Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926 - 1937 (2-CD)
by Various Artists

Mojo (Publisher): 5 stars out of 5 - "GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before."
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Format:  CD  (2 Discs)
item number:  C3VV
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Released: October 4, 2005
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Old Hat Ent.

Entertainment Reviews:

Mojo (Publisher) - p.128
5 stars out of 5 - "GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Spasm, The - Daddy Stovepipe / Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe / Mississippi Sarah
  • 2.Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner / Riley Puckett
  • 3.Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
  • 4.Hokum Blues - Coley Jones / Dallas String Band
  • 5.Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
  • 6.Gonna Swing on the Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
  • 7.Papa's 'Bout to Get Mad - Pink Anderson / Simmie Dooley
  • 8.Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man, The - Mack Woolbright / Charlie Parker
  • 9.Bye, Bye Policeman - Jim Jackson
  • 10.Bald-Headed End of a Broom, The - Walter "Kid" Smith
  • 11.Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
  • 12.Beans - Beans Hambone / El Morrow
  • 13.Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around, A - Stovepipe No. 1/David Crockett
  • 14.Tell It to Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
  • 15.Ain't No Use Working So Hard - The Carolina Tar Heels
  • 16.Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
  • 17.C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee / Blythe Poteet
  • 18.My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
  • 19.Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas
  • 20.Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
  • 21.G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson / Nelson / Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
  • 22.Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
  • 23.Born in Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
  • 24.He's in the Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson / Simmie Dooley
  • 2.Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
  • 3.It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
  • 4.Bring It with You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
  • 5.Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
  • 6.Go Along Mule - Uncle Macon Dave & His Fruit Jar Guzzlers
  • 7.Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
  • 8.I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
  • 9.Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
  • 10.Adam & Eve in the Garden - Ben Covington
  • 11.Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson
  • 12.Her Name Was Hula Lou - The Carolina Tar Heels
  • 13.Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
  • 14.Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
  • 15.Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
  • 16.Cat's Got the Measles, The Dog's Got the Whooping Cough, The - Walter Smith
  • 17.Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
  • 18.Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
  • 19.Sweet Sixteen - North Carolina Ramblers / Charlie Poole
  • 20.Ticklish Reuben - Mack Woolbright / Charlie Parker
  • 21.I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop - Jim Jackson
  • 22.Shine - Coley Jones / Dallas String Band
  • 23.Gypsy, The - Emmett Miller
  • 24.Kiss Me Candy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Product Info

  • UPC: 670725100523
  • Shipping Weight: 0.42/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 2 items

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