Virginia Roots

Virginia Roots - The 1929 Richmond Sessions


For five days in October 1929, musicians from across Virginia played their songs for engineers of the Okeh Record
Company. The Richmond recording session was a microcosm of Virginia and American music, capturing the music
of old-time bands, African American quartets, harmonica players, jazz acts and even a Hawaiian orchestra.
This two-CD set brings together for the first time all of the released 1929 recordings in a 33-song compilation. The
48-page booklet that accompanies the set includes extensive notes by veteran music researchers and provides new
biographies of previously undocumented artist such as The Tubize Hawaiian Orchestra and Otis and Tom Mote.
More than 20 images, several previously unpublished, illustrate the text. Also includes lyric transcriptions. From the
old-time music of Wade Ward’s Buck Mountain Band to the masterful harmonies of The Monarch Jazz Quartet of
Norfolk, Virginia Roots is a must-buy for anyone interested in early American music and culture. Audio Restoration
and Mastering of the project was done by Airshow Mastering , who received a Grammy for their work on the
acclaimed “Anthology of American Folk Music".



TRACKLIST:

CD1

01 They Won't Believe in Me - THE SPARKLING FOUR
02 Hold the Wind - THE SPARKLING FOUR
03 Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend - THE BUBBLING OVER FIVE
04 Get Up Off That Jazzophone - THE BUBBLING OVER FIVE
05 Mean Low Blues - BLUES BIRDHEAD
06 Harmonica Blues - BLUES BIRDHEAD
07 The Sign of Judgement - THE GOLDEN CROWN QUARTET
08 Scandalize My Name - THE GOLDEN CROWN QUARTET
09 Sweetheart of Mandalay - TUBIZE ROYAL HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA
10 Whispering Hope - TUBIZE ROYAL HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA
11 Midnight Serenade - SPANGLER AND PEARSON
12 Patrick County Blues - SPANGLER AND PEARSON
13 Tell It Again - BELA LAM AND HIS GREENE COUNTY SINGERS
14 If Tonight Should End the World - BELA LAM AND HIS GREENE COUNTY SINGERS
15 Glory Bye and Bye - BELA LAM AND HIS GREENE COUNTY SINGERS
16 Crown Him - BELA LAM AND HIS GREENE COUNTY SINGERS


CD2

01.Monarch Jazz/Jubilee Quartet of Norfolk / What's the Matter Now?
02.Monarch Jazz/Jubilee Quartet of Norfolk / Four or Five Times
03.Monarch Jazz/Jubilee Quartet of Norfolk / Pleading Blues
04.Monarch Jazz/Jubilee Quartet of Norfolk / Just Too Late
05.Buck Mountain Band / Don't Let the Blues Get You Down
06.Buck Mountain Band / Yodeling Blues
07.Otis and Tom Mote / Tight Like That
08.Otis and Tom Mote / Railroad Bill
09.Otis and Tom Mote / Church of God is Right
10.Otis and Tom Mote / Home in the Rock
11.Salem Highballers / Snowbird on the Ashbank
12.Salem Highballers / Going on to Town
13.Roanoke Jug Band / Johnny Lover
14.Roanoke Jug Band / Stone Mountain Rag
15.Roanoke Jug Band / Triangle Blues
16.Roanoke Jug Band / Homebrew Rag
17.Richmond Starlight Quartet / Jazz Crazy Blues





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