There Ain't No Way Out

The New Lost City Ramblers

Smithsonian Folkways

The first NLCR album for 23 years.

Tracks

• Buck Creek Girls
• Skip to My Lou
• Jolie Petite Blonde
• God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind
• Anchored in Love Divine
• Last Chance
• Weave Room Blues
• Sugar Baby
• Oh Death
• Cumberland Gap
• Do You Call That Religion?
• Crapshooters Hop
• Brown Skin Gal
• Abe's Retreat
• Big Ball in Town
• Colored Aristocracy
• Treat My Daughter Kindly
• I'm on My Way to the Old Home
• Farewell Sweet Jane
• The Girl I Left Behind
• Miner's Lament
• Shady Grove
• Free Little Bird
• Rabbit in the Pea Patch
• One-Step de Riché
• Tom & Jerry

• John Cohen - guitar, banjo, vocals
• Tracy Schwarz - guitar, fiddle, accordion, sticks, vocals
• Mike Seeger - guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, ukelele, fiddle, cello, autoharp, harmonica, vocals

• Recording engineer - Bob Read, Bart Reardon, Ray Alden (Cumberland Gap), Jim Martin (Brown Skin Gal)
• Mixing engineer - Bob Read, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz, Jim Martin (Brown Skin Gal)
• Sequencing - John Cohen
• Mastering - David Glasser
• Production supervision - Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger
• Audio supervision - Pete Reiniger
• Production coordination - Mary Monseur, Michael Maloney
• Text editing - Peter Seitel
• Photos - Russell Lee, Robert Frank, Ed Grazda, John Cohen
• Cover concept - John Cohen
• Design - Visual Dialogue
• Booklet essays and song annotation - John Cohen, Tracy Schwarz, Mike Seeger

The booklet notes provide information about the source or inspiration for each of the songs:

• Buck Creek Girls - Banjo Bill Cornett on Mountain Music of Kentucky, Folkway SF CD 40077
• Skip to My Lou - Uncle Ed Dunford, Victor 20938
• Jolie Petite Blonde - The Alley Boys Of Abbeville, The Cajun: Songs, Waltzes and Two Steps, Folkways RBR 21
• God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind - Tom Ashley, Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Smithsonian Folkways SF 40029
• Anchored in Love Divine - The Carter Family, Victor 40036
• Last Chance - Hobart Smith
• Weave Room Blues - The Dixon Brothers, Bluebird B 6441
• Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs, Anthology of American Folk Music
• Oh Death - Dock Boggs, Legendary Singer and Banjo Player, Folkways 2351
• Cumberland Gap - George Lander's banjo playing on High Atmosphere, Rounder 0028
• Do You Call That Religion? - Monroe Brothers, Bluebird B7055
• Crapshooters Hop - Joe Werner and Ramblers, Bluebird 2075
• Brown Skin Gal - Jabe Dillon
• Abe's Retreat - Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band, Augusta Heritage Records ANR 004
• Big Ball in Town - Taylor Griggs on Louisiana Melody Makers, Victor 21768
• Colored Aristocracy - Field recording of Sanford and Harry Rich with Hensel Rich and Elmer Rich, 1936
• Treat My Daughter Kindly - Arthur Smith and the Delmore Brothers, Bluebird B7893
• I'm on My Way to the Old Home - Bill Monroe, Decca 28045
• Farewell Sweet Jane - Aunt Molly Jackson, Library of Concress
• The Girl I Left Behind - Dick Justice on Listen To Our Story, 1948
• Miner's Lament - from LP Home on the Range: Folksongs from the University of Arizona Archive 1945-1955
• Shady Grove - Lee Sexton, Whoa Mule, June Appal 0051
• Free Little Bird - many sources
• Rabbit in the Pea Patch - Uncle Dave Macon & his Fruit Jar Drinkers, Vocalion 5165
• One-Step de Riché - Ambrose Thibodeaux, French Acadian Music, La Lousiane LL-112
• Tom & Jerry - Uncle Dave Macon & his Fruit Jar Drinkers, Vocalion 5165