Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Study War No More (Down By the Riverside) (05:14)
A2 We are Soldiers in the Army (03:57)
A3 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep (03:21)
A4 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (02:26)
A5 Mrs. McGrath (04:17)
B1 I'm On My Way to Canaan's Land (04:11)
B2 Deep Blue Sea (02:44)
B3 Que Bonita Bandera (03:10)
B4 Wimoweh (02:46)
B5 Hold On (03:17)
B6 Freiheit (02:58)
B7 If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) (02:18)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guita/vocals)
[Notes]
Recorded at Yale, Chicago, Carnegie Hall, and the Village Gate, Sing Out with Pete! includes enduring favorites and rousing singalongs like "The Hammer Song," "Wimoweh," and "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"—all with a great deal of audience participation.
April 22, 2024
Sing Out With Pete!
April 20, 2024
We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't to Come to Die
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk & Struggles
[Traclist]
01 More Than a Paycheck: Sweet Honey in the Rock (03:49)
02 Number 21 Mine: Kenny Winfree (02:25)
03 Taxi Song: Joe Glazer (03:54)
04 Sound Engineering: Bobby Cumberland (02:52)
05 Song for Sandhogs: Larry Penn (02:50)
06 The Process Man (Chemical Worker's Song): Magpie (02:44)
07 The Right to Know: Joe Glazer (02:49)
08 Tell Me Their Names: Eddie Starr (03:47)
09 Worker's Memorial Day: Bobby Cumberland (01:32)
10 VDT: Tom Juravich (01:56)
11 Carpal Tunnel: John O'Connor (02:40)
12 Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill: Joe Glazer (02:14)
13 100% Cotton Dust: Ngoma Hill (02:45)
14 Song for the Unknown Worker: John O'Connor (02:37)
15 The Hammer Song: Larry Penn (02:24)
16 Coal Tattoo: Laurel Blaydes (04:24)
17 Corrido del Minero: Joe Glazer (02:48)
18 We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die: Anne Feeney (04:51)
[Credits]
Producer: Joe Glazer
[Notes]
We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die is an extraordinary compilation of some of Collector Records' best-loved artists, who highlight the hazards of working in the industrial world."These songs are dedicated to the 70,000 workers who are killed or permanently disabled on the job each year in the United States," and who better than to sing them but Joe Glazer, Eddie Starr, Larry Penn, and Sweet Honey in the Rock?
April 19, 2024
Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Goofing-Off Suite- Opening Theme / Kumbaya / Twelve Gates to the City (07:14)
A2 Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Roll Down the Line / Arkansas Traveler (08:47)
A3 Fox Chase / Right on That Shore/ Pick a Bale of Cotton (04:57)
B1 Rozhenkes Mit Mandlen / In Tarrytown/ Clean-O / Ladies Auxillary (08:57)
B2 Bells of Rhymney / Sinking of the Reuben James / Study War No More / Others (15:26)
B3 Passing Through (04:42)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/chalil/vocals) Sonny Terry (harmonica/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Pete Seeger, Photographer: Lawrence, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Recorder: Peter Bartok
[Notes]
Two popular Folkways Records artists, Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry, came together at Carnegie Hall in 1957 to combine banjo, harmonica, and vocals for an energetic sing-along performance. Seeger's commentary highlights the origins of the songs, which include Angola, Wales, and different areas of the United States. In addition to biographical information, the liner notes also offer lyrics and banjo and guitar tablature for selected songs.
April 18, 2024
Soldier Songs Sung by Hermes Nye with guitar
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1959
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Historical
[Tracklist]
A01 Why, Soldiers Why (02:29)
A02 Ballad of the Tea Party (01:29)
A03 Free America (00:53)
A04 Bennington Skirmish (01:26)
A05 The Battle of Saratoga (01:58)
A06 Butternut Hill (01:31)
A07 Constitution and Guerrier (01:55)
A08 How Happy the Soldier (01:09)
A09 Benny Haven (02:28)
A10 Mustang Grey (02:02)
A11 Saro Jane (02:31)
A12 The Regular Army (02:06)
A13 The Boys of the Thirsty First (00:25)
B01 The Calvary Remount (01:48)
B02 Where the Privates Are! (02:36)
B03 Mademoiselle from Armentiers (01:50)
B04 I Landed in London (01:37)
B05 I Got Sixpence (02:59)
B06 I Don't Want to Join the Army (00:52)
B07 Gee But I Want to GO Home (01:25)
B08 The One Eyed Reilly (Reilly's Daughter) (01:21)
B09 Bell Bottom Trousers (01:37)
B10 The Officers Ride the Whale Boats (01:29)
B11 Were You with the Marines (02:48)
B12 The Engineers (01:49)
B13 The Fighting Q.M.C. (01:54)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Performed by Hermes Nye, this collection of American War Ballads captures the experience of US Servicemen from before the Revolution through the World Wars. From pride and joy to fear and defiance, Nye and his guitar expertly recreates the gauntlet of emotions experienced by wartime soldiers through the ages. Explanations and descriptions for each song are included in the liner notes.
April 15, 2024
Ballads of the War of 1812
Format: 2xVinyl, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Historical
[Tracklist]
A1 On the 8th Day Of November (01:11)
A2 Hail, Columbia (02:05)
A3 Song of the Vermonters (02:38)
A4 Jefferson and Liberty (01:32)
A5 Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier (01:17)
A6 O Benny Havens (01:00)
A7 Hey Betty Martin (01:34)
A8 Come All Bold Canadians (02:05)
A9 Constitution and Guerriere (02:34)
B1 Charge the Can Cheerily (03:27)
B2 The Hornet and The Peacock (02:44)
B3 Shannon and the Chesapeake (01:34)
B4 Perry's Victory On Lake Erie (03:12)
B5 James Bird (04:16)
C1 The Battle of Stonington (02:33)
C2 Ye Parliament of England (02:22)
C3 Star-Spangled Banner (01:48)
C4 The Patriotic Diggers (03:08)
C5 The Hunters of Kentucky (03:03)
C6 Yankee Volunteer (01:52)
D1 Old England 40 Years Ago (06:05)
D2 Hail Africa Band (01:54)
D3 Andrew Jackson (02:18)
D4 The Harrison Song (02:25)
D5 The Soldier Song (Aroostook War) (02:23)
[Credits]
Wallace House (lute/vocal)
Introduction and Notes: Moses Asch
[Notes]
Performed by Wallace House, this collection includes songs from both sides, American and English, sung from the perspectives of patriots and deserters alike. This album features extensive historical notes by Folkways founder Moses Asch and full lyrics for every song.
April 14, 2024
Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Struggle
[Tracklist]
A1 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (02:36)
A2 Talking Hard Work (03:16)
A3 Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies (02:50)
A4 A Picture from Life's Other Side (02:56)
A5 Hen Cackle (02:49)
A6 Danville Girl (02:49)
A7 Put My Little Shoes Away (02:33)
B1 Sally Goodin' (02:13)
B2 Hard, Ain't It Hard (02:45)
B3 Poor Boy (02:18)
B4 The Wreck of the Old 97 (01:53)
B5 Take a Whiff on Me (02:36)
B6 Bed on the Floor (01:59)
B7 Buffalo Gals (02:30)
B8 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (02:55)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/vocals)
Recorder and Producer: Moses Asch, Liner Notes: Pete Seeger, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Woody Guthrie was one of America's most prolific songwriters, and of the thousand-odd songs he wrote between 1932 and 1952, some have become classics, recorded by countless musicians all over the world. This album presents some of the folk songs that inspired Woody.
April 13, 2024
The Piano Roll
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1964
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 Bubbling Spring: Machine-cut piano roll (03:01)
A2 Southern Jollification: Machine-cut piano roll (04:12)
A3 Beautiful Creole: Machine-cut piano roll (02:33)
A4 Floreine: Machine-cut piano roll (02:30)
A5 Let 'Er Go: Mae Brown (02:41)
A6 Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Machine-cut piano roll (02:19)
A7 Rag Medley: Max Hoffman (02:34)
A8 Sunburst Rag: James Scott (02:39)
B1 Floating Down That Old Green River: Pete Wendling (01:38)
B2 Something Doing: Scott Joplin (03:10)
B3 Pianoflage: Roy Bargy (02:57)
B4 Dardanella: Ted Baxter and Max Kortlander (03:20)
B5 Sweet Georgia Brown: Lee Simms (02:55)
B6 Jazz Dance Repertoire: Pete Wendling (02:58)
B7 Satisfied Blues: Lemuel Fowler (03:09)
B8 Dr. Jazz's Raz-Ma-Taz: James P. Johnson (03:35)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Trebor Jay Tichenor, Designer; Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
At one point during its heyday between 1900 and 1930, American factories produced player pianos six times faster than the country's population increased! This "masterpiece of engineering" performed a wide repertoire of classical and popular music, and The Piano Roll presents a range of tunes typically played by the standard home model.
April 12, 2024
Sonya Cohen Cramer - You've Been a Friend to Me
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: May 17, 2024
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist
01 Oh, Blue: With Penny Seeger Cohen (02:04)
02 A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing: With Peggy Seeger (01:38)
03 When I Was Most Beautiful: With Pete Seeger (02:55)
04 Hide and Seek: With Last Forever (03:23)
05 In the Pines: With Last Forever (02:35)
06 Louis Collins / Spike Driver Blues: With Last Forever (03:50)
07 All for You: With Last Forever (05:45)
08 You've Been a Friend to Me: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:24)
09 Black Jack Davey: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (05:23)
10 No Place to Fall: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:06)
11 Oh the Wind and Rain: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:32)
12 The Blacksmith: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:15)
13 Singing My Troubles Away: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (02:57)
14 Lowlands: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (05:04)
15 The Blackest Crow: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (02:16)
16 Sidewalk Wildflower: Sonya Cohen Cramer (04:46)
17 A Life That's Good: Sonya Cohen Cramer (03:08)
[Credits]
Producer: Reid Cramer, Dick Connette, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Daniel Littleton, Liner Notes: Carla Borden, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Mastering Engineer: Oscar Zambrano
[Notes]
Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965–2015) was raised in a family committed to revitalizing the oldest songs of the American musical canon. Like her father John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, Sonya shared a belief in the transformative qualities of folk songs and traditional ballads. You've Been a Friend to Me is the first collection featuring Sonya's singing, and it reveals the full arc of her musical life through collaborations with her aunt Peggy Seeger, uncle Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and the folk-fusion group Last Forever. While shaped by the roots of her family tree, the radiating and clear sound of Sonya's voice is distinctly her own.
April 10, 2024
The Jewish Immigrant Experience in America
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Judaica
[Tracklist]
01 America, America (04:10)
02 Bulbes (01:27)
03 Lidl Fun Goldenem Land (03:12)
04 Rock-A-Bye Baby (04:10)
05 Mayn Yingele (02:19)
06 Di Grineh Kusineh (05:03)
07 Mayn Rue Plats (04:11)
08 Hail The Waistmakers Of 1909 (07:15)
09 Poem of the Triangle Fire (02:37)
10 Anthem of the Ilgwu (02:08)
11 Glory, Glory Amalgamated (03:16)
12 Mottl Der Operator (03:49)
13 The Cloakmaker’S Union (06:32)
14 Brivele Der Mamen (01:50)
15 The Ballad Of Robert Briscoe (03:05)
16 Goodbye Uganda, Israel Shalom (02:43)
17 Mene Mene Tekel (05:20)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitor/vocals)
[Notes]
In this 1981 recording before a live audience, Joe Glazer commemorates the centennial of the beginning of the mass migration of Jews from Russia to America. Combining narration and song (in Yiddish and English), he tells the story of these immigrants’ experience in America, with an emphasis on the plight and struggles of immigrant workers. The songs range from Yiddish folk songs to union anthems to "Mene, Mene, Tekel" from the hit union musical of 1937, Pins and Needles.
April 9, 2024
Bricklayin' Union Man - Songs & Stories by Joe Glazer
Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1987
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Struggles
[Tracklist]
01 A Bricklayer In Heaven (05:09)
02 Down At The Union Hall (03:55)
03 I'm Union And Damn Proud Of It (02:04)
04 Casey Jones (04:15)
05 Bricklayin' Union Man (06:20)
06 Joe Hill (02:48)
07 Why Paddy's Not At Work Today (05:01)
08 Too Old To Work (05:19)
09 Union Maid (03:10)
10 That's All (02:56)
11 Solidarity Forever (03:15)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitor/vocals)
[Notes]
Produced for the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, and recorded live at an instructors' development program of the International Masonry Institute in 1987, this album features labor's troubadour, Joe Glazer, singing a variety of songs from the labor movement. Supportive of unionism and workers' struggles, the songs are all preceded by Glazer's commentary.
April 8, 2024
Early Ragtime Piano 1913-1930
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 1915 Rag: Harry Austin Tierney (02:36)
A2 The Tramp Rag: Joe Batten (02:56)
A3 Delirious Rag: Harry Thomas (02:55)
A4 Breakin' the Piano: Billy James (02:56)
A5 Monkey Blues: Max Darewski (02:26)
A6 Fine Feathers: Willie Eckstein (03:02)
A7 Spring Feelin': Donald Thorne (02:33)
A8 You've Got to Be Modernistic: James P. Johnson (03:14)
B1 Frog-I-More Rag: Jelly Roll Morton (02:46)
B2 King Porter Stomp: Jelly Roll Morton (02:58)
B3 Dusting the Keys: Harry Snodgrass (03:00)
B4 Try it and Play It: Willy White (02:36)
B5 Pianola: Frank Westphal (03:22)
B6 Chimes: Willie Eckstein (03:02)
B7 Doing the Dominoes: Ronald Gourlay (02:46)
B8 Dancing Shadows: Raie Da Costa (02:55)
[Credits]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Photographer: Walker Evans, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This compilation traces the genre's early days in the recording studio. It includes a reissue of the Victor Talking Machine Company's first piano ragtime disc in 1916, as well as several performances of English ragtime. These sides portray the piano in an era when recording technology struggled to capture the instrument's full range.
April 7, 2024
American Favorite Ballads Vol 5
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Red River Valley (02:10)
A2 Foggy Dew (02:00)
A3 Molly Malone (02:22)
A4 Ida Red (01:57)
A5 Talking Blues (02:05)
A6 Lolly Too-Dum (03:37)
A7 Riflemen of Bennington (02:14)
A8 Summertime (03:45)
B1 I've Been Working on the Railroad (01:27)
B2 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (01:40)
B3 Farther Along (02:34)
B4 Ain't it a Shame (01:47)
B5 Leatherwing Bat (03:11)
B6 St. James Infirmary (02:35)
B7 T.B. Blues (04:09)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Pete Seeger's life, music, and legacy encapsulate nearly a century of American history and culture. He has immersed himself in folk music and used it, like Johnny Appleseed, to "plant the seeds of a better tomorrow in the homes across our land." The songs in this collection of 139 American Favorite Ballads narrate tales of ordinary people and their extraordinary deeds, and show Pete at the crossroads of the past and the future putting his own stamp on America's folk song heritage while bequeathing it to generations to come.
April 6, 2024
Folksongs of Vermont sung by Margaret MacArthur
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Traclist]
A01 The Needle's Eye (00:27)
A02 Carrion Crow (01:36)
A03 Gypsy Davy (01:57)
A04 Jennie Jenkins (02:00)
A05 Linktem Blue (00:20)
A06 Cherries Are Ripe (01:28)
A07 Trot Trot to Boston (00:53)
A08 This Very Unhappy Man (01:40)
A09 Aunt Jemima (01:15)
A10 Gorion-Og (03:57)
A11 The Scolding Wife (00:56)
A12 Riddles (00:24)
B01 Old Mr. Grumble (02:11)
B02 Single Again (01:21)
B03 New Hampshire Miller (03:03)
B04 What the Old Hen Said (01:15)
B05 Mother in the Graveyard (02:17)
B06 Marlboro Merchants (06:40)
[Credits]
Margaret MacArthur (autoharp/dulcimer/vocals)
Liner Notes: Margaret MacArthur, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, Margaret MacArthur spent her childhood moving around the western United States. Her first contact with folk music came in 1933, when her father began work at an Arizona timber company with displaced cowboys and folk singers who had collected songs throughout their travels. In 1948 MacArthur moved to Vermont, where she gathered the songs presented here from churches, friends, and broadsides found near her farm. When speaking of her death, Margaret MacArthur’s granddaughter Robin wrote, "On her deathbed she was sick with morphine, most of her memory gone, but she could still remember the lyrics to any ballad we asked her to sing. This music had etched itself into her soul; song and landscape and self had twined into a fabric that was lasting, resounding, and full of grace."
April 5, 2024
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
Format: 3xCD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
1-01 This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version) (02:44)
1-02 Pastures of Plenty (02:25)
1-03 Riding in My Car (Car Song) (01:49)
1-04 The Grand Coulee Dam (02:10)
1-05 Talking Dust Bowl (01:51)
1-06 So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) (03:40)
1-07 Ramblin' Round (02:14)
1-08 Philadelphia Lawyer (02:28)
1-09 Hard Travelin' (02:31)
1-10 Pretty Boy Floyd (03:00)
1-11 Hobo's Lullaby (02:23)
1-12 Talking Columbia (02:28)
1-13 The Sinking of the Reuben James (03:00)
1-14 Jesus Christ (02:37)
1-15 Gypsy Davy (02:49)
1-16 New York Town (02:35)
1-17 Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad) (02:56)
1-18 Hard, Ain't It Hard (02:42)
1-19 The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum) (02:17)
1-20 This Land Is Your Land (Standard Version) (02:16)
1-21 Jarama Valley (02:52)
1-22 Why, Oh Why? (03:27)
1-23 I've Got to Know (05:32)
2-01 Better World A-Comin' (03:05)
2-02 When That Great Ship Went Down (The Great Ship) (03:17)
2-03 A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week (01:35)
2-04 Talking Centralia (03:24)
2-05 1913 Massacre (03:35)
2-06 Dirty Overalls (01:55)
2-07 My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky) (02:33)
2-08 Worried Man Blues (02:58)
2-09 Hangknot, Slipknot (02:30)
2-10 Buffalo Skinners (03:16)
2-11 Howdi Do (01:40)
2-12 Jackhammer John (02:36)
2-13 The Ranger’s Command (02:49)
2-14 So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (WWII Version) (02:45)
2-15 What Are We Waiting On? (02:07)
2-16 Lindbergh (03:10)
2-17 Ludlow Massacre (03:28)
2-18 Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (02:14)
2-19 Two Good Men (03:45)
2-20 Farmer-Labor Train (02:49)
2-21 The Jolly Banker (02:50)
2-22 We Shall Be Free (03:01)
3-01 I Ain’t Got No Home (In This World Anymore) (03:26)
3-02 Them Big City Ways (02:27)
3-03 Do Re Mi (03:33)
3-04 Skid Row Serenade (03:00)
3-05 Radio Program: The Ballad Gazette With Woody Guthrie (14:20)
3-06 BBC: Children’s Hour July 7, 1944 (08:53)
3-08 WNYC Radio Program: Folk Songs of America December 12, 1940 (16:24)
3-09 Reckless Talk (01:42)
3-10 All Work Together (02:39)
3-11 My Little Seed (02:30)
3-12 Goodnight Little Cathy (02:20)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Producer, Liner Notes: Robert Santelli, Jeff Place, Liner Notes: Peter LaChapelle, Guy Logsdon, Audio Restoration: Pete Reiniger, Eric Conn, Joe Gastwirt, David Glasser, Charlie Pilzer, and LeAnn Sonenstein
[Notes]
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection is a 150-page large-format book with 3 CDs containing 57 tracks, including Woody's most important recordings such as the complete version of "This Land Is Your Land," "Pretty Boy Floyd," "Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore," and "Riding in My Car." The set also contains 21 previously unreleased performances and six never-before-heard original songs, including Woody's first known—and recently discovered—recordings from 1939.
April 3, 2024
Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Joggie Boogie (03:28)
A2 Stewball (03:36)
A3 John Henry (02:28)
A4 Kansas City No.1, 2 and 3 (07:50)
B1 Have You Ever Been to Nashville Pen? (02:32)
B2 Roll and Tumble (02:58)
B3 Beer Drinking Woman (02:32)
B4 Chicago House Rent Party (05:00)
B5 44 Blues (02:36)
B6 Unlucky (02:45)
[Credits]
Memphis Slim (piano/vocals) Willie Dixon (bass)
Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album features big-voiced blues pianist and singer Memphis Slim and legendary bassist Willie Dixon, who is credited with having helped create the Chicago blues sound. Several tracks from this album are also included on Smithsonian Folkways' Memphis Slim: The Folkways Years (SFW40128).
April 1, 2024
Everhart
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (02:12)
A2 Red Wing (02:11)
A3 Muddy Waters (03:14)
A4 Train Whistle Blues (02:15)
A5 The Battle of New Orleans (02:56)
A6 Renegade (02:08)
B1 Brownville (02:18)
B2 Banks of the Ohio (03:19)
B3 Columbus Stockade Blues (02:30)
B4 Blue Yodel #1 (03:09)
B5 Wabash Cannonball / Orange Blossom Special / Last Train (05:53)
[Credits]
Bob Everhart (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Producer: Harold L. Luick, Liner Notes: Bob Everhart, Photographer: Tom Reeves and Brent Cox, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Traditional country music performer Bob Everhart recorded six albums for Folkways Records between 1978 and 1985. Everhart began his musical career playing tenor saxophone in a rock & roll band. Following a stint as a radio announcer in the 1970s, Everhart turned to his first musical love; traditional country and bluegrass music. For this inaugural recording, Everhart, on 12-string guitar and harmonica, performs a mix of his original compositions and traditional country songs. He is backed by an ensemble of 5-string banjo, dobro, mandolin, and bass. Everhart closes this recording with a medley of railroad songs, "Wabash Cannonball," "Orange Blossom Special," and "The Last Train."