VA - Definitive Americana (2009)

The 50 tracks showcased here each offer their own riches and rewards as representatives of Americana in its many forms. It's music that expresses hopes and fears in straight-talking lyrics with memorable tunes to match - a description of Pete Seeger's output that surely applies to all the artists featured here.

Tracklist
CD1
[2:01] 1. The Weavers - If I Had A Hammer
[4:46] 2. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Cripple Creek
[2:13] 3. Pete Seeger - Casey Jones
[2:11] 4. Johnny Cash - The Rock Island Line
[2:12] 5. John Lee Hooker - Dimples
[2:51] 6. Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself
[2:28] 7. Woody Guthrie - Pastures Of Plenty
[2:38] 8. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
[3:27] 9. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie And Johnny
[2:50] 10. B.B. King - Every Day I Have The Blues
[2:33] 11. Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Orange Blossom Special
[1:42] 12. Mahalia Jackson - Let The Church Roll
[3:11] 13. The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
[2:22] 14. Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
[3:17] 15. Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go
[3:06] 16. Leadbelly - Alabama Bound
[1:58] 17. Johnny Cash - Pickin' Time
[2:27] 18. Burl Ives - The Streets Of Laredo
[1:46] 19. Cisco Houston - Railroad Bill
[2:40] 20. Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four
[2:34] 21. Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga
[3:20] 22. Blue Sky Boys - The Banks Of The Ohio
[4:31] 23. Pete Seeger - John Henry
[3:06] 24. Uncle Dave Macon - When The Train Comes Along
[2:38] 25. Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land

CD2
[3:06] 1. Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
[2:02] 2. Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
[2:51] 3. The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunnyside
[2:58] 4. The Stanley Brothers - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
[2:32] 5. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Pick A Bale Of Cotton
[3:02] 6. Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town
[2:44] 7. Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart
[3:11] 8. Elmore James - Dust My Broom
[4:28] 9. Pete Seeger - Jesse James
[3:07] 10. Leadbelly - Midnight Special
[3:06] 11. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
[2:03] 12. Woody Guthrie - Billy The Kid
[3:04] 13. The Weavers - Along The Colorado Trail
[2:33] 14. Mac Wiseman - Going Like A Wildfire
[3:15] 15. Brownie McGhee - Careless Love
[2:50] 16. Flatt & Scruggs - Doin' My Time
[2:33] 17. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - Up Above My Head
[2:22] 18. George Jones - I'm Ragged, But I'm Right
[2:38] 19. Burl Ives - Worried Man Blues
[2:58] 20. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
[2:35] 21. The Almanac Singers - Hard Ain't It Hard
[2:09] 22. June Carter & Carl Smith - Times 'A-Waistin'
[3:14] 23. Josh White - Lord Randall, My Son
[3:15] 24. Odetta - Jack O'Diamonds
[2:41] 25. Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown