Complete Recorded Works (1926-30) [Import, Original recording reissued]

Burnett/Rutherford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2026
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording reissued
• Label: Document
• ASIN: B000006NLK
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lost John

2. Little Stream Of Whiskey

3. Weeping Willow Tree

4. I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again

5. A Short Life Of Trouble

6. Pearl Bryan

7. My Sweetheart In Tennessee

8. Are You Happy Or Lonesome

9. Curley-Headed Woman

10. Ramblin' Reckless Hobo

11. Willie Moore

12. All Night Long Blues

13. Ladies On The Steamboat

14. Billy In The Low Ground

15. She Is A Flower From The Fields Of Alabama

16. Under The Pale Moonlight

17. Knoxville Rag

18. Grandma's Rag

19. Cumberland Gap

20. Going Around The World

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This collection of "works" works for me!, January 20, 2002

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Lee Hartsfeld (Central Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Recorded Works (1926-30) (Audio CD)

This marvelous, and mostly sonically-sound, collection features late-1920s bluegrass tales of dying hobos, dying soldiers, suicidal lovers, murdered lovers, and "curley-headed" lovers, among other topics. Blind banjoist/guitarist Dick Burnett and his partner, fiddler Leonard Rutherford, are nothing less than superb, performing with spooky, almost psychic, concordance and casual, but utter, conviction. I won't bother to christen this material "authentic," since this is the stuff from which the concept springs. Highlights, in my book, are as follows: "Lost John," with a tune and a pattern of lyrics that cry out "Ida Red;" "Ramblin' Reckless Hobo," an assertive, perpetuum-mobile waltz that includes humanly-produced train effects and the lyrics, "My pocketbook is empty, and my heart is full of pain;" and "All Night Long Blues," whose lyrics are very much like Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor." And there is the Bob-Wills-style introduction to the rollicking "Ladies on the Steamboat," a number very much like Wilbur Sweatman's "Down Home Rag." And for those rock-history pundits who define rock and roll as country musicians playing the 12-bar blues, track the chord changes and count the bars in "Curley-Headed Woman." Finally, for those who believe bluegrass banjo was born just after the fall of Nazi Germany, "Going Around the World" (track 20) should provide an ample reality check, early-1929 style.

The sound quality throughout is mostly adequate to good, with a few tracks nearly obliterated by noise, but the music is fabulous. If you want "roots" music, this is it. A classy cover photo and an informative booklet, to boot. Buy, buy!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Recorded Works...Not Quite, October 15, 2005

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K. Z. Mahon (Roulette, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Recorded Works (1926-30) (Audio CD)

There are a handful of songs on an old Rounder Records LP entitled RAMBLING RECKLESS HOBO that aren't on this CD. Also, there are one or two unissued tracks that are not on this CD, although there are a few. So be wary if you're a completeist...

I'm very dissapointed in DOCUMENT, for now I don't know how many songs I'm missing out on in other collections. They usually tell you if songs are missing, but the book says nothing.

2 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A little too bluegrass., June 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Recorded Works (1926-30) (Audio CD)

There's bluegrass; the golden oldies that even those who don't THINK they know the music KNOW - and then there's bluegrass; the real, dirt poor, backwoods stuff. This is that stuff. Burnett & Rutherford are also among the BEST at what they do - but unless a person can actually identify with the songs, rather than just listening to some music - this particular CD would be a little too intensely hillbilly to be enjoyed.