The Rough Guide to the Roots of Country Music

Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee

Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers

Jimmie Rodgers

J.P. Nester

Darby & Tarlton

Dock Boggs

East Texas Serenaders

Clarence Ashley

The Carter Family

Tenneva Ramblers

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers

B.F. Shelton

Ernest V. Stoneman & The Sweet Brothers

Cliff Carlisle

Eck Robertson & Family

Ray Brothers

Fruit Jar Guzzlers

Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers

Burnett & Rutherford

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts Trio

Lowe Stokes

Buell Kazee

Leake County Revelers

Fiddlin’ John Carson and His Virginia Reelers