Smithsonian Folkways-American (1996) (Williams/Sykes/Terry/Johnson )

Product Summary Label: Smithsonian Folkways UPC: 00093074006221 Release Date: 6/18/1996 Buy.com Sku: 60027806 Item#: MG7CVF Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Penitentiary Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins ~ Various Artists 2. Sweet Old Chicago - Roosevelt Sykes ~ Various Artists 3. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (live) ~ Various Artists 4. If I Had A Hammer - Pete Seeger (live) ~ Various Artists 5. Lafayette - Lucinda Williams ~ Various Artists 6. Bosco Stomp - Allie Young/Bessyl Duhon/Rodney Balfa ~ Various Artists 7. Better Day - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry ~ Various Artists 8. Long Road To Travel - Lonnie Johnson ~ Various Artists 9. Coo-Coo Bird, The - Doc Watson/Clarence Ashley ~ Various Artists 10. Pretty Saro - Doug & Jack Wallin ~ Various Artists 11. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten ~ Various Artists 12. Old Joe Bone - New Lost City Ramblers ~ Various Artists 13. Have A Feast Here Tonight - Bill Monroe/Doc Watson (live) ~ Various Artists 14. Freedom Road - Josh White ~ Various Artists 15. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists 16. Two Good Men - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists 17. In The Pines - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists 18. Irene - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists 19. Somebody's Been Fooling #1 - Big Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 20. Hesitation Blues - Dave Van Ronk ~ Various Artists 21. Gonna Be An Engineer - Peggy Seeger ~ Various Artists 22. Delgadina - Mercedez Lopez ~ Various Artists 23. I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Saviour) - Michele Lanchester/Sweet Honey In The Rock ~ Various Artists 24. Virgo - Mary Lou Williams ~ Various Artists 25. Syl-O-Gism - Mary Lou Williams ~ Various Artists 26. We Shall Overcome - The SNCC Freedom Singers/Dorothy Cotton/Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 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   Technical Info Release Date : 06/18/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 40062 Label : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 71m : 54s Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00093074006221    Product Image