Across the Amerikee: Showpieces from Coal Camp to Cattle Trail

Grassroots singers and players throughout the United States have long cultivated their own varieties of recital music. A simple dance tune transforms into a concert masterpiece; a personal plaint becomes emblematic of an era. With banjo and occasional guitar, Stephen Wade explores this music made for music’s sake. His selections draw from Southern sources as well as Northern interpreters, centering on lyric folksong and old-time instrumentals transmitted, as one of its older players memorably said, “across the Amerikee.” 62 minutes, 44-page booklet with extensive notes.

Track Listing

101	Wild Horse Stephen Wade	01:31
102	Come on Buddie, Don’t You Want to Go Stephen Wade	02:40
103	Chesley Chancey’s Cumberland Gap Stephen Wade	02:03
104	Swing and Turn, Jubilee Stephen Wade	03:57
105	Fly around My Pretty Little Miss Stephen Wade	01:50
106	Diamond Joe Stephen Wade	03:34
107	Puncheon Camps Stephen Wade	00:57
108	Hard Head Hardy Stephen Wade	04:50
109	KC Whistle Stephen Wade	02:38
110	Willie Moore Stephen Wade	03:56
111	Uncle Dave’s Fandango Stephen Wade	02:07
112	Goodbye, Old Paint Stephen Wade	04:17
113	Tom Paley’s John Henry Stephen Wade	02:01
114	Trouble at the Coal Creek Mines Stephen Wade	05:20
115	Gray Eagle Stephen Wade	02:19
116	Lost John Stephen Wade	02:22
117	Shortenin’ Bread Stephen Wade	01:53
118	Reno Factory / Brown Skin Blues Stephen Wade	03:55
119	Sourwood Mountain Stephen Wade	04:02
120	In the Pines Stephen Wade	04:04
121	Cherry Blossom Waltz Stephen Wade	02:08