, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you want to understand the history and roots of American music, you have to know how country music came to be. With this CD set, you will get the story of one of country's founding fathers and most brilliant performers.
This is an astounding work. Stoneman was one of the early creators of what we now call country music and his accomplishments were nearly forgotten. He was the first A&R guy, the progenitor of the modern singer-songwriter, an accomplished singer and instrumentalist and his children went on to be great musicians. But until this set, only collectors of old records and country music scholars were truly aware of his importance.
Chris King and Hank Sapoznik have rectified this injustice. By picking his best recordings and expertly gleaning the music from the old discs, they have made his work accessible to modern ears. And the notes put his career and accomplishments in context. His life was a story that couldn't have made up: rags to riches to rags to riches.
Can't recommend it highly enough.
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