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This Is Your Land-Story of American Folk Music
This Is Your Land-Story of American Folk Music
Genres: Folk, Pop

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. This Land Is Your Land - Guthrie, Woody
2. Down' South
3. Freight Train - Cotten, Elizabeth
4. Darlin' Cora - Traditional
5. Twelve Gates to the City - Traditional
6. House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
7. Linin' Track - Fuller
8. In My Time of Dying - Traditional
9. The Death of Queen Jane
10. What Did the Deep Blue Sea Say? - Guthrie
11. Malted Milk Blues
12. Ballad of Alfred Packer
13. The Intoxicated Rat - Dixon
14. There's a Man Goin' Around Taking Names - Traditional
15. Country Blues - Traditional
16. Little Birdie - Traditional
17. Sawanahana Tunnel
18. Wabash Blues - Traditional
19. Spaceman
20. Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
21. Hard Travelin' - Traditional
22. There's a New World Coming

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All Artists: This Is Your Land-Story of American Folk Music
Title: This Is Your Land-Story of American Folk Music
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Music Club Records
Release Date: 3/8/1999
Album Type: Import
Genres: Folk, Pop
Style: Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5014797296398

Synopsis

Album Description

2008 release, a collection of songs from U.S. Folk music history. This compilation taps into the richness and diversity of American Folk music, documenting its development and stylish breadth from the 1920s through to the 1970s. From Appalachian ballads, Folk Blues, mountain music, Gospel songs, topical commentaries, protest songs to Banjo picking and high lonesome hillbilly wailers to Country Blues gals hollering next to old timey revivalists. Featuring some legends of traditional American Folk music including Dave Van Ronk, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Phil Ochs, Mike Seeger, Dock Boggs and Elizabeth Cotten. A perfect showcase of the American Folk genre. Comprehensive sleeve notes from music journalist John Crosby. Music Club.