Smokey Mountain Ballads

Harry & Jeanie West | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sunswept
• ASIN: B000TJ6CJA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The roots of bluegrass, May 29, 2008

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Dennis M. Southwood - See all my reviews
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I first bought this as a vinyl album during the Great Folk Music Scare of the 1960s, and it has always been one of my chief treasures. Now that I also own it on CD, my vinyl album can enjoy a much-deserved rest.

This is true roots music from the Great Smoky Mountains--heartfelt harmonies accompanied by mandolin, guitar, clawhammer banjo, and steel resonator guitar.

This is where bluegrass came from.

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for the True Lover of Southern Mountain Ballads, November 16, 2009

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Lorie Zientara "Kentucky Writer" (Northeastern Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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The 33 1/3 RPM album was given to me as a gift in the 60's. I loved the first cut: Sing Song Kitty. The album was lost in my many moves and only recently did I find the song available on [...] after searching many other resources. What a delight to be able to hear the old timey guitar and banjo work and the unpolished, down home vocals. These are great songs done in a pure homespun style. No pretenses here! It's a folk music collector's must have.