December 9, 2007
This week, a new reissue of 1946-7 studio sessions that captured some great old songs by Kentucky’s Cousin Emmy, the original banjo pickin’ girl. Her original version of “Ruby” was one of them.
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley Brothers | Holiday Pickin’ | King KBSCD-7000 |
| Stanley Brothers | That Happy Night | King KBSCD-7000 |
| Jimmy Martin | Ocean of Diamonds | Bear Family BCD 15705 |
| Lonesome Pine Fiddlers | Baby, You’re Cheatin’ | Bear Family ECD 501 |
| Mac Wiseman | It’s Goodbye and So Long to You |
Bear Family BCD 15976 |
| Charlie Monroe | Find ‘Em, Fool ‘Em and Leave ‘Em Alone |
Bear Family BCD 16808 |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | One Dime Blues | Yazoo 2057 |
| William Harris | Bull Frog Blues | Yazoo 3002 |
| Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle |
Sun’s Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday |
BACM CD D 178 |
| Merle Haggard | My Carolina Sunshine Girl | Koch 3-4051-2 |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Miss the Mississippi and You | Bear Family BCD 15540 |
| Jimmie Rodgers & Sara Carter |
That Wonderful City | Bear Family BCD 15540 |
| Washington Phillips | A Mother’s Last Words to Her Daughter |
Yazoo 2073 |
| Sauceman Brothers | Shine On Me | Copper Creek CCCD-0124 |
| Pawlo Humeniuk | Dance Under the Willows | Dust to Digital 02 |
| Maddox Brothers & Rose | Jingle Bells | Dust to Digital 02 |
| Fairfield Four & Nashville Bluegrass Band |
Last Month Of the Year | Warner Brothers 9 26945-2 |
| Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers | Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn |
Dust to Digital 02 |
| Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers | She’s Coming Round the Mountain |
Dust to Digital 04 |
| Ralph Stanley | Nobody’s Darling | Rebel CD-1735 |
| Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow | Bear Family BCD 16751 |
| Cousin Emmy | Johnny Booker | Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Cousin Emmy | Pretty Little Miss Out In the Garden |
Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Cousin Emmy | Barney-O-Barney | Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Cousin Emmy | Lost John | Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Cousin Emmy | Ruby | Bear Family BCD 16853 |
| Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | Stoney (Are You Mad At Your Gal?) |
Bear Family BCD 16751 |
| Osborne Brothers & Red Allen |
Ruby Are You Mad? | Bear Family BCD 15598 |
| Blue Sky Boys | Whispering Hope | Copper Creek CCCD-0126 |
| Louvin Brothers | The First Noel | Bear Family BCD 15561 |
Remaining titles are from out-of-print sources:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Betty Amos | Eighteen Wheels A-Rolling |
| Carl Sauceman (Fred Richardson-Banjo) |
A Lonely Waltz |
| George Torey | Lonesome Man Blues |
| Ma Rainey | Hear Me Talking to You |
| Sauceman Brothers | I’ll Be No Stranger There |
| Sauceman Brothers | Hallelujah, we Shall Rise |
| The Lion | Fan Me, Saga Boy |
Windows Media stream
