15. Hard Ain't it Hard
This is really two songs: Woody Guthrie's "Hard Ain't It Hard" and a little bit of "Black Mountain Rag" by Leslie Keith.
View Article13. Old Time John Henry
Sure it's a traditional -- but this is how Tommy Jarrell played it.
View Article11. Todos Ellos (Everybody Two-Step)
Will found this track on an old Tejano 78 from the fiddler El Ciego Melquíades Rodriguez.
View Article8. Jake Leg Blues
This is an old track from the Mississippi Sheiks. One day we'll get it as slow as they do.
View Article5. I Got Mine
There's lots of versions of this song, but we patterned ours after The Skillet Lickers'... again.
View Article4. Cowboy Waltz
Woody Guthrie was a talented fiddle player too, you know. We got this song from him, with a nod to the New Lost City Ramblers.
View Article3. Bully of the Town
There's lots of versions of this song, but we patterned ours after The Skillet Lickers'.
View Article14. K.C. Moan
This is a song that the Memphis Jug Band made popular and Bob Weir made a little less enjoyable.
View Article12. Shanghai in China
This is a tune from the Carolina Tarheels that we medley with "Alabama Blues" by The Three Stripped Gears. Taylor tries to sing the backup as well as Will's son Guthrie does.
View Article7. Jenny on the Railroad
This is a song from the other Carter family -- the Carter Brothers and Son.
View Article6. Big Cat, Little Cat
The first tune comes from a man by the name of Cuje Bertram, then we medley it with a little Fisher's Hornpipe.
View Article16. What A Day
This is an old gospel track written by J. Hill of The Stamps. J.T. used to sing this in a quartet and he's happy to not sing tenor anymore.
View Article1. Got No Honeybabe Now
We take "Got No Honeybabe" from Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers and then we add a little "G Rag," like we learned it from Andrew Baxter and the Georgia Yellow Hammers.
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