These recordings represent tunes which were played at gatherings and barn dances in the Ozark Mountains from the Civil War era until about 1940.

"Rackensack" is the Osage Indian name for the Ozark plateau between the Arkansas and Missouri Rivers.

This recording includes great tunes such as Arkansas Traveler, written in 1847 as the "Rackensack Waltz," Peek-a-boo Waltz written in 1881, a "standard" country waltz. Waltzes have been a strong tradition with Midwestern fiddlers, perhaps more so than in any of the other regions in America. The tune Red Bird or Oklahoma Red Bird written in the Missouri Ozarks in the early part of this century, and a popular fiddle tune in the '30's and '40's, Blackberry Blossom, an American tune with possible Irish roots. Year Of Jubilo, written by Henry C. Work in 1862 as "Kingdom Coming" for minstrel shows.

1)   Red Bird
2)   Shenandoah Valley Waltz/Morning Glory Waltz
3)   Liberty/St. Anne's Reel
4)  Year Of Jubilo/Dixie
5)  Midnight On The Water 6)  Blackberry Blossom/Old Grey Cat
7)  Weeping Heart/Old Spinning Wheel
8)  Peek-A-Boo Waltz
9)  Ragtime Annie
10)  Red Hills Polka

11)  Snow Deer/Red Wing
12)  Jenny Lind Waltz/Tombigbee Waltz
13)  Bonaparte’s Retreat
14)  The Girl I Left Behind Me/The Yellow Rose Of Texas
15)  Mississippi Sawyer
16)  Sweet Bunch Of Daisies
17)  Jenny Lind Polka
18)  Cotton Eyed Joe
19)  Forked Deer/Flop Eared Mule
20)  Silver Bell[s]
21)  Arkansas Traveler

• Joe Jewell -Hammered Dulcimer
• Bob Murphy - Rhythm, Lead Guitar, Dobro & Bass
• Lisa Freshler -Bass Fiddle
  
• DeeAnn Gillispie -Fiddle
  

• Tim Crouch -Fiddle,
• Kay Thomas -Mountain Dulcimer
  
• Dave Smith -Banjo