Tracklist 1. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand by The Williamson Brothers 2. On the Road Again by the Memphis Jug Band 3....

Tracklist

1. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand by The Williamson Brothers
2. On the Road Again by the Memphis Jug Band
3. Frankie by Mississippi John Hurt
4. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow by The Carter Family
5. Mal Hombre by Lydia Mendoza
6. Peg and Awl by Carolina Tar Heels
7. Tomi Tomi by Sol K. Bright
8. The Indian Tom Tom by Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
9. Cocaine Habit Blues by Hattie Hart
10. Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
11. Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton
12. Allons a Lafayette by Joseph Falcon
13. Stackalee by Frank Hutchison
14. Waiting for a Train by Jimmie Rodgers
15. Jole Blon by The Breaux Brothers
The AMERICAN EPIC historical documentaries are a journey back in time to the “Big Bang” of modern popular music.

In the 1920s, as radio took over the pop music business, record companies were forced to leave their studios in major cities in search of new styles and markets. Ranging the mountains, prairies, rural villages, and urban ghettos of America, they discovered a wealth of unexpected talent. The recordings they made of all the ethnic groups of America democratized the nation and gave a voice to everyone. Country singers in the Appalachians, Blues guitarists in the Mississippi Delta, Gospel preachers across the south, Cajun fiddlers in Louisiana, Tejano groups from the Texas Mexico border, Native American drummers in Arizona, and Hawaiian musicians were all recorded. For the first time, a woman picking cotton in Mississippi, a coalminer in Virginia or a tobacco farmer in Tennessee could have their thoughts and feelings heard on records played in living rooms across the country. It was the first time America heard itself.