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Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Various Artists
Back Roads to Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier's novel and the film Cold Mountain opened the door to a world of Appalachian history, life, and music. Now, John Cohen and Smithsonian Folkways take you all the way home to the source and the spirit of Appalachia in the signature sounds of its musical elders. Descendents of the 19th-century Appalachian frontier families perform traditional music they inherited from their Civil War-era ancestors. 70 minutes. 36-page booklet with historic photos.

Track Listing

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T.J. Chesser
01:09
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102
Dillard Chandler
01:04
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103
Bill Cornett
02:24  
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104
Sacred Harp singers at Stewart's Chapel, Houston, MS
01:59
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105
French Carpenter
02:57  
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106
Dacosta Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
02:42
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107
Dock Boggs
03:40
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108
Oscar Parks
04:09
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109
Old Regular Baptists, Defeated Creek Church, Linefork, KY
04:40
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110
Dink Roberts
01:24
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111
Joe Patterson
01:21
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112
Ed, Lonnie, and G.D. Young
02:10
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113
Dorothy Melton
01:58
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114
Roscoe Holcomb
04:35
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115
Dellie Norton
01:59  
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116
Dillard Chandler
03:52
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117
Texas Gladden
02:18  
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118
Bill Monroe
04:32
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119
The Stanley Brothers
03:11  
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120
Fiddlin' John Carson
02:54  
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121
Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
03:38
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122
Ora Dell Graham
01:08
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123
Joe and Odell Thompson
02:54  
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124
James Crase
02:14
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125
E.C. and Orna Ball
03:31
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126
Gaither Carlton
01:36
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127
Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham
04:11