Classic Folk Music from Smihsonian Folkways

Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways CD;and Booklet 73 min.; 28 pages We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban, intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. This recording features iconic artists performing some of their classic songs during the great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s. It includes some of the many legendary performances from the vault of Folkways Records.Contents:Pastures of Plenty - Woody GuthrieWe Shall Ovefcome - Pete SeegerRock Island Line - Lead BellyNo More Auction Block - Paul RobesonDeportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Barbara DaneJohn Henry - Doc WatsonJohn Hardy - Mike SeegerBetty and Dupree - Brownie McGheeGallis Pole - Fred GerlachPolly Von - Paul ClaytonButcher Boy - Peggy SeegerDuncan and Brady - Dave Van RonkRailroad Bill - Hobart SmithWayfaring Stranger - Burl IvesBig Rock Candy Mountain - Haywire MacBorn 100,000 Years Ago - Cisco HoustonSugar Babe, It's All Over Now - Mark SpoelstraChanges - Phil OchsBlack and White - Earl RobinsonMost Fair Beauty Bright - Jean RitchieCielito Lindo - Pete SeegerTom Dooley - The New Lost City RamblersFreight Train - Elizabeth CottonDown on Me - Mary Pickney and Janie HunterThis Train (Bound for Glory) - Big Bill Broonzy;