Mountain Music Autoharp / Var- Mountain Music Autoharp / Various (CD)
First patented in 1881 by German instrument repairman Charles Zimmerman, the autoharp first reached popularity as a novelty instrument. By 1900, while that fad had passed, the autoharp found an enduring home in the southern mountains. This compilation features a variety of performers, as well as extensive biographical notes about each contributor.
Tracklist:
- Stoney's Waltz
- Sweet Marie
- May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
- She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain
- Flop-Eared Mule
- Bile Them Cabbage Down
- All I Got's Gone
- Ella's Grave
- Shortenin' Bread
- Old Joe Clark
- Waltz
- Precious Jewel
- Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow
- Muleskinner Blues
- John Henry
- Weeping Willow Tree
- Wreck Of Number Nine
- Red River Valley
- The Great Reaping Day
- I'm Alone, All Alone
- Jacob's Ladder
- Way Down In The Country
- Benfield Hoedown (Idaho Girl)
- Wildwood Flower
- Tragic Romance
UPC > 093070236523
Format > New CD
Label > Folkways Records
Shop online at Darkside Records.
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First patented in 1881 by German instrument repairman Charles Zimmerman, the autoharp first reached popularity as a novelty instrument. By 1900, while that fad had passed, the autoharp found an enduring home in the southern mountains. This compilation features a variety of performers, as well as extensive biographical notes about each contributor.
Tracklist:
- Stoney's Waltz
- Sweet Marie
- May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
- She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain
- Flop-Eared Mule
- Bile Them Cabbage Down
- All I Got's Gone
- Ella's Grave
- Shortenin' Bread
- Old Joe Clark
- Waltz
- Precious Jewel
- Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow
- Muleskinner Blues
- John Henry
- Weeping Willow Tree
- Wreck Of Number Nine
- Red River Valley
- The Great Reaping Day
- I'm Alone, All Alone
- Jacob's Ladder
- Way Down In The Country
- Benfield Hoedown (Idaho Girl)
- Wildwood Flower
- Tragic Romance
UPC > 093070236523
Format > New CD
Label > Folkways Records
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.