Ragtime2: The Country- Mandolins, Fiddles, and Guitars

RBF Records – RBF 18

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Ragtime, World, & Country
Style: Ragtime & Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Dallas Rag: The Dallas String Band (2:55)
A2 No Use Workin' So Hard: The Carolina Tar Heels (3:09)
A3 Old Weary Blues: Jesse Young's Tennessee Band (3:10)
A4 Atlanta Rag: Cow Cow Davenport (3:09)
A5 Hungry Man's Scuffle: Walter Roland and Lucille Bogan (2:47)
A6 Downtown Blues: Frank Stokes (3:13)
A7 They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me: The Leake County Revelers (2:59)
B1 Hale's Rag: Theron Hale & Daughters (2:49)
B2 Laughing Rag: Sam Moore and Horace Davis (2:45)
B3 Lindy: The Proximity String Quartet (2:57)
B4 Kansas City Dog Walk: Charlie Turner (2:59)
B5 Ozark Rag: The East Texas Serenaders (3:09)
B6 Dill Pickles Rag: The Kessinger Brothers (3:17)
B7 Rag Mama Rag: Blind Boy Fuller, Gary Davis, and Bull City Red (3:07)
[Credits]
Dallas String Band: Marco Washington (bass/cello) Sam Harris (guitar) Coley Jones (mandolin), Carolina Tar Heels: Dock Walsh (banjo) Tom Ashley (guitar) Garley Foster (harmonica), Cow Cow Davenport (piano), Walter Roland (piano) Lucille Bogan (speech), Frank Stokes (guitar/vocals), Leake County Revelers: Dallas "Casey" Jones (guitar/vocals) Jim "Smoky" Wolverton (banjo) Will Gilmer (fiddle) R. O. Mosley (mandolin banjo), Theron Hale (fiddle) Elizabeth Hale (mandolin) Mamie Ruth Hale (piano), Horace Davis (harp guitar) Sam Moore (steel guitar), Charlie Turner (12 string guitar), Blind Boy Fuller (guitar) Gary Davis (guitar) Bull City Red (washboard)
Compiled & Annotated by Samuel Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This collection features country ragtime from 1917 to 1935—a genre that mixes the syncopation of African-American rhythms with the melodic structure of European dance music. As these recordings demonstrate, musicians created different mixtures of these elements: some rags sound more like the blues, while others are closer to European quadrilles.