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
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Virginia Bootlegger | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:02 | |
102
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Kentucky Bootlegger | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:09 | |
103
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Bootlegger's Story | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:42 | |
104
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The Drunken Driver | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:25 | |
105
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Moonshiner | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:10 | |
106
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Drunkard's Hiccups | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:13 | |
107
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I Saw a Man at the Close of Day | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:10 | |
108
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Goodbye Old Booze | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:04 | |
201
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Prohibition is a Failure | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:01 | |
202
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The Old Home Brew | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:27 | |
203
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I've Still Got 99 | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:20 | |
204
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Whiskey Seller | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:22 | |
205
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The Teetotals | The New Lost City Ramblers | 1:02 | |
206
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Al Smith for President | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:15 | |
207
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Intoxicated Rat | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:55 | |
208
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Wreck on the Highway | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:52 | |
209
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Down to the Stillhouse to Get a Litter Cider | The New Lost City Ramblers | 1:44 |