Mcbee, Hamper
Cumberland Moonshiner- The Prestige Folklore Recordings
The 1978 film, Raw Mash, and its companion LP, made Hamper McBee an underground celebrity. As a media cult figure, you
might say he blazed the Appalachian bad-boy trail later trod by Jesco White and Popcorn Sutton. Foul-mouthed but
engaging, Hamper loved the attention that followed him most of the remaining twenty years of his life. Cumberland
Moonshiner, originally released in 1964 by the Prestige label, was comprised of recordings of McBee made by folksinger
and activist, Guy Carawan in 1962. Hamper was known as a rough-hewn but excellent ballad singer and he excels on that
part of his repertoire as well as giving great performances of folk and old time country standards as well as original
material such as Jasper Jail. Also included are two tracks of McBee's commentary about his exploits as a moonshiner.
Price
Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
15-11-2020
Label
Item-nr
545179
EAN
0884501396509
Availability
In stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
GOOD OLE MOUNTAIN DEW
2
BLACK JACK DAVEY
3
DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE
4
JOHN HARDY
5
HENRY MARTYN
6
DARBY RAM
7
WEARISOME FARMER
8
METHODIST PIE
9
MOONSHINING
10
JASPER JAIL
11
MORE MOONSHINING
12
THREE NIGHTS DRUNK
13
BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT
14
900 MILES
15
LONG BLACK VEIL
16
WRECK OF THE OLD NO. 9
