Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection by Various Artists
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Track Listing 1. Penitentiary Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 2. Sweet Old Chicago - Roosevelt Sykes 3. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 4. If I Had a Hammer - Pete Seeger 5. LaFayette - Lucinda Williams 6. Bosco Stomp - Alli Young/Bessyl Duhon/Rodney Balfa 7. Better Day - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry 8. Long Road to Travel - Lonnie Johnson 9. The - Doc Watson/Clarence Ashley Coo-Coo Bird 10. Pretty Saro - Doug & Jack Wallin 11. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten 12. Old Joe Bone - The New Lost City Ramblers 13. Have a Feast Here Tonight - Bill Monroe/Doc Watson 14. Freedom Road - Josh White 15. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie 16. Two Good Men - Woody Guthrie 17. In the Pines - Lead Belly 18. Irene - Lead Belly 19. Somebody's Been Fooling #1 - Big Joe Williams 20. Hesitation Blues - Dave Van Ronk 21. Gonna Be an Engineer - Peggy Seeger 22. Delgadina - Mercedez Lopez 23. I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor (If You See My Saviour) - Michele Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock 24. Virgo - Mary Lou Williams 25. Syl-O-Gism - Mary Lou Williams 26. We Shall Overcome - The SNCC Freedom Singers/Dorothy Cotton/Pete Seeger
Album Notes Compilation producers: Anthony Seeger, Amy Horowitz.This assemblage of blues, bluegrass, mountain ballads, topical songs, and jazz shows the wide range of American vernacular music, and Smithsonian Folkways' commitment to it. Among the many highlights here are Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson's ragged and yet sleek version of "The Coo Coo Bird," Doug Wallin's creaky and breathless a cappella version of "Pretty Saro," Lucinda Williams' Cajun two-step, "Lafayette," and a compelling take by Elizabeth Cotten of her signature song, "Freight Train." The New Lost City Ramblers bring their urban string band chops to a kinetic revitalization of "Old Joe Bone," while Michelle Lanchester (with Sweet Honey in the Rock) turns "I Was Standing By the Bedside of a Neighbor (If You See My Savior)" into a kind of gospel doo wop. Hearing the jazz piano of Mary Lou Williams on "Virgo" and "Syl-O-Gism" is another high point here. This fine disc works as a sampler for Smithsonian Folkways, but it also works as an enjoyably cohesive sequence on its own. ~ Steve Leggett |
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