2012, Tompkins Square

VINYL FORMAT. 3xLP Box set! Work, play, pray – the lifecycle of the rural America that created our greatest generation of country music, 1923 – 1936. These volumes survey songs of labor and occupation, hardship and loss; dance tunes, comic numbers, and novelties that provided distraction and fun; and the hymns and sacred pieces that reached beyond the raw material of daily existence for something enduring. Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard features 19 previously un-reissued sides and is largely drawn from the collection of the late Don Wahle of Louisville, Kentucky.