ROUNDER MAMA'S HAND AA.VV.

ROUNDER MAMA'S HAND AA.VV.

Images of the mother and motherhood are classic in bluegrass, old-time, mountain, and country music. In some songs, the mother is a symbol of purity, held up as a beacon by scoundrels and saints. In others, she embodies the pains inherent in the passing of time—a bittersweet reminder of a simpler, truer age. Deity or device, beacon or bastion, the mother lives in thousands of bluegrass and mountain songs, including some of the genre's most popular. Includes songs by Hazel Dickens, The Whitstein Brothers, James King, Jim & Jesse, Doc & Rose Lee Watson, Connie & Babe & The Backwood Boys, Bashful Brother Oswald & Charlie Collins, Suzanne Thomas & Carol Elizabeth Jones, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Phyllis Boyens, The Warrior River Boys, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Rhonda Vincent.