Product Description Against a backdrop of factory whistles, clattering machines and low-wage labor, Piedmont textile workers in North Carolina created a soul-stirring sound that laid the foundation for modern country music. A 24-page booklet tells the tales behind these 1927-31 recordings of protest songs, folk songs, ballads and blues by David McCarn, Carolina Twins, Wilmer Watts and more! Review Here are musicians who mastered instruments like the harmonica and banjo and took them to heights of virtuosity. Cotton mill life was no picnic, so many of the songs from this era speak of hard work, unfair treatment and poverty. Having grown up in Gastonia and having many relatives who worked in the mills, I feel a unique connection to the voice and spirit of this music. --Justin Robinson, Carolina Chocolate DropsThis collection is the first CD celebrating the artistry of Gaston's largely forgotten music scene - a hillbilly jazz age that laid the foundation for modern country music. --Joe DePriest, The Charlotte ObserverOld Hat's high standards of presentation are well in evidence, with excellent design and illustration supporting outstandingly authoritative notes. --Ray Templeton, Musical Traditions
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