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Ernest Stoneman
The Unsung Father Of Country Music

Compil. US 2008 on 5-String Productions label
Folk (Folk, Country)

Heavy cardboard gatefold with bound-in 48-page book. Tracks 1-5, 1-20 recorded January 8, 1925. Track 2-10 recorded May 27, 1925. Track 2-15 recorded August 27, 1925. Tracks 1-10, 2-5 recorded April 1926. Tracks 1-4, 2-4 recorded September 24, 1926. Track 1-16 recorded September 25, 1926. Track 2-16 recorded January 24, 1927. Track 1-22 recorded January 25, 1927. Tracks 1-15, 2-9 recorded January 27, 1927. Track 2-7 recorded January 29, 1927. Track 1-9 recorded February 5, 1927. Tracks 1-1, 2-17 recorded May 12, 1927. Track 2-20 recorded May 19, 1927. Tracks 1-3, 1-8, 1-13, 1-17, 1-18, 2-8, 2-13 recorded July 25, 1927. Tracks 2-11, 2-12 recorded July 27, 1927. Tracks 1-11, 1-12, 1-19 recorded February 22, 1928. Tracks 1-2, 2-19, 2-21 recorded July 9, 1928. Track 1-21 recorded July 10, 1928. Tracks 1-6, 2-3 recorded October 31, 1928. Track 2-6 recorded November 1, 1928. Tracks 1-23, 2-1 recorded November 21, 1928. Track 2-18 recorded November 22, 1928. Tracks 1-7, 1-14, 2-2, 2-14 recorded September 12, 1929. Track 2-22 recorded January 8, 1934. Track 2-23 recorded January 9, 1934. Credit for vocals on 1-16 is omitted in liner notes. Banjo and vocals credit on 1-19 is credited to "George Stoneman or Bolen Frost" in liner notes.

Musicians

	Ernest Stoneman voc, g, h, 1893-1968 US album by, harmonica, guitar, vocals, autoharp, harmonica, vocals, guitar, harmonica, vocals, vocals, harmonica, guitar
	Henry Sapoznik voc, bj, vn, compilation producer, liner notes, liner notes, essay
	Christopher King , compilation producer, liner notes, transferred by, 78 rpm transfers
	Patsy Stoneman g, voc, tam, 1925-2015 US liner notes, introduction
	Ernest And Hattie Stoneman , performer on track
	Hattie Stoneman , 1893-1968 US fiddle, vocals
	A.J. Crider , lyrics by
	Justin Winfield , performer on track
	Earl Sweet , US banjo, banjo, vocals
	Herbert Sweet , US fiddle, fiddle, vocals
	Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers , performer on track
	Uncle Eck Dunford vn, voc, US fiddle, fiddle, vocals, calls, vocals, spoken
	Kahle Brewer , US fiddle, vocals
	Irma Frost , 1907-1964 US organ, vocals
	Edna Brewer voc, US vocals
	Tom Leonard , vocals
	Walter Mooney , vocals
	The Stoneman Family , US performer on track
	Bolen Frost , US banjo, guitar, banjo, harmony vocals
	Unknown Artist , fiddle, kazoo, jew's harp, banjo, vocals
	Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers , US performer on track
	Oscar Jenkins bj, US banjo
	Frank Jenkins g, 1888-1945 US fiddle
	John Wallace Crawford , 1847-1917 US lyrics by
	Ernest Stoneman & His Greysen County Boys , performer on track
	Ernest V. Stoneman And His Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers , performer on track
	George Stoneman , 1882-1966 US banjo
	Sam Patton , vocals, speech
	Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio , performer on track
	Ernest Stoneman - Irma Frost , performer on track
	Sweet Brothers , performer on track
	Iver Edwards , US harmonica, ukulele
	Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Stoneman , performer on track
	Ernest And Eddie Stoneman , performer on track
	Eddie Stoneman , *1920 US banjo

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