Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pastures of Plenty
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty (in 1947-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie2:29
2We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:43
3Rock Island Line
guitar:
Lead Belly
vocals:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:07
4No More Auction Block
vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
Paul Robeson2:14
5Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
guitar:
Barbara Dane
vocals:
Barbara Dane
recording of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1948)
composer:
Martin Hoffman (in 1958)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
arrangement of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (original poem)
Barbara Dane5:49
6John Henry
banjo:
Arnold Watson
fiddle:
Gaither Carlton (Fiddle & banjo player from Deep Gap, NC)
guitar:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
Doc Watson3:44
7John Hardy
banjo:
Mike Seeger
vocals:
Mike Seeger
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
Mike Seeger2:45
8Betty and DupreeBrownie McGhee4:03
9Gallis Pole
12 string guitar:
Fred Gerlach
vocals:
Fred Gerlach
recording of:
The Gallis Pole
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
version of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
Fred Gerlach3:48
10Polly VonPaul Clayton3:14
11Butcher BoyPeggy Seeger2:22
12Duncan and BradyDave Van Ronk3:04
13Railroad Bill
recorded in:
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States (on 1959-08-25)
guitar:
Hobart Smith (on 1959-08-25)
vocals:
Hobart Smith (on 1959-08-25)
recording of:
Railroad Bill (on 1959-08-25)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Hobart Smith2:39
14Wayfaring Stranger
guitar:
Burl Ives
vocals:
Burl Ives
recording of:
Wayfaring Stranger
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3339)
Burl Ives1:17
15Big Rock Candy MountainHarry “Haywire Mac” McClintock2:10
16Born 100,000 Years AgoCisco Houston1:11
17Sugar Babe, It's All Over NowMark Spoelstra2:03
18Changes
guitar:
Phil Ochs (in 1964)
vocals:
Phil Ochs (in 1964)
recording of:
Changes (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
publisher:
Barricade Music
Phil Ochs4:19
19Black and White
piano:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
vocals:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
Earl Robinson3:01
20Most Fair Beauty BrightJean Ritchie2:22
21Cielito Lindo
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Cielito lindo
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
Pete Seeger2:35
22Tom Dooley
fiddle:
Mike Seeger
guitar:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019)
vocals:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019)
recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
The New Lost City Ramblers2:56
23Freight Train
guitar:
Elizabeth Cotten
vocals:
Elizabeth Cotten
recording of:
Freight Train
lyricist and composer:
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten2:48
24Down on Me
vocals:
Janie Hunter and Mary Pickney
recording of:
Down on Me
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mark Pickney and Janie Hunter3:06
25This Train (Bound for Glory)
recording engineer:
Moses Asch
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Lakeshore Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
WFMT in Chicago, Illinois, United States
cover recording of:
This Train (This Train Is Bound for Glory)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6702)
Big Bill Broonzy52:58

Credits

Release

liner notes:Jeff Place (in 2004)
editor:Jacob Love (editor)
mastering:Pete Reiniger
compiler:Jeff Place
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (for release labels, please use "Smithsonian Folkways") (from 2004 to present)
ASIN:US: B00029J258 [info]