Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie42:19
2Grand Coulee Damn
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
Woody Guthrie2:55
3Pastures 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)
Woody Guthrie2:28
4Do Re Mi
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Do Re Mi
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:37
5Wildwood Flower
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (traditional song, no arrangement credits)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 757)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
Joan Baez42:36
6All My Trials
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
All My Trials
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Joan Baez34:40
7East Virginia
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
East Virginia (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
arrangement of:
East Virginia
Joan Baez43:45
8Donna Donna
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
cover recording of:
דאָס קעלב (Dos kelbl)
lyricist:
Aaron Zeitlin
composer:
Sholom Secunda
translator:
Arthur S. Kevess and Teddi Schwartz
translated version of:
Dana dana (Yiddish theatre song)
Joan Baez43:14
9Where Did You Sleep Last Night
recording of:
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Lead Belly
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
version of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
Lead Belly3:04
10Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Lead Belly2:55
11Take This Hammer
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01, from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01, from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Take This Hammer (in 1942-01)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4299)
recording of:
Take This Hammer (from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4299)
Lead Belly2:56
12Gallow’s Pole
Odetta2:54
13Another Man Done Gone
recording of:
Another Man Done Gone
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Vera Hall, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist), John A. Lomax and Ruby Pickens Tartt
Odetta2:13
14Jack O Diamonds
Odetta3:17
15Gypsy Davy
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1) and Child Ballads (number: 200)
Pete Seeger4:59
16Buffalo Skinners
Pete Seeger2:37
17We Shall Not Be Moved
Pete Seeger2:19
18Hard Travellin’
cover recording of:
Hard Travelin’
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott3:24
19Pretty Boy Floyd
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott3:04
20Mule Skinner Blues
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott5:25
21In the Pines
Dave Van Ronk3:08
22Winnin’ Boy
Dave Van Ronk2:38
23Gambler’s Blues
Dave Van Ronk2:47
24Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Josh White3:06
25John Hardy
Josh White3:01
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Wimoweh
banjo:
Pete Seeger (on 1980-11-28)
guitar:
Fred Hellerman (on 1980-11-28)
vocals:
Ronnie Gilbert (American folk singer) (on 1980-11-28), Lee Hays (on 1980-11-28), Fred Hellerman (on 1980-11-28) and Pete Seeger (on 1980-11-28)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-11-28)
recording of:
Wimoweh (on 1980-11-28)
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
The Weavers3:02
2Bring Me Li’l Water, Sylvia
The Weavers2:47
3So Long (It’s Been Good to Know You)
live cover recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
The Weavers3:23
4The Wedding Dress Song
banjo:
Peggy Seeger
vocals:
Peggy Seeger
recording of:
Wedding Dress Song
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Peggy Seeger2:10
5The Butcher’s Boy
Peggy Seeger2:22
6Goin’ Down Slow
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:50
7Airplane Blues
drums (drum set):
Melvin Merritt
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
piano:
Wilbert Ellis
vocals:
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:50
8Dealing With the Devil
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:37
9Crow Jane Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:37
10Saint James Infirmary
Cisco Houston3:05
11Diamond Joe
Cisco Houston2:27
12The Great American Burn
Cisco Houston1:46
13Mysteries of a Hobo’s Life
Cisco Houston1:15
14Which Side Are You On
Almanac Singers2:08
15Union Train
Almanac Singers2:21
16Get Thee Behind Me Satan
Almanac Singers2:36
17Solidarity Forever
Almanac Singers2:55
18Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio3:04
19Hard, Ain’t It Hard
The Kingston Trio2:25
20The Tijuana Jail
The Kingston Trio2:52
21Early in the Morning
The Kingston Trio2:07
22Mark Twain
guitar:
Millard Thomas (on 1954-04-29)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1954-04-29)
recording of:
Mark Twain (on 1954-04-29)
lyricist and composer:
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte3:46
23Shenandoah
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
Harry Belafonte3:46
24Delia
guitar:
Millard Thomas (in 1954)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1954)
recording of:
Delia (in 1954)
writer:
Fred Brooks and Lester Judson
Harry Belafonte3:01
25Mo Mary
guitar:
Millard Thomas (in 1954)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1954)
recording of:
Mo Mary (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Dyer-Bennet
Harry Belafonte2:19
26Jesse James
Burl Ives4:11
27Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Burl Ives1:19
28Big Rock Candy Mountain
arranger:
Elie Siegmeister
cover recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
Burl Ives2:40
29Cowboy’s Lament
arranger:
Burl Ives
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Burl Ives2:19

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