Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me – 3 CDs

A sequel of sorts to , this time reuniting Blood Brother Tex and Brother Doowad focusing on the everlasting influence of the Carter Family and their timeless masterpieces.

Disk 1
1. Linda Williams – I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets
2. Emmylou Harris – Gold Watch and Chain
3. The Reeltime Travelers – Bear Creek Blues
4. The Flatlanders – Hello Stranger
5. Ron Franklin – Lula Wall
6. Mac Wiseman with the Osborne Brothers – Keep On The Sunny Side
7. Kieran Kane – June Carter (Sure Can Sing)
8. June Carter Cash – Sinking in the Lonesome Sea
9. Kate Brislin and Jody Strecher – Don't Forget This Song
10. Curly Seckler & The Nashville Grass – Mother Maybelle Carter
11. Mother Maybelle Carter – An Autoharp Discussion
12. Mother Maybelle Carter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Wildwood Flower
13. Polecat Creek – March Winds Goin' To Blow My Blues
14. Townes Van Zandt – Wabash Cannonball
15. The New Lost City Ramblers – Carter's Blues
16. Joe Maphis – Memories of Maybelle
17. Derroll Adams – Dixie Darlin'
18. Ralph Stanley – Maple On The Hill
19. Janette & Joe Carter – Old Stern Bachelor
20. Petra Haden – Single Girl, Married Girl
21. Kossoy Sisters – Engine 143
22. Molly Mason – Angel Band
23. The Carter Family – I Shall Not Be Moved
24. Johnny Cash – The Way Worn Traveler
25. Maybelle Carter & New Lost City Ramblers – The Old Gospel Ship
26. John Prine with Steve Goodman – Diamonds in the Rough

Disk 2
1. Grandpa Jones & Ramona – Cannonball Blues
2. Flatt & Scruggs – You Are My Flower
3. Bob Dylan & The Hawks – Wildwood Flower
4. The Mercury Dimes – Lover's Lane
5. The Maddox Brothers & Rose – Brown Eyes
6. Jim and Jesse – Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine
7. Mother Maybelle Carter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. – I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
8. The Carter Family – The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me
9. Johnny Cash – Wildwood Flower
10. Ramblin' Jack Elliot – Tom Joad
11. Leadbelly – John Hardy
12. Eric Bibb – Worried Man Blues
13. Woody Guthrie – Baltimore to Washington
14. David Bromberg – East Virginia
15. David Grisman with Ralph Rinzler – Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
16. Kathy Kallick – Hello Stranger
17. June Carter Cash – Church in the Wildwood - Lonesome Valley
18. Tracy and Eloise Schwarz – Anchored in Love Divine
19. Uncle Tupelo – No Depression
20. Kieran Kane – Will You Miss Me
21. Garth & Maud Hudson – No Depression In Heaven
22. Mother Maybelle Carter – I'm Leaving You Close to Home

Disk 3
1. Linda Williams – By the Touch of Her Hand
2. June Carter Cash – Wildwood Flower
3. Uncle Dave Macon – You've Been a Friend to Me
4. Dink Roberts – John Hardy
5. The Red Clay Ramblers – The Winding Stream
6. Edward Clayborn – Death is Only a Dream
7. The Carter Family – The Sun of the Soul
8. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – You Are My Flower
9. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Amber Tresses
10. The Carter Family featuring Helen, June & Anita – Going Back To Texas - Great Speckled Bird
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Why, There's a Tear in My Eye
12. Dr. Ralph Stanley with David Rawlings & Gillian Welch – Gold Watch and Chain
13. Ray & Ina Patterson – One Little Word
14. Iris DeMent – Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
15. Nanci Griffith – Are You Tired of Me My Darling
16. Todd Snider – I Can’t Complain
17. Mike Seeger – It'll Aggravate Your Soul
18. Spaceman 3 – May the Circle Be Unbroken
19. Bristol – The Birds Were Singing Of You
20. The Carter Family – I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
21. Wendy Lewis – When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
22. June Carter Cash with Johnny Cash – Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
23. Vern & Ray – Sweet Fern
24. Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Chorus – Will the Circle Be Unbroken

1 comment:

Clay Eals said...

Good to see your post mentioning the track "Diamonds in the Rough" sung by John and Dave Prine and Steve Goodman. Goodman often doesn't get his due. You might be interested in my 800-page biography, "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music." The book delves deeply into the recording of "Diamonds in the Rough," and John and Dave Prine were key sources among my more than 1,050 interviewees.

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