VA - Worried Blues (4 CD Box Set) (2005)

This intriguing four-disc set collects the complete recorded works of guitarist Frank Hutchison and singer Kelly Harrell, then splits the final disc between two very different mountain string bands, the Tenneva Ramblers and the Blue Ridge Highballers. All of these artists were active in the Virginia/West Virginia area in the 1920s. Hutchison, in particular, was an arresting talent, with a striking and consistent slide guitar style and a rough but charmingly everyman vocal style that gives the songs he recorded for OKeh Records like "Worried Blues," "Train That Carried the Girl From Town," "The Miner's Blues," "The Last Scene of the Titanic," and the impressive guitar instrumental "Logan County Blues," an individualistic twist almost unique in Appalachian music. Much like banjoist Dock Boggs, he incorporated a high degree of black blues into his repertoire.

Tracklist:

Disc: 1

01. Worried Blues - Frank Hutchinson
02. Train That Carried The Girl From Town - Frank Hutchinson
03. Stackalee (Instrumental Version) - Frank Hutchinson
04. The Wild Horse - Frank Hutchinson
05. Long Way To Tipperary - Frank Hutchinson
06. The West Virginia Rag - Frank Hutchinson
07. C&O Excursion - Frank Hutchinson
08. Coney Isle - Frank Hutchinson
09. Old Rachel - Frank Hutchinson
10. Lightning Express - Frank Hutchinson
11. Stackalee (Vocal Version) - Frank Hutchinson
12. Logan County Blues - Frank Hutchinson
13. Worried Blues - Frank Hutchinson
14. Train That Carried The Girl From Town - Frank Hutchinson
15. The Last Scene Of The Titanic - Frank Hutchinson
16. All Night Long - Frank Hutchinson
17. Alabama Girl, Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight? - Frank Hutchinson
18. Hell Bound Train - Frank Hutchinson
19. Wild Hogs In The Red Brush - Frank Hutchinson
20. The Burglar Man - Frank Hutchinson
21. Back In My Home Town - Frank Hutchinson
22. The Miner's Blues - Frank Hutchinson
23. Hutchinson's Rag - Frank Hutchinson
24. The Boston Burglar - Frank Hutchinson
25. The Chevrolet Six - Frank Hutchinson

Disc: 2

01. Cumberland Gap - Frank Hutchinson
02. The Deal - Frank Hutchinson
03. Railroad Bill - Frank Hutchinson
04. Johnny And Jane:1 - Frank Hutchinson
05. Johnny And Jane:2 - Frank Hutchinson
06. Cannonball Blues - Frank Hutchinson
07. K.C. Blues - Frank Hutchinson
08. New River Train - Kelly Harrell
09. Rovin' Gambler - Kelly Harrell
10. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Kelly Harrell
11. Butcher's Boy - Kelly Harrell
12. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago - Kelly Harrell
13. Wild Bill Jones - Kelly Harrell
14. Peg And Awl - Kelly Harrell
15. I Was Born In Pennsylvania - Kelly Harrell
16. I'm Going Back To North Carolina - Kelly Harrell
17. Be At Home Soon Tonight, My Dear Boy - Kelly Harrell
18. The Wreck On The Southern Old - Kelly Harrell
19. Blue Eyed Ella - Kelly Harrell
20. New River Train - Kelly Harrell
21. Rovin' Gambler - Kelly Harrell
22. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Kelly Harrell
23. Butcher's Boy - Kelly Harrell
24. O! Molly Dear Go Ask Your Mother - Kelly Harrell
25. Broken Engagement - Kelly Harrell

Disc: 3

01. The Dying Hobo - Kelly Harrell
02. Beneath The Weeping Willow - Kelly Harrell
03. My Horses Ain't Hungry - Kelly Harrell
04. Bright Sherman Valley - Kelly Harrell
05. The Cuckoo She's A Fine Bird - Kelly Harrell
06. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - Kelly Harrell
07. Bye And Bye You Will Soon Forget - Kelly Harrell
08. Oh, My Pretty Monkey - Kelly Harrell
09. I Love My Sweetheart The Best - Kelly Harrell
10. Henry Clay Beattie - Kelly Harrell
11. I Want A Nice Little Fellow - Kelly Harrell
12. My Name Is John Jo Hannah - Kelly Harrell
13. In The Shadow Of The Pine - Kelly Harrell
14. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrell
15. I'm Nobody's Darlin' On Earth - Kelly Harrell
16. She Has Gone And Left Me - Kelly Harrell
17. Row Us Over The Tide - Kelly Harrell
18. I Have No Loving Mother Now - Kelly Harrell
19. Seven Long Years I've Been Married - Kelly Harrell
20. Charley, He's A Good Old Man - Kelly Harrell
21. The Henpecked Man - Kelly Harrell
22. She Just Kept Kissing On - Kelly Harrell
23. All My Sins Are Taken Away - Kelly Harrell
24. Cave Love Has Gained The Day - Kelly Harrell
25. I Heard Somebody Call My Name - Kelly Harrell

Disc: 4

01. The Longest Train I Ever Saw - The Tenneva Ramblers
02. Sweet Heaven When I Die - The Tenneva Ramblers
03. Miss Lisa, Poor Girl - The Tenneva Ramblers
04. Darling Where Have You Been So Long - The Tenneva Ramblers
05. If I Die A Railroad Man - The Tenneva Ramblers
06. I'm Goin' To Georgia - The Tenneva Ramblers
07. The Curtains Of The Night - The Tenneva Ramblers
08. Seven Long Years In Prison - The Tenneva Ramblers
09. When A Man Is Married - The Tenneva Ramblers
10. Goodbye My Honey I'm Gone - The Tenneva Ramblers
11. Tell It To Me - The Tenneva Ramblers
12. Johnson Boy - The Tenneva Ramblers
13. Green Mountain Polka - Blue Ridge Highballers
14. Skidd More - Blue Ridge Highballers
15. Flop Eared Mule - Blue Ridge Highballers
16. Darneo - Blue Ridge Highballers
17. Soldier's Joy - Blue Ridge Highballers
18. Darling Child - Blue Ridge Highballers
19. Under The Double Eagle - Blue Ridge Highballers
20. Fourteen Days In Georgia - Blue Ridge Highballers
21. Sandy River Belle - Blue Ridge Highballers
22. Round Town Girls - Blue Ridge Highballers
23. Wish To The Lord I Had Never Been Born - Blue Ridge Highballers
24. Going Down To Lynchburg - Blue Ridge Highballers