May 4, 2008
Ernest Tubb, Bessie Smith, Hank Williams and Jimmy Murphy sing the blues, Georgia Slim and Howdy Forrester play twin fiddles, Earl Scruggs, Frank Jenkins and Bascom Lamar Lunsford pick the banjo–who could ask for more? Obsolete Music might not keep us young, but it helps us treasure the years.
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | Flint Hill Special | Bear Family BCD 15472 |
| Don Reno & Red Smiley | Howdy Neighbor Howdy | Bear Family BCD 16728 |
| Stringbean | You Can’t Do Wrong and Get By | Starday GT2-0956-2 |
| Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman | You Can’t Trust a Friend Anymore | Bear Family BCD 15975 |
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming | Bear Family BCD 15472 |
| Frank Jenkins | Baptist Shout | County CD-3533 |
| Bascom Lamar Lunsford | Italy | County CD-3533 |
| Giovanni Gioviale | Chi Me Frene? (Sextet from Lucia) | Rounder CD 1095 |
| Giovanni Gioviale | Costumi Siciliani (Sicilian Customs)-Mazurka | Rounder CD 1095 |
| Troupe Fattorusso | ‘E Cascavalle-Tarantella | Rounder CD 1095 |
| Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | I Cried Again | Bear Family BCD 16751 |
| Bob Wills | I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do | Bear Family BCD 15933 |
| Blue Sky Boys | There’ll Be No Broken Hearts For Me | Bear Family BCD 15951 |
| Sauceman Brothers | Working On a Building | Copper Creek CCCD-0124 |
| Doc Watson Family | The Faithful Soldier | Rounder 11661-0564-2 |
| Washington Phillips | Train Your Child | Yazoo 2073 |
| Jimmy Murphy | Corbin Stomp | Sugar Hill SHCD-3898 |
| Jimmy Murphy | I Get a Longing to Hear Hank Sing the Blues | Sugar Hill SHCD-3898 |
| Hank Williams | Moaning the Blues | Mercury 314 536 081-2 |
| Hank Williams | My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It | Mercury 314 536 081-2 |
| Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight | To-Wa-Bac-a-Wa | Frog DGF 5 |
| Delmore Brothers | Midnite Special | Ace CDCHD 1074 |
| Ann Cook | Mama Cookie Blues | Frog DGF 5 |
| Ann Cook | Sweetest Black Man in Town | Frog DGF 5 |
| Bessie Smith | Mean Old Bedbug Blues | Frog DGF 45 |
| Ernest Tubb | Mean Old Bedbug Blues | Bear Family BCD 15853 |
| Georgia Slim & Howdy Forrester | Cindy | Tri-Agle-Far CD TR710 |
| Georgia Slim & Howdy Forrester | Alabama Jubilee | Tri-Agle-Far CD TR710 |
| Georgia Slim & Howdy Forrester | Katy Hill | Tri-Agle-Far CD TR710 |
| Louvin Brothers | Memories and Tears | Bear Family BCD 15561 |
| Wade Mainer | Free Little Bird | Gusto GT2-0957-2 |
| Merle Travis | That’s All | Rounder 0451 |
These are currently out of print:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Don Reno & Benny Martin | You Can’t Make a Heel Toe the Mark |
| Lil Johnson | Keep On Knocking (But You Can’t Come In) |
| Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | Fiddle and banjo duet |
| Bill Browning | Country Strings |
| Ernest Tubb | Kansas Ciy Blues |
| William Harris | Kansas City Blues |
| Golden Gate Quartet | Moses Smote the Waters |
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