Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
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Music CD Cover Artist: Woody Guthrie Edition: Music CD Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2000-07-11 Music Label: Buddha Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Dust Bowl Ballads Album
Free Music Review: An Essential Piece of History
Hit: 5 Stars
Woody Guthrie didn't invent American folk music. It's been around for centuries. Instead, Woody Guthrie arguably invented MODERN American folk music. He did it with these 1940 recordings.You can read about the Dust Bowl years in any American History book. But these songs actually take you there. Having grown up in Oklahoma (hardest hit dustbowl state) and having lived as a "Dustbowl Refugee", Woody Guthrie sang many of these songs from experience.
Woody takes you there with such harrowing tales as "The Great Dust Storm", "Dusty Old Dust", "Dust Bowl Refugee", and "Vigilante Man". Fortunately, Woody also had a sense of humor ("Talking Dust Bowl Blues").
Now to the burning question. Most of you who are reading this probably already own these same recordings on the out of print Rounder CD from the late '80s. Why should you buy them again? For the bonus track? Not really. While pleasant enough, the alternate take of "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" introduced here doesn't offer any revelations.
You should buy this for the remastering. There is hardly a crackle or a pop to be heard anywhere on here. The sound quality obviously isn't perfect, but it is an amazing improvement over the Rounder CD. It's almost as if you're in the room with Woody as he sings these tales to you.
Finally, Woody's original liner notes have been restored in all of there glory. These notes are as much a part of these recordings as the music itself.
This is simply the greatest collection of folk ballads ever assembled on one CD. Enjoy!