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The Shortest Day

Kenny Jackson

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The Shortest Day is the long-awaited sequel to Kenny’s 2004 solo album Over the Mountain, and it builds on that record’s vision of what old-time music might be. Fifteen tracks, among them nine original pieces (including the title track), with accompaniment on many of the tunes by some of the best players of American old-time music - Carl Jones,
The Shortest Day is the long-awaited sequel to Kenny’s 2004 solo album Over the Mountain, and it builds on that record’s vision of what old-time music might be. Fifteen tracks, among them nine original pieces (including the title track), with accompaniment on many of the tunes by some of the best players of American old-time music - Carl Jones, Erynn Marshall, and Bobb Head.
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    Broke Down Barn 2:35
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    Echoes of the Ozarks 2:47
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    Wild Bill Jones 3:13
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    The Ninth of October 2:23
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    Ohio Waltz 3:28
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    Feather Dove 3:43
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    Little Bobby 2:28
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    The Shortest Day/Set the Log Alight 4:13
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    Rochelle Waltz 3:52
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    Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still 3:37
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    Grand Spy 3:09
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    May Waltz 2:59
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    Scotland Man 5:14
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    Old No. 2 2:58
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    The Wind on Crow Hill 2:01
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Over the Mountain

Kenny Jackson and Friends

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Some of my favorite old-time tunes and songs, learned from some of the sources whose music I most admire (albeit with a few new tunes that came to me), and joined by three exceptional old-time musicians who happen to be the best of friends. I chose simple and unadorned settings that I hope express the most authentic heart of this rugged and
Some of my favorite old-time tunes and songs, learned from some of the sources whose music I most admire (albeit with a few new tunes that came to me), and joined by three exceptional old-time musicians who happen to be the best of friends. I chose simple and unadorned settings that I hope express the most authentic heart of this rugged and beautiful old-time music.
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    Wake Robin/Boatsman 3:11
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    Black Jack Grove 2:20
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    Eighth Day of January 3:15
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    Henry Lee 3:32
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    Nubbin Ridge 2:47
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    Brad Walters 2:09
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    Little Devil Waltz 3:53
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    Little Birdie 3:54
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    No Corn on Tygart 2:47
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    Midnight 2:49
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    Ashcan Blues 3:24
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    America Baily 2:27
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    The Peddler and His Wife 3:04
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    Lady Gay 2:52
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    Flander's Dream 2:26
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    Tomahawk 2:38
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    Over the Mountain 4:21
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    Silver Strand 4:12
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Pine to Pine

Big Medicine

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Big Medicine's third and most recent CD, released by Yodel-Ay-Hee Records, Asheville, NC (Yodel-Ay-Hee 075)
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    Dunbar 3:02
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    Red Rocking Chair 3:30
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    Lady of the Lake 2:37
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    Lone Pilgrim 1:56
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    My Rough and Rowdy Ways 4:37
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    The Waves on the Sea 3:36
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    Brushy Run 2:51
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    What Does the Lonesome Dove Say? 3:24
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    Texas Gales/Blackberry Rag 3:45
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    I've Got No Honey Babe Now 3:03
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    Bury Me Out on the Prairie 3:47
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    Fire on the Mountain 2:10
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    Meet Me Tonight 3:55
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    Tie Your Dog, Sally Gal 2:33
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    Tombigbee River 4:26
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Fever in the South

Big Medicine

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  1. 1
    Little Margaret 2:53
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    I know Whose Tears 3:50
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    The Old Gray Mare 2:24
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    Pleasure of a Single Life 2:23
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    Kentucky Waltz 4:10
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    Tennessee Breakdown 2:50
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    Billy in the Low Ground 3:08
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    The Girl Behind the Bar 2:10
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    Rolling Mill 3:28
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  10. 10
    Sharp's Three-Way Hornpipe 3:36
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    Angel Band 3:12
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    The Love of Polly and Jack Monroe 4:44
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    Lost Babe/Lost and Found 3:59
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    Looking Toward Heaven 1:55
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    Hell Up Coal Holler 2:48
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    Fever in the South 3:47
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    We Shall All Be Reunited 6:01
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Too Old to be Controlled

Big Medicine

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Released on the Yodel-Ay-Hee label out of Asheville, NC, Big Medicine's first album was named 2003's Best Bluegrass Album of the Year by Just Plain Folks.
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    Wild Bill Jones 3:01
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    Black Jack Grove 2:48
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    Bear Creak Blues 3:18
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    Ida Red 4:59
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    Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden 3:03
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    My Old Cottage Home 3:33
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    Pretty Little Shoes 2:28
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    Susananna Gal 3:05
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    Short Life of Trouble 3:17
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    My Ozark Mountain Home 3:05
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    Christmas Eve 2:46
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    Last of Harris 2:38
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    East Virginia Blues 3:33
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    Flower from the Fields of Alabama 3:40
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    Who Killed Poor Robin 3:19
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    Brushy Fork of John's Creek 2:43
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    Sit Down (I Can't Sit Down) 3:27
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    Two Brothers 3:24
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    Let Me Fall 3:03
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    Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 2:35
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I believe I'll go back home

The Rhythm Rats

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    Jenny Get Around 2:02
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    Little Stream of Whiskey 4:37
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    Prodigal Son 4:06
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    Christmas Eve 2:19
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    Pallet on the Floor 2:18
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    When the Snowflakes Fall Again 4:42
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    Polly Put the Kettle On 3:11
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    Indian Eat the Woodchuck 3:15
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    Fair Miss in the Garden 4:26
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    Jenny Lynn 2:21
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    Blackberry Blossom 2:40
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    Little Carpenter 3:40
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    Possum Hollow 2:19
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    Aged Mother 3:18
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    Wolves a-Howlin' 2:33
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    Through the Garden Gate 3:08
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Pretty Crowin' Chicken

The Rhythm Rats

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This is a 5-String Productions CD reissue of the Rhythm Rats' now-classic 1994 first release. The original cassette release was on Marimac Recordings (9061-C).
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    Indian War Whoop 2:37
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    In the Pines 2:59
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    Lost Indian 2:03
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    The Titanic 2:57
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    Roossian Rabbit 2:04
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    Little Boy Working on the Road 2:51
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    Willow Garden 3:47
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    Flowers of Edinburgh 2:29
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    Speed of the Plow 2:36
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    Boll Weevil/Dry and Dusty 4:44
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    Shortenin' Bread 3:09
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    Willie Moore 4:20
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    Yellin' In the Shoats 2:15
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  14. 14
    Goin' Up to Hamburg 1:41
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    Darling Nellie Gray 3:53
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    Lost Indian 3:37
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    Melinda 3:17
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    Pretty Crowin' Chicken 3:26
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    Whitesburg 3:05
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