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Sledd Ridin'
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Written by Dave Sledd and Sonny Osborne
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Ground Speed
01:40
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Written by Earl Scruggs
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Home Sweet Home
01:51
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Home Sweet Home was written by American lyricist John Howard Payne and English composer Sir Henry Bishop for an opera that was first produced in London in 1823. The song became hugely popular throughout the United States, and was a favorite of both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
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Shuckin the Corn
03:04
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Written By Earl Scruggs
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Farewell Blues
01:23
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Written By Earl Scruggs
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Written By Mac Wiseman
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Lonesome Road Blues
01:21
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Written By Bill Monroe
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Dueling Banjo/Guitar
02:27
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"Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1954 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos," which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle." Smith recorded it in 1955 playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player Don Reno. The composition's first wide-scale airing was on a 1963 television episode of The Andy Griffith Show called "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee," in which it is played by visiting musical family the Darlings (played by The Dillards, a bluegrass group) along with Griffith himself.
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Soldier's Joy
02:18
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"Soldier's Joy" is a fiddle tune, classified as a reel or country dance. It is popular in the American fiddle canon, in which it is touted as "an American classic" but traces its origin to Scottish fiddling traditions. It has been played in Scotland for over 200 years, and Robert Burns used it for the first song of his cantata 'The Jolly Beggars'. According to documentation at the United States Library of Congress, it is "one of the oldest and most widely distributed tunes" and is rated in the top ten most-played old time fiddle tunes.[citation needed] According to the Illinois Humanities Center, the tune dates as early as the 1760s. In spite of its upbeat tempo and catchy melody, the term "soldier's joy" has a much darker meaning than is portrayed by the tune. This term eventually came to refer to the combination of whiskey, beer, and morphine used by Civil War soldiers.
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Fireball Mail
01:29
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Written by Fred Rose, and Roy Acuff
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"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies TV show and movie, providing the back story for the series. The song was written and composed by Paul Henning, and recorded by bluegrass musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, with Lester Flatt on vocals. The song was sung by Jerry Scoggins for the opening of the series.
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John Henry
01:53
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The story of John Henry is traditionally told through two types of songs: ballads, commonly called "The Ballad of John Henry", and "hammer songs" (a type of work song), each with wide-ranging and varying lyrics. There is some controversy among scholars over which came first, the ballad or the hammer songs. Some scholars have suggested that the "John Henry" ballad grew out of the hammer songs, while others believe that the two were always entirely separate.
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Sally Ann
01:10
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Traditional Written By ?
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"Help Me Make It Through The Night" is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson
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On The Warpath
02:36
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"On The Warpath" Written By Ronnie Harrington aka The American Hillbilly
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Early Gates New York, New York
Early Gates is a Fat Wreck Chords recording artist and has been an active touring member of the punk/indie scene since the age of 16. Morning Glory, The Ray Gradys, Brogues, and The Regressives are some of his most notable projects. In his spare time, he is a Youtube creator of video game and anime songs. ... more
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