Songs from the Southern Mountains

Songs from the Southern Mountains (subtitled The Doc Watson Family) is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson and Family, released in 1994. The music is taken from recordings by Eugene Earle and D. K. Wilgus. It contains previously unreleased material from the early '60s as well as three tracks recorded in 1973. The liner notes are by Watson's daughter Nancy.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Smith wrote the album "has a scattershot feeling about it that comes from the material being recorded at different times, but it digs up some good stuff along the way."^[1]

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Rye Cove" (A. P. Carter) – 2:20 (from the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA, 1962)
2. "Twilight Is Stealing" – 2:24 (from Deep Gap, NC, 1962)
3. "Fisher's Hornpipe" – 1:01 (from the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA, 1962)
4. "Anniversary Blue Yodel [Blue Yodel No. 7]" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:07 (from Deep Gap, NC, 1973)
5. "A Tiny Broken Heart" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 3:01 (from Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, July 1964)
6. "Honey Babe Blues" – 2:25 (from UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1964)
7. "Brown's Dream" – 1:45
8. "When the Roll Is Called up Yonder" (Black) – 3:16
9. "My Little Woman, You're So Sweet" – 2:18
10. "Will My Mother Know Me There?" – 3:30
11. "Go Shoot Old Davey Dugger" – 1:31
12. "My Wandering Boy" – 3:06
13. "Somebody Touched Me" – 2:10
14. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work)– 2:55
15. "Lonely Tombs" – 3:01
16. "Just a Friend" (Anglin, Wright) – 3:20

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, vocals
• Gaither Carlton – fiddle
• Arnold Watson – banjo, bass
• Mrs. General Dixon Watson – vocals
• Rosa Lee Watson – vocals
• Almeda Riddle – vocals

References

External links

• Doc Watson Family discography