Old Time North Carolina Mountain Music

Born in North Carolina in 1911, Bill Johnson started playing the banjo at the age of eight. With his son Billie Ray on guitar and grandson David on fiddle, he leads three generations of talented mountain musicians in this collection of murder ballads and folk songs.
All the instrumental songs are what Johnson calls “old tunes.” They have been handed down through the generations and can still be heard on front porches and at dances in the Western North Carolina Mountains. Vocal tunes, including “Knoxville Girl” and “Poor Ellen Smith,” are also featured.
Track Listing
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Knoxville Girl | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 4:48 | |
102
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Rueben | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:57 | |
103
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The Wreck of the Old 97 | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:40 | |
104
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Roll on Buddy (Nine Pound Hammer) | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:27 | |
105
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Poor Ellen Smith | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:20 | |
106
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Possum Blowed His Horn | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:54 | |
107
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Banks of the Ohio | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:44 | |
201
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Jimmy Sutton | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:03 | |
202
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Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connolly) | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:33 | |
203
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Cumberland Gap | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:30 | |
204
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Going Down the Road Feeling Bad | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:29 | |
205
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Sugar Babe | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:05 | |
206
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Pretty Polly | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 2:48 | |
207
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Sourwood Mountain | David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson | 1:58 |