Alan Lomax, Woody Guthrie - Library of Congress Recordings
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Artist: Alan Lomax, Woody GuthrieBrand: GUTHRIE,WOODY
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown); English (Original Language); German (Published)
CD Release Date: 1992-02-14
Music Label: Rounder Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Lost Train Blues
- Railroad Blues
- Rye Whiskey
- Old Joe Clark
- Beaumont Rag
- Texas Oil Field
- Greenback Dollar
- Boll Weevil Song
- So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
- Talking Dust Bowl Blues
- Do-Re-Mi
- Hard Times
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- They Laid Jesus Chjrist In His Grave
- Jolly Banker
- I Ain't Got No Home
- Dirty Overalls
- Chain Around My Leg
- Worried Man Blues
- Lonesome Valley
- Walking Down That Railroad Line
- Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad
- Dust Storm Disaster
- Foggy Mountain Top
- Dust Pneumonia Blues
- California Blues
- Dust Bowl Refugees
- Will Rogers Highway
- Los Angeles New Year's Flood
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Free Music Review: It's a treasure--there's no other way to describe it!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This will knock the socks of any Woody Guthrie fans..Guaranteed!! Woody himself is an American treasure;and any folk or traditional music lover will know that he was one of a kind and one of the best.
Woody was born on June 14,1912.Many think he came from a poor background,but that was not the case.He was part of a large family and his father was quite well to do.His father had just built a large 16 room house .Shortly after, the house caught fire and burned to the ground.His father and a sister died in the fire.The mother never got over it and died later.The family was in ruins and the children were all put up for adoption.After living with a couple of families;Woody "hit the road" in 1927 at the age of 17.He wandered around the Southwest and was in Texas when the Great Depression and the Dust Storms hit in 1934.He did a lot of odd jobs in the oil fields,farm laborer,etc;but developed a love of music which he applied to the hardships being experienced by people out of work,forced migration because of the Dust Storms and the Depression,travelled and lived the life of a hobo.His music was all about how the people srruggled to survive. In 1940,Woody was making a name for himself as a singer and songwriter of the music of the people,or Folk Music.
Alan Lomax,was collecting Folk Music and working with Woody recorded his music.But these recordings are much more than a simple recording of his songs.There are about 3 hours on these 3 CD's but approximately half of the recordings consists of Alan and his wife Elizabeth interviewing Woody about his songs and his life on the road.From the discussions,it is apparent that Woody's reason for writing and singing these songs was not done for any commercial reason;but to make known to the country ,the problems that were being experienced throughout the land,and the need to change things.The technical quality of these recordings appear amateurish compared to today,but they are still very clear and this shortcoming only adds to the authenticity of Woody's music and what he was trying to do.
Even if you already know much of Woody's music;you are in for a real treat if you have not heard these recordings.I have the the 4-Volume CD collection of "ASHE
Smithonian Folkway Recordings" which is also excellent (See My Review).It is a huge collection of 99 songs.;however only 2 of the songs on this Library of Congress are also on the ASCH collection.
If you are a fan of Folk Music,and Woody Guthrie in particular,you don't want to miss this collection.
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No Description Available.Genre: Folk Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 20-JUN-1989
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