Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Warner Collection, Vol. 1) [Original recording remastered]

Warner Collection | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Appleseed Records
• ASIN: B00004SBZK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,789 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. House Carpenter - Rebecca King Jones

2. I Went to See My Molly - Lee Monroe Presnell

3. River of Life - Buna Hicks

4. Babies in the Wood - Dorothy Howard

5. I Dropped the Baby - Dorothy Howard

6. Solas Market - Edith Perrin

7. Wakes in the Morning - Edith Perrin

8. Where Did You Get That Hat? - Edith Perrin

9. Mail Day Blues - J. B. Sutton

10. Nobody Knows - Sue Thomas

11. Gilgarrah Mountain (Whiskey in the Jar) - Lena Bourne Fish

12. Somebody's Waiting for Me - Charles K. "Tink" Tillett

13. Bony on the Isle of St. Helena - Charles K. "Tink" Tillett

14. Come Love Come - Eleazar Tillett

15. Hey, Get Along Josie - Tom Smith

16. Days of '49 - "Yankee" John Galusha

17. Springfield Mountain - "Yankee" John Galusha

18. Jolly Thrasher - Eleazar Tillett

19. Chimbly Sweep - Rebecca King Jones

20. Barbara Allen - R.K. Jones

See all 46 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Addition To Any Collection, June 16, 2000

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"phyllisbrny" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Warner Collection, Vol. 1) (Audio CD)

This is the first time that material from the Anne and Frank Warner collection has been easily available to the listening public. The Warners collected songs and tunes from singers and players in the Carolina's, New York and New England starting in the 1930's, and the body of material that they brought to the world through their relationships with these tradition bearers forms an important basic framework of folk history. Long hidden away in the Library of Congress, it is at last available for all to enjoy and learn from. Here is where you'll find the original version of "Tom Dooley" (shared by Frank Proffitt) and pure mountain versions of "Whiskey in the Jar" and "Barbara Allen" as well as priceless interview segments with Proffitt and others. These selections were exquisitely chosen, and beautifully remastered and recorded. Whether you have a passing aquaintaince or a deep love of vernacular folk music, put this CD into your collection today.

5.0 out of 5 stars A chance to hear my ancestors, March 30, 2011

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marti - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Warner Collection, Vol. 1) (Audio CD)

This collection is a miracle find for me. I am the granddaughter of Martha Ann that sings the title song. I never had the chance to meet her, she died before I was born. To hear her singing, the dialects, and then the funny banter after, brought me and my sister to instant tears. We now know where our humor truly originates. My father used to sing songs to us as kids, but sadly we lost him too when we were teenagers. I am humbled and grateful that technology has allowed us all to access timeless and priceless recordings of our family. Truly a gift. We forget sometimes what it was like without televisions or cell phones. This collection takes me back to a time when everyone sat on the front porch, barefoot, enjoying the cool sea breeze on an old wooden porch swing, waving to all the neighbors passing by. Sadly the house (pictured in the cd) was moved. I highly recommend these timeless songs to anyone.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, a must-hear., January 26, 2011

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This review is from: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Warner Collection, Vol. 1) (Audio CD)

This collection was an ear-opener even for me, and I grew up on this music in the Appalachian mountains of NC. The voices, dialects, and songs on this CD and its partner will illuminate SO MUCH about the European links to American folk music, and dispell any stereotypes of "hillbilly music." Much of it is so haunting it brings chills to your spine. Other tunes show there's even borrowing from African slave music. Music, sung and played accoustic music, was all these people had to entertain themselves. And entertain it did. It both entertains and educates us, and draws us into the souls of the Appalachian (and Scottish) culture. Wonderful.