Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1This 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
2Irene
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
3If 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
4Time Is Drawing Near
Reverend Gary Davis2:52
5Penitentiary 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
6The 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
7The Fields Have Turned Brown
The Country Gentlemen3:06
8Born 100,000 Years Ago
Cisco Houston1:10
9In 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
10Long Road to Travel
Lonnie Johnson2:22
11Better Day
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
12Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again
The New Lost City Ramblers2:22
13Blue 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
14Have a Feast Here Tonight
recording of:
Have a Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit in the Log)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson2:32
15Freight Train
guitar:
Elizabeth Cotten
vocals:
Elizabeth Cotten
recording of:
Freight Train
lyricist and composer:
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten2:47
16The Ballad of John Henry Faulk
Phil Ochs3:08
17Lafayette
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
18Gonna Be an Engineer
guitar:
Peggy Seeger
vocals:
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger4:31
19Hesitation Blues
recording of:
Hesitation Blues
lyricist:
Rev. Gary Davis
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Hesitation Blues
Dave Van Ronk2:34
20Freedom Road
recording of:
Freedom Road
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Emerson Harper
publisher:
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Josh White2:22
21Two 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
22I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor (feat. Sweet Honey in the Rock)
Michele Lanchester3:22
23Pretty Saro
recording of:
Pretty Saro
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 417)
Doug & Jack Wallin2:33
24Somebody's Been Fooling #1
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
25Sweet Old Chicago
Roosevelt Sykes2:59
26Virgo
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
27Syl-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 Williams3:28