Music:
Did I mention that I am obsessed with roots music?
Here's some of my favorites:
Old Time:
The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Cousin Emmy, Coon Creek Girls, Delmore Bros, Uncle Dave Macon, E.C. Ball, Blue Sky Boys, Kyle Creed, Clarence Ashley, Charlie Poole, Dock Boggs, Carolina Tar Heels, Roscoe Holcomb, Mississippi Sheiks, Merle Travis, JE Mainer, Molly O’Day, Skillet Lickers, Buell Kazee, Memphis Jug Band, Dr. Lew Childre, New Lost City Ramblers, Uncle Henry, Fred Cockerham, Taylor's KY Boys, Riley Puckett, The Bailes Bros, Carver Boys, Orville Hayes, Fiddlin' John Carson, Ola Belle Reed, Dixon Bros, Dillard Chandler, Gaither Carlton, Allen Bros, Grayson and Whitter, Roy Acuff, Ernest Stoneman, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, Alfred Karnes, Mississippi Sheiks, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Wade Mainer, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Light Crust Doughboys, Dilly and his Dill Pickles, Kilby Snow, Bill Cornett, JD Cornett, Snuffy Jenkins, Dwight Diller, Wade Ward, Carolina Tar Heels, Fruit Jar Guzzlers, T.V. Barnett, Betty Smith, Burnett and Rutherford, KY String Ticklers, Roan Mt Hilltoppers, Reeltime Travelers, Whistle Pigs, Hollow Rock String Band, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Double Decker Stringband, and The Fuzzy Mt String Band;
Wade and Julia Mainer- ROMP 2007
Traditional Bluegrass:
Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Stanley Bros, Red Allen, Curly Fox, Carl Story, Grandpa Jones, Stringbean, McCormick Bros, Reno and Smiley, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Goins Bros, Hylo Brown, Byron Parker, Jim and Jesse, Red Belcher, Mac Wiseman, Jethro Burns, Osborne Bros, Charlie Moore, Roy Hall, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Armstrong Twins, Coy Priddy, Eddie and Martha Adcock, along with Flatt and Scruggs;
Modern Day Bluegrass Band: Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, The Grascals, Del McCoury, Gillian Welch, Tim O’Brien, JD Crowe, NBB, Peter Rowan, Doyle Lawson, Iris DeMent, Rhonda Vincent, Larry Sparks, The Wells Family, Infamous Stringdusters, along with Arthur Hatfield and Buckcreek;
Arthur Hatfield and Buckcreek
Progressive Bluegrass (Pioneers): New Grass Revival, John Hartford, The Dillards, Bad Livers, Red Clay Ramblers, Norman Blake, NGDB, along with Old and In the Way;
Progressive Bluegrass (Modern): Sam Bush, Nickel Creek, Chris Thile, Crooked Still, David Grisman, Red Molly, John Cowan, Down On 5th, South Austin Jug Band, Zak Borden, Yonder Mt String Band, Uncle Earl, Old School Freight Train, Three Ring Circle, Earl Bros, Chatham County Line, The Wilders, Dixie Bee Liners, Armando Zuppa, Dixie Chicks, Abigail Washburn, Open Road, Adrienne Young, Tim Lake, Sweet Sunny South, The Farewell Drifters, and The Red Stick Ramblers;
The Great Sam Bush
Modern Day Stringband:
The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sankofa Strings, Born Old, Graham Sparkman, Foghorn String Band, Mogantown Rounders, Roe Family Singers, Carla Gover, Old Crow Medicine Show, Juggernaut Jug Band, Dyad, Stairwell Sisters, Kentucky Memories, Boulder Acoustic Society, Flat Mt Girls, Clack Mt String Band, Rabble Rousers, Forge Mt Diggers, Backstep, Tallboys, Hillbilly Gypsies, Furnace Mt, Red State Ramblers, White Ghost Shivers, Last Transit, Triple Chicken Foot, Mercury Dimes, Rusty Stringbandits, Atlas Stringband, Prairie Acre, Polecat Creek, Poverty Line Old Time Band, Little Brown Jug, Picket Range, Highwater Jug Band, Sweet Sunny South, Prairie Acre, Big Sky Stringband, Hunger Mt Boys, Sadie, Whistlin' Rufus, Deadwood Revival, Rebekah Weiler, Shane Hall, Buffalo Creek Stringband, The Homebillies, Boiled Buzzards, Eric Cutshall, Georgia Fireflies, Mill City Grinders, Rhythm Rats, The Whoreshoes, Good Right Arm String Band, Mighty Ghost of Heaven, Ragged But Right, Guilded Bats, Lo-Fi Breakdown, and Blind Corn Liquor Pickers;
Fiddle Players:
Clark Kessinger, Arthur Smith, Chubby Wise, Doc Roberts, Tommy Jarrell, Buddy Thomas, Jim Bowles, Ralph Blizard, Fred Wise, Norman Edmonds, Sam Bush, Pat Kingery, Charlie Bowman, Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Eck Robertson, Clyde Davenport, Fred Carpenter, Jon Parry, Paul Warren, Aubrey Haynie, Sara Watkins, Jim Van Cleve, Byron Berline, Vassar Clements, Arthur Smith, Howdy Forrester, Benny Martin, Clarence Tate, Bruce Greene, Bruce Molsky, Jimmy Mattingly, Tramp, Richard Greene, Edwin Hammons, J.P. Fraley, Johnny Gimble, Melvin Wine, Jimmy Thompson, John Stephens, Hobart Smith, William Stepp, John Salyer, Emmett Lundy, Ira J. Mullins, Luther Strong, Art Stamper, Canray Fontenot, John Ashby, John Masters, Bill Birchfield, Tara Nevins, Sadie Compton, Marcus Martin, Truman Price, George Lee Hawkins, Charlie Collins, Matt Brown, and Mark O'Connor;
Video of Truman Price sawin' his fiddle
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Folk Artist:
Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, Norman Blake, Graham Hudspeth, Jean Ritchie, Judy Collins, Elizabeth Cotten, Clifton, Rob McNurlin, Tim Hardin, Patty Griffin, Jan Smith, Marc Silver, Erika Chambers, Billy Bragg, Doc Watson, Hollow Pine, Tracy Chapman, Carole King, Mike Seeger, Kate Wolf, Dave Van Ronk, Jonathan Richman, Slaid Cleaves, Kelly Flint, Joel Mabus, Jack Montgomery, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sarah Elizabeth, along with Jeff and Benares;
Singer/Songwriter:
John Prine, Steve Goodman, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Zane Williams, Tom Waits, Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, John Hiatt, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Bill Morrissey, Buddy Miller, Darrell Scott, Gordon Lightfoot, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kinky Friedman, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Michelle Shocked, Bruce Cockburn, John Smith, Shawn Mullins, Tom Russell, Jim Croce, Jill Tracy, Don Thomason, Grover Mollineaux, and Tom T. Hall;
Country Music:
Maddox Bros and Rose, Johnny Cash, BR5-49, Hank Williams, Gene Autry, Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, Webb Pierce, Patsy Montana, Roy Rogers, Louvin Bros, Red Foley, Emmylou Harris, Little Jimmy Dickens, Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, Al Dexter, Dolly Parton, Jerry Reed, Bob Wills, Kitty Wells, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Milton Brown, Tn Ernie Ford, Marty Robbins, Junior Brown, Tex Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Spade Cooley, Roger Miller, Derailers, Jimmie Driftwood, Rodney Crowell, Asleep at the Wheel, Carlene Carter, Gretchen Wilson, Loretta Lynn, Lonesome Strangers, Randall Clay, Johnny Berry, and The Texas Tornados;
Country Rock:
Goose Creek Symphony, Ozark Mt Daredevils, CDB, MTB, NRPS, The Dead, Leon Russell, Commander Cody, Doug Sahm, Elvin Bishop, and any group that included Gram Parsons;
Paul "Pearl" Spradlin and myself
at GOTL 2007
Outlaw Country:
Willie Nelson, Waylon, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Jr., George Jones, David Allen Coe, Johnny Paycheck, and Billy Joe Shaver;
Video of Freakwater's "Drunk Friend"
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Alternative Country:
The Knitters, Freakwater, Wayne Hancock, Joe Ely, Pat Haney, Hayseed, Hank 3, J.B. Beverley, Joey Allcorn, Robbie Fulks, Sari Brown, Dale Watson, Corb Lund, Hackensaw Boys, Fred Eaglesmith, Adrienne Young, Robert Earl Keen, Romi Mayes, Flatlanders, Asylum Street Spankers, Railroad Earth, Coal Porters, Lee Harvey, King Wilkie, The Waybacks, Steve Earle, Jason Ringenberg, Ollabelle, Polecat Creek, KD Lang, Chris Hillmen, Norah Jones, Be Good Tanyas, Cactus Bros, Carrie Rodriguez, Kim Beggs, Kelsey Waldon, Zoe Speaks, along with Doug & Telisha Williams;
Adrienne Young - ROMP 2007
Sidemen:
David Bromberg, Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, Jethro Burns, Merle Watson, Pat Flynn, Brad Davis, Bryon House, Jon Randall Stewart, Dave Prine, Paul Spradlin, Albert Lee, Frank Wakefield, T. Michael Coleman, Al Kooper, Al Perkins, Bashful Brother Oswald, BanjerDan, Wayne Raney, Roy Husky, Stuart Duncan, Lloyd Maines, Hank DeVito, Nancy Blake, Cisco Houston, Greg Martin, Donnie Roberts, Bryan Sutton, Joe Larson, Skip Cleavinger, Chris Carmichael;
Roots Rockers:
The Long Ryders, Rockpile, NRBQ, Bodeco, Bo Diddley, Rank and File, The Morrells, The Blasters, Chris Knight, Buddy Holly, Link Wray, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, The Beat Farmers, Hasil Adkins, Nick Lowe, Chickasaw Mud Pups, Tommy Womack, Jayhawks, Green On Red, Split Lip Rayfield, Dave Edmunds, SCOTS, Tim Krekel, The Waterboys, Uncle Tupelo, Sheryl Crow, Bill Lloyd, Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, Walk The West, The Byrds, Jason And The Scorchers, Jerry Dale McFadden, Jonell Mosser, Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, Bottle Rockets, Kasey Chambers, Washboard Hank, Rufus Huff, The Dusters, Ned Van Go, Rockin Sidney, Drive By Truckers, Webb Wilder, Reverend Horton Heat, The Pogues, The Subdudes, Whiskeytown, The Shakers, Dry Land Fish, Charles Mingus,
Steve Ferguson, and The Meat Purveyors;
Tommy Womack and myself chillin’ and talkin’ music
Rockabilly:
Joe Clay, Johnny Burnette, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Burnette, Elvis, Flatbroke Trio,
Rip Carson, Warren Smith, Johnny Carroll, Roy Kay Trio, Shakin' Stevens, Johnny Horton, Amber Foxx, Gene Vincent, Charlie Feathers, Tommy Blake, The Honeybees, The Chop Tops, along with Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys;
Acoustic Blues:
Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Cliff Carlisle, Sparky Rucker, Sleepy John Estes, Guy Davis, Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Keb' Mo', Sonny Boy Williamson, Johnny Shines, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Carl Martin, Chris Thomas King, Fairfield Four, Blind Boys of Alabama, James "Yank" Rachell, along with Sam and Kirt McGee;
Electric Blues:
Muddy, Howlin’ Wolf, Hound Dog Taylor, Albert Collins, Slim Harpo, KY Headhunters, Roy Buchanan, Solomon Burke, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, John Lee Hooker, Son Seals, Fenton Robinson, Koko Taylor, R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford, Anson Funderburgh, Lowell Fulson, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, and Duane Allman;
And as Greg Brown recently reminded us on "The Evening Call", lets not forget the sound that ol' Mother Nature makes on her own.
