A Blessing To People (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)

Dixon Brothers, The

4-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 164-page hardcover book, 121 tracks. Playing time approx. 242 mns.
'Dorsey Dixon is the poet laureate of [America's] textile industry.' - Archie Green. The definitive collection of one of the quintessential Depression-era hillbilly brother duos. A treasury of sacred, secular, and industrial songs from the Carolinas, many of them written by Dorsey M. Dixon, author of Wreck On The Highway and other country, bluegrass, and folk music standards. True classics of Americana! Features all surviving recordings by the Dixon Brothers and their affiliated groups. Together in one place for the first time! Also includes thirty-three solo recordings by Dorsey M. Dixon from 1961-1962. Includes the original versions of Weave Room Blues, Spinning Room Blues, Down With The Old Canoe, Two Little Rosebuds, Intoxicated Rat, and I Didn't Hear Anybody Pray (aka Wreck On The Highway), plus more than two dozen previously unreleased recordings!
In 1932, Dorsey and Howard Dixon who worked in the textile mills of East Rockingham, North Carolina, started performing together informally as a guitar-and-steel-guitar duo. Two years later, their haunting tragic songs and textile blues landed them a regular radio spot on WBT's Crazy Barn Dance. Between 1936 and 1938, the Dixons recorded, either together or with other partners, more than ninety selections for RCA-Victor, including such now-classic songs as Weave Room Blues, Spinning Room Blues, Intoxicated Rat, Down With The Old Canoe, and I Didn't Hear Anybody Pray. The Dixon Brothers became one of the best-known and most popular hillbilly brother duos of the Great Depression, and this boxed set represents the first ever devoted to their remarkable work.
The meticulously restored songs on this 4-CD set comprise every surviving recording by the Dixon Brothers and their affiliated groups. The accompanying 164-page, LP-sized hardcover book contains a new biographical essay and extensive song notes by historian Patrick Huber, along with many rare and previously unpublished photographs. Also included are complete song lyrics, a detailed discography, and reproductions of the original session sheets.
Authentic Americana gains in popularity every year, and most of these classic recordings haven't been heard since the Great Depression.

Medium 1
Id	Name	Interpret
1	Weave Room Blues
2	Two Little Rosebuds
3	Sales Tax On The Women
4	Intoxicated Rat
5	Not Turning Back
6	White Flower For You
7	Answer To Maple On The Hill û Part 1
8	Answer To Maple On The Hill û Part 3
9	Greenback Dollar û Part 2
10	Spinning Room Blues
11	My Girl In Sunny Tennessee
12	A Wonderful Day
13	Are You Sure?
14	That Old Vacant Chair
15	I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Pa
16	Never To Be Sweethearts Again
17	Bonnie Blue Eyes û Part 2 (Hush Little Bonnie
18	Ocean Of Life
19	Rambling Gambler
20	Dark Eyes
21	Easter Day
22	That Old True Love
23	Answer To Maple On The Hill û Part 4
24	Beautiful Stars
25	I Will Meet My Precious Mother
26	Weaver's Life
27	Darling Do You Miss Me
28	Little Bessie
29	How Can A Broke Man Be Happy

Medium 2
Id	Name	Interpret
1	How Can A Broke Man Be Happy
2	The School House Fire
3	She Tickles Me
4	Fisherman's Luck
5	At Twilight Old Pal Of Yesterday
6	Call Me Pal Of Mine
7	I Won't Accept Anything For My Soul
8	What Can I Give In Exchange
9	What Would You Give In Exchange û Part 5
10	The Girl I Left In Danville
11	Two Little Boys
12	The Lonely Prisoner
13	The Old Home Brew
14	Always Waiting For You
15	When Jesus Appears
16	Satisfied At Last
17	Shining City Over The River
18	Honey It's Just Because
19	Back To My Wyoming Home
20	I Can't Tell Why I Love You
21	Under The Old Cherry Tree
22	Blessed Promise In Store
23	Anywhere Is Home
24	Beneath An Old Maple
25	Fields On Fire
26	The Blood Of Jesus Saved Me
27	Where Shall I Be
28	Promise In The Book Of Life
29	Broken Hearted Girl
30	Woman's Answer To 'What Is Home Without Love'

Medium 3
Id	Name	Interpret
1	Hobo Jack The Rambler
2	More Pretty Girls Than One û Part 3
3	There's A Place In My Home For Mother
4	Bootlegger's Story
5	Wonder Who's Kissing Her û Part 2
6	Prisoner's Plea
7	Faithless Husband
8	Down With The Old Canoe
9	I Didn't Hear Anybody Pray
10	Glorious Light Is Dawning
11	Have Courage To Only Say No
12	A Mother, A Father, A Baby
13	A Church At The Foot Of The Hill
14	By Himself
15	Tempted And Tried
16	Time For Me To Go
17	Beyond Black Smoke
18	When Gabriel Blows His Trumpet For Me
19	Speak Evil Of No Man
20	Jimmie And Sallie
21	The Story Of George Collins
22	The Light Of Homer Rogers
23	After The Ball
24	'Twas Only A Dream
25	Answer To Broken Engagement
26	By The Old Oaken Bucket, Louise
27	Honey Baby Mine
28	My Trundle Bed
29	New Trouble

Medium 4
Id	Name	Interpret
1	Babies In The Mill
2	The Factory Girl
3	Hard Times In Here
4	Weave Room Blues
5	Twister Room Blues
6	When Weaving Time Is Over
7	The Wreck Of The Old 97
8	The Cleveland School House Fire
9	Wreck On The Highway
10	Naomi Wise
11	Our Johnny
12	Mommy, Will My Doggie Understand?
13	Bill Dodson's Last Run
14	The Great Convoy
15	Jesse James
16	Give Me My Flowers While I'm Living
17	Be At Home Soon Tonight, My Dear Boy
18	Tomorrow
19	The Worried Bum (I Saw The Wood)
20	She Tickles Me
21	If I Knock The 'L' Out Of Timothy Kelly
22	The Burglar Man
23	The Christmas Cake
24	The Hungry Hash House
25	I'm Not Turning Backward
26	Somebody Touched Me
27	Across The Shining River
28	My Name In The Book
29	When That Beautiful City Comes Down
30	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
31	I Shall Not Be Moved
32	I Didn't Have A Friend
33	The Church At The Foot Of The Hill