Listen to some of the historic tracks from the book Road to Sweet’s Mill, compiled and edited by Evo Bluestein and Juliana Harris. For background on the songs below and the musicians performing, you may wish to get the book! Click on a title below to listen.
Stony Point–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Seventeen Days in Georgia–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Jaw Harp Boogie–Otis Pierce and Peter Everwine
THE ROAD TO SWEET’S MILL is a marvel in many respects. It’s so rich and complex that I have been savoring it gradually, section by section, as well as casually browsing through the beautiful pages for visual treats and surprises. This is a professional publication in the positive sense of the word, and marvelously beautiful. –Mayne Smith
Walk In Jerusalem–Gene Bluestein
Let It Be–Kathy and Carol
Trashbag Blues–Jody Stecher and Evo Bluestein
Stagolee–Jon Adams
It’s a treasure–both visually and for the first personal accounts, a brilliant success, clearly an important documentation. I’m greatly impressed–a visual fest. –Polly Brewer
Major Harrison’s Fedora–Kevin Keegan
I’m Gettin’ Ready to Go–Gypsy Gyppo String Band
Amazing Grace–Doc Watson and Friends
Just a Hand to Hold–Mark Spoelstra
I am very impressed by and grateful for this work. My initial impression is that at some point your work could be a good text for my folklore course. –Will Spires
Absolutely fabulous. Well done, Evo! –Deborah Robins & Larry Hanks
Lay Down Baby Take Your Rest–The Roundtown Boys
Belly Dance–Darioush Sami, Solomon Feldthouse, Ernie Fischbach
Getting the Hell Out of Fresno–Hank Bradley
Just received Road to Sweet’s Mill…beautiful! Congratulations for producing such a lovely book. –Heather Taylor
I just love your beautiful book. I’m only a few pages into it, because I want to savor it. I’m so pleased at the writing, too. It seems like a lot of effort went into making it factual, and including meaningful detail without too much of it. Truly a fine art!!! I think what you have done will stand the test of time and scrutiny. –Cathie Whitesides
Bonus tracks–exclusive! These cuts are not on the cd that comes with the book Road to Sweet’s Mill.
Mississippi Sawyer–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys (1964)
8th Of January–Sweet’s Mil Mountain Boys
Cowboy Waltz–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Kentucky Waltz–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Old Joe Clark–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Leather Britches–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Flop-Eared Mule–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Bill Cheatum–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys (1964)
BlackMountainRagFireOntheMountain–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Flop-Eared Mule–Sweet’s Mill Mountain Boys
Dreary Black Hills–Merritt Herring (1967)
Holly–Steve Mann
Darling Corey–Otis Pierce (1965)