Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-1969)

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Discover the beginnings of Fonotone Records and its 14-year odyssey from a basement in Frederick, Maryland. Joe Bussard's love for 78 rpm records led to...

Discover the beginnings of Fonotone Records and its 14-year odyssey from a basement in Frederick, Maryland. Joe Bussard's love for 78 rpm records led to a treasure trove of custom-made albums and a 5 CD retrospective with unheard tracks and rare finds. See the music come to life with rare photos, remastered tapes, and the stories of long-lost musicians. As musicians and critics alike rave about Fonotone, don't miss your chance to own a piece of music history with the limited edition set, complete with postcards and a bottle opener.

1. Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers – "Chinese Breakdown”
2. Sunny Side Sacred Singers – "Power in the Blood”
3. Blind Thomas – "Wanda Russell's Blues”
4. Danville Dan – "Foggy Bottom Shuffle”
5. Tennessee Mess Arounders – "I Love You Mama”
6. Happy Johnny and Family – "Soldier's Joy”
7. Blue Ridge Partners – "Carry Me Back to the Mountains”
8. W.R. Barnes and W.E. Barnes – "Fox Chase”
9. Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
10. The Adcock Family – "Baker's Breakdown”
11. Back Alley Boys – "Alley Strut”
12. Lee Moore – "Boweavil”
13. Bluegrass Travelers – "Bugle Call Banjo”
14. Tennessee Mess Arounders – "Tator Patch Blues”
15. Milo Way – "We Need More Rattlesnakes”
16. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Jug in the Shade”
17. Welch Brothers – "Lost Indian”
18. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Love Old Memphis”
19. B. Sam Firk – "Old Country Rock”
20. Bob Coltman & Joe Bussard – "The Death of John Kennedy”
21. Three Blues Boys – "Onions”
22. Blind Thomas – "Paint Brush Blues”
23. Welch Brothers – "Helter Skelter”
24. Mississippi Swampers – "Green Blues”
25. Georgia Jokers – "Hannah Open the Door”
26. Hillbilly Boys – "Wildwood Flower”
27. Whitacre Family – "Down on the Delaware”
28. Bill Hoffman & Joe Bussard – "Crazy Arms”
29. Lucky Chatman's – "Ozark Mountain Boys Bluegrass”
30. Georgia Jokers – "Rome Georgia Bound”
31. Blind Thomas – "Blind Blues”
32. Bluegrass Travelers – "Bluegrass Shuffle”
33. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Cider Time Rag”
34. Happy Johnny and Family – "Sugar Babe”
35. Welch Brothers – "Tearing Down the Laurel”
36. Possum Holler Boys – "Up Jumped the Devil”
37. Clarence Fross – "Fox Chase”
38. Virginia Ramblers – "Virginia Ramble”
39. Joe Bussard – "Sow Good Seeds”
40. Beachley Sisters – "Nobody's Darling but Mine”
41. Brother Smith and Brother Amo – "Everlasting Joy”
42. The Backlanders – "Backlander's Hornpipe”
43. Georgia Jokers – "Jokin' Georgia Rag”
44. Jackson Jug Jumpers – "Stir It Now”
45. Kid Future – "Kid Future's Blues”
46. Rocky Ridge Ramblers – "R.G. Chimes”
47. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Back Alley Wiggle”
48. Possum Holler Boys – "Pig Tail Fling”
49. Rocky Ridge Ramblers – "Down Where the River Bends”
50. Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers – "The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn”
51. Hillbilly Boys – "Hillbilly's Guitar”
52. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Memphis Hambone Blues”
53. Tennessee Mess Arounders – "Mandolin Blues”
54. Welch Brothers – "Cheat Mountain”
55. The Adcock Family – "Shady Grove”
56. Birmingham Bill – "Cumberland Gap”
57. Coltman and Taylor – "Fisher's Hornpipe”
58. Joe Birchfield and Family – "Cackling Hen”
59. B. Sam Firk – "Barefoot Mamlish Blues”
60. Two Black Jacks – "Black Jack Rag”
61. The Adcock Family – "Hot Corn Cold Blues”
62. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – “Tear It Down”
63. Happy Johnny and Family – "Father Put the Cow Away”
64. Whitacre Family – "Whitacre's Hornpipe”
65. Bluegrass Travelers – "Banjo Stretch”
66. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Coal Tipple Blues”
67. Mississippi Swampers – "Some Summer Day No. 2”
68. Mash Mountain Boys – "Hopalong Peter”
69. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "The Crowing Rooster”
70. Whitacre Family – "Little Boy Stole My Jacket”
71. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Black Cat Blues”
72. Tennessee Joe – "Franke”
73. Whitacre Family – "Striped Stockings”
74. Guitar Rascals – "Short String Strut”
75. Blind Robert Ward – "The Voyage of Apollo 8”
76. Two Black Jacks – "Black Jack Drag”
77. Kid Future – "Rory Mae”
78. Coltman and Taylor – "Silver Bells”
79. Blind Thomas – "Weissman Blues”
80. The Adcock Family – "Sara Jane”
81. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "What She's Got”
82. Georgia Jokers – "Susie”
83. Robert H. Cubbage and Round Top Mountain Boys – "Round Town Gals”
84. W.E. Barnes – "Ramblin' Blues”
85. Sizemore and Smith – "Pretty Little Girl”
86. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Scattin' Rag”
87. Bill Hoffman& Joe Bussard – "Please Love Me”
88. B. Sam Firk – "Delta Moodish Blues”
89. Oscar Myers – "Busted Boiler Blues”
90. Ted Kreh – “Big Legged Mama”
91. Happy Johnny and Family – "Leather Breeches”
92. Mississippi Swampers – "Dark and Lonely Night Blues”
93. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – “Borrow Love and Go”
94. Blue Ridge Partners – "I Don't Love Nobody”
95. Birmingham Bill – "Hen Pecked Man”
96. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Treastle Blues”
97. Danville Dan – "Train to Danville”
98. B. Sam Firk – "No Special Rider Blues”
99. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "Basement Blues”
100. T. Damien – "Drunk Song No. 2”
101. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "If You Don't Love Me Mama”
102. Mississippi Swampers – "Stone Pony”
103. Blind Robert Ward – "The Pueblo's Crew”
104. Wild Mountain Boys – "Confessin'”
105. Blind Thomas – "Poor Boy Blues”
106. Bill Bailey and Frank Stuart – "Cripple Creek”
107. Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys – "Put My Little Shoes Away”
108. The Adcock Family – "Hoppin' the Frets”
109. Mason O'Bavion – "John Henry (Take 1)”
110. The Adcock Family – "Nine Pound Hammer”
111. Birmingham Bill – "Brimingham Tickle”
112. Georgia Jokers – "Atlanta Rag”
113. Clarence Fross – "Old Hypocrite”
114. Bald Knob Chicken Snatchers – "Sugar in the Gourd”
115. Lee Moore – "I Hear Mother Calling”
116. Beachley Sisters – "It's Only the Wind”
117. Whitacre Family – "Maple Sugar”
118. Brother Smith and Brother Amos – "Preach the Gospel”
119. W.R. Barnes and W.E. Barnes – "My Savior Died for Me”
120. Danville Dan – "Sunflower Strut”
121. Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers – "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane”
122. Gabriel's Holy Testifiers – "Lay My Armor Down”
123. Jolly Joe's Jug Band – "The Old Folks Started It”
124. Whitacre Family – "Done Gone”
125. Bob Coltman – "Got to Get A Little More”
126. Wild Mountain Boys – "Wild Mountain Ramble”
127. B. Sam Firk – "Money Green No. 2”
128. Sunny Side Sacred Singers – "Didn't They Crucify My Lord”
129. Carolina Pine Knots – "I'm Rollin' On”
130. Kid Future Delta “Crapation”
131. Possum Holler Boys – "Sugar Tree Stomp”

Catalog Number DTD-03

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Recording Era(s)

["1956​-​1969"]

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Page Count

Label(s) / Partner(s) Dust-to-Digital

Producer(s) David Anderson, Joe Bussard, Steven Lance Ledbetter

Audio Engineer(s) Michael Graves

Designer(s) Susan Archie, Henry H. Owings

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Additional Information

  • USA

  • English

  • Bluegrass
  • Blues
  • Country
  • Country Blues
  • Folk