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Sounds of the Mountain State

The Samples Brothers Band features brothers Mack (guitar & vocal), Roger (guitar & vocal), and Ted Samples (banjo & guitar). In addition, nationally known fiddler Buddy Griffin is featured on all the CDs. Buddy also ads the bass line. The CDs include a wide range of music.

30-second samples of some of the tracks are offered here online in .mp3 form. Click a link below to hear one of them.

SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DIXIE consists of mostly old hard-driving fiddle tunes.

1. Old Time Cotton Eyed Joe
2. Handsome Molly
3. Mack's Song
4. Willie Come Back
5. Pig In The Pen
6. Ladies Sail Away
7. Sawing On The Strings
8. Going Back To Dixie
9. That's What You Get For Loving Me
10. Ruby Are You Mad At Your Man
11. Deep River Blues
12. Shake Me, Don't Break Me
13. My Gal's A Highborn Lady
14. Carve That Possum
15. Tears On My Pillow

ACOUSTIC REFLECTIONS features a more mellow sound on many songs with Rog, Ted, and Mack playing guitars.

	1. Are You from Dixie?
	2. Freight Train
	3. Greenland Whale Fishery
	4. Constant Sorrow
	5. Norwegian Wood
	6. Black Mountain Rag
	7. Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
	8. What Would You Do
	9. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
	10. Ashes of Love
	11. Last Thing on My Mind
	12. Down the Road
	13. Sweet Sunny South
	14. More Pretty Girls
	15. Angel Band
	16. Jersusalem Ridge

BEST OF THE SAMPLES BROTHERS pulls many songs that were on the original Samples Brothers cassette tapes back in the late 80’s. It features some of the more traditional tunes as well as some songs from the modern era.

1. Elk River Ragtime
2. My Old Virginia Home
3. Mr. Bo Jangles
4. Barbara Allen
5. Uncle Pen
6. Leaving Home
7. Liza Jane
8. Troubadour Song
9. Sweet Baby James
10. Darcey Farrow
11. All Smiles Tonight
12. My Clinch Mountain Home
13. Banks of the Ohio
14. Westphalia Waltz
15. Back Up and Push
16. Old Time Pickin' Session
17. Souvenirs
18. Greensleeves
19. Misty
20. Handsome Molly
21. Pig in the Pen
22. Ladies Sail Away
23. Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man?
24. Deep River Blues
25. Shake Me, Don't Break Me
26. Tears on My Pillow

Most Samples Brothers CDs are sold when the band perform. They also are available at Tamarack, Mountainmade.com and Showcase West Virginia in Charleston. They can be obtained directly from Mack.