June 27, 2021

Walt Robertson: American Northwest Ballads

Folkways Records – FA 2046
Folkways Records – FA 2046

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Wandering (2:39)
A2 Puget Sounds (2:18)
A3 Life Is A Toil (2:48)
A4 The Frozen Logger (3:31)
A5 I Have Led A Good Life (1:52)
B1 The Portland County Jail (1:13)
B2 The Mule in the Mines (0:27)
B3 Moonshiner (2:44)
B4 Hooroo, Johnny (2:24)
B5 The Sow Took The Measles (2:05)
B6 Bile Them Cabbage Down (1:28)
B7 Suger Hill (1:38)
[Credits]
Walt Robertson (guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Liner Notes: Walt Robertson
[Notes]
Born in 1928, Walt Robertson traveled many roads with his guitar on his back. The singer writes, "Folk music is...about the best medicine the world has got to ease its aches and pains." This compilation of ballads features songs of the Pacific Northwest.

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