Smithsonian Folkways: American Roots Collection

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Tracklist

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1Penitentiary Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (on 1959-01-16)
recording engineer:
Samuel B. Charters (on 1959-01-16)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (on 1959-01-16)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (on 1959-01-16)
recording of:
Penitentiary Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins52:56
2Sweet Old Chicago
Roosevelt Sykes2:59
3Blue Moon of Kentucky
banjo:
Rudy Lyle (on 1956-05-13)
double bass [bass]:
Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1956-05-13)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (American bluegrass fiddler) (on 1956-05-13) and Joe Stuart (US bluegrass musician) (on 1956-05-13)
guitar:
Yates Green (US bluegrass guitarist) (on 1956-05-13)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1956-05-13)
lead vocals:
Yates Green (US bluegrass guitarist) and Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1956-05-13)
vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
recorded at:
New River Ranch in Rising Sun, Maryland, United States (on 1956-05-13)
live recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1956-05-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:03
4If I Had a Hammer
recording of:
If I Had a Hammer
writer:
Lee Hays (in 1949) and Pete Seeger (in 1949)
publisher:
M.P.A. (M.P.A.)
Pete Seeger2:13
5Lafayette
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Lucinda Williams
acoustic guitar [acoustic rhythm guitar]:
Mickey White
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Rex Bell
electric guitar [electric rhythm guitar] and slide guitar:
Andre Mathews
fiddle and viola:
Malcolm Smith (fiddler)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Andre Mathews and Mickey White
pedal steel guitar:
Mickey Modey
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Rex Bell and Mickey White
recorded at:
SugarHill Studios in Houston, Texas, United States (from 1980-04 until 1980-06)
recording of:
Lafayette (from 1980-04 until 1980-06)
lyricist and composer:
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams3:45
6Bosco Stomp
accordion:
Allie Young
fiddle:
Bessyl Duhon
guitar:
Rodney Balfa
vocals:
Rodney Balfa
recording of:
Bosco Stomp
Allie Young, Bessyl Duhon & Rodney Balfa3:04
7Better Days
drums (drum set):
Gene Moore (early blues drummer)
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
vocals:
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:04
8Long Road to Travel
Lonnie Johnson2:22
9The Coo-Coo Bird
recording of:
The Cuckoo (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 413)
Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley2:36
10Pretty Saro
recording of:
Pretty Saro
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 417)
Doug & Jack Wallin2:33
11Freight Train
guitar:
Elizabeth Cotten
vocals:
Elizabeth Cotten
recording of:
Freight Train
lyricist and composer:
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten2:47
12Old Joe Bone
fiddle:
Tracy Schwarz and Mike Seeger
guitar:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019)
vocals:
John Cohen (folk musician and musicologist, 1932-2019)
The New Lost City Ramblers2:00
13Have a Feast Here Tonight
guitar and baritone vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
mandolin and tenor vocals [high tenor]:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
recording of:
Have a Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit in the Log)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson2:24
14Freedom Road
recording of:
Freedom Road
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Emerson Harper
publisher:
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Josh White2:22
15This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie3.52:19
16Two Good Men
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
recording of:
Two Good Men (in 1947)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:49
17In the Pines
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl) (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
Lead Belly2:10
18Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Lead Belly2:18
19Somebody's Been Fooling
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling
guitar:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Big Joe Williams2:52
20Hesitation Blues
recording of:
Hesitation Blues
lyricist:
Rev. Gary Davis
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Hesitation Blues
Dave Van Ronk2:34
21Gonna Be an Engineer
guitar:
Peggy Seeger
vocals:
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger4:31
22Delgadina
Mercedez López2:16
23I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor (If You See My Saviour)
guitar:
Toshi Reagon
background vocals [backup vocals]:
Sweet Honey in the Rock
lead vocals:
Michele Lanchester
recording of:
If You See My Savior
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Michelle Lanchester with Sweet Honey in the Rock3:22
24Virgo
double bass [bass]:
Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist)
piano:
Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Virgo
composer:
Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer)
part of:
Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams2:29
25Syl-O-Gism
double bass [bass]:
Bob Cranshaw
drums (drum set):
Mickey Roker (Drummer)
piano:
Zita Carno and Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer)
Mary Lou Williams3:32
26We Shall Overcome
performer:
Dorothy Cotton and Pete Seeger
recording of:
We Shall Overcome
lyricist:
Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton (folk musician), Zilphia Horton and Pete Seeger
composer:
Charles Albert Tindley
The SNCC Freedom Singers with Dorothy Cotton & Pete Seeger2:43

Credits

Release

producer:Amy Horowitz
Anthony Seeger (Smithsonian/Folkways director)
mastering:David Glasser (mastering engineer)
Lea Anne Sonenstein
compiler:Amy Horowitz
Anthony Seeger (Smithsonian/Folkways director)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (for release labels, please use "Smithsonian Folkways") (from 1996 to present)
mastered at:Airshow Mastering (Old Springfield location) in Springfield, Virginia, United States
ASIN:US: B000001DJ2 [info]
purchase for mail-order:http://www.folkways.si.edu/folkways-american-roots-collection/folk/music/album/smithsonian [info]