American Moonshine and Prohibition Songs

Longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers perform 17 period songs about liquor, bootlegging, and Prohibition (1917–1933) in the traditional style of southern mountain string bands. As Rambler member Mike Seeger observes in the liner notes, many of the songs appear to have been written by people who knew drink well and were familiar with its effects. Several of the songs consist of new lyrics commemorating the virtues or evils of alcohol set to familiar melodies of the time. Rambler member John Cohen also contributed to the liner notes, which include an informal history of prohibition in America as well as song lyrics and photos.

Track Listing

101	Virginia Bootlegger	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:02
102	Kentucky Bootlegger	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:09
103	Bootlegger's Story	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:42
104	The Drunken Driver	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:25
105	Moonshiner	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:10
106	Drunkard's Hiccups	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:13
107	I Saw a Man at the Close of Day	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:10
108	Goodbye Old Booze	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:04
201	Prohibition is a Failure	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:01
202	The Old Home Brew	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:27
203	I've Still Got 99	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:20
204	Whiskey Seller	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:22
205	The Teetotals	The New Lost City Ramblers	01:02
206	Al Smith for President	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:15
207	Intoxicated Rat	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:55
208	Wreck on the Highway	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:52
209	Down to the Stillhouse to Get a Litter Cider	The New Lost City Ramblers	01:44