Various - Troubadours Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD)
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Various - Troubadours: Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD)
3-CD Digipak with 152-page booklet (English language), 75 tracks. Total playing time approx. 203 mns.
In the one hundred years that folk music has been recorded in the United States, the tradition has embraced ballads - mostly new, but some transplanted from Europe, political statements, personal introspection, and much more. Now the story is here from the 1920s to the 1970s and beyond in four exclusive 3-CD sets. Through this music, we feel it all from the isolation of early twentieth century Appalachia through the economic and political upheavals of the Depression, War, and Civil Rights eras to contemporary west coast singer-songwriters looking within for inspiration. The story is here: original artists and original versions in stunning sound with detailed notes from folk scholar Dave Samuelson.
The first set covers the period from the 1920s through to 1957. All the names you'd expect are here: the Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, the Weavers, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, and many, many more. Here are the original versions of songs that have become classics and rallying cries: Wildwood Flower, Midnight Special, Rock Island Line, Wayfaring Stranger, So Long It's Been Good To Know You, This Land Is Your Land, 16 Tons, 900 Miles, Delia, and many, many more.
3-CD Digipak with 120-page booklet (English language), 70 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns.
The second set begins with the folk revival that started in the wake of the Kingston Trio's Tom Dooley and continues through the dawn of the singer-songwriter era. It includes early folk revival classics like Walk Right In, Michael, and Green, Green. The second disc begins with Bob Dylan's game-changing classics, Blowing In The Wind, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Masters Of War, Mr. Tambourine Man, and The Times They Are A-Changin'. It was the Civil Rights era and the Vietnam era, so the music took on contemporary issues. In Dylan's wake came Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, and many others, all of them represented by their finest work.
3-CD Digipak mit 112-seitigem Booklet, 63 Einzeltitel. Gesamtspieldauer ca. 233 Minuten
Along with folklorist Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger was a primary figure in seeding and shaping the American folk music revival. He never viewed himself as an entertainer, nor was he particularly comfortable as a solo performer. Yet his evangelical zeal for folk music and progressive social change inspired and nurtured three generations of singer-songwriters.
Born May 3, 1919 in New York City, Pete Seeger was the third and youngest son of Charles and Constance Seeger, instructors at the New York Institute of Musical Art. The couple divorced when Peter was eight years old. In 1932 Charles married his student, Ruth Crawford, now hailed as a major 20th century composer. The couple had four children; of them, Mike and Peggy Seeger also became significant figures in American folk music.
In summer 1936, Charles and Ruth took the 17-year-old Peter to the 'Mountain Dance And Folk Festival' near Asheville, North Carolina. The youth was fascinated by the square dances and especially Bascom Lamar Lunsford's and Samantha Bumgarner's driving five-string banjo styles. Seeger spent the next five years perfecting his own banjo technique.
After dropping out of Harvard University, Seeger became involved with folk music, labor organizing and politics. Alan Lomax encouraged the youth, hiring him to catalog race and old-time music recordings held by the Archive of American Folk Song in the Library of Congress. As Seeger's confidence and musical skills grew, Lomax invited him to participate on his CBS radio show. In March 1940 Seeger met balladeer Woody Guthrie at a New York fundraiser for displaced migrant workers.
In January 1941 Seeger, Lee Hays and Millard Lampell formed the Almanac Singers, performing folk songs and incisive topical songs at meetings, private functions, and labor rallies. Singing in natural, unaffected voices and driven by Seeger's clawhammer banjo, the Almanacs fused the essence and excitement of rural Southern string bands with the passion of labor songs and the dry, clever wit of New York's cabaret entertainers. This appealing music hybrid defined the sound and style of the American folk revival, and their records inspired a generation of young musicians. During the group's brief existence, the Almanac Singers' revolving roster included Woody Guthrie, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Josh White, Bess Lomax Hawes and Agnes 'Sis' Cunningham.
While serving in the army during World War II, Seeger envisioned a national movement unifying songwriters, performers, choral leaders and labor unions into a force for political and social change. After returning to New York in fall 1945, Seeger formed People's Songs. Initially drawing upon members of New York's leftist folk, theatrical and literary scenes, the organization soon opened offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Cleveland. Two years after its founding, 2,000 folk music enthusiasts attended People's Songs' first national convention in New York.
However, People's Songs emerged as anti-Communist fervor grasped America. Many activists within the movement were or had been members of the American Communist Party. In 1948, People's Songs embraced the third-party Presidential bid of former Vice-President Henry Wallace, who advocated co-operation with the Soviet Union. Members who mistrusted the Communists broke away from the movement, while those who remained – particularly Seeger – became easy targets for right-wing zealots.
The Wallace campaign bankrupted People's Songs. To pay off its debts, the remaining activists held a fund-raising hootenanny at a New York theater in late November 1948. To accompany a folk dance ensemble, Seeger recruited guitarist Fred Hellerman, his old Almanac Singers vocalist and song leader Lee Hays, and contralto Ronnie Gilbert. The quartet clicked musically and further rehearsals refined their sound. Although they had no long-range professional aspirations, the group performed at labor functions, political rallies and on Oscar Brand's WNYC radio show, eventually adopting the name The Weavers. In December 1949 the group reluctantly accepted a week-long engagement at the Village Vanguard, a popular lower Manhattan cabaret. The response led owner Max Gordon to extend the booking through June. , Orchestra leader Gordon Jenkins caught the Weavers at the Vanguard and brokered a Decca recording contract. Their first record with Jenkins, Goodnight, Irene backed with Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, unexpectedly became 1950's biggest hit.
As their visibility rose, so did the ire of the watchdogs on the right. Harvey Matuso, a former People's Songs volunteer who fancied himself as a master of espionage, warned the FBI about the Weavers' Communist affiliations. 'Red Channels' cited Seeger for 13 Communist affiliations. Television appearances were cancelled when callers threatened sponsors with boycotts. The Knights of Columbus forced the Ohio State Fair to pull the Weavers' booking; the incident received national publicity. American Legion posts in various cities harassed nightclub owners that booked the Weavers. With each new Decca release, airplay dwindled. By 1952 the group formally disbanded, although it reunited sporadically for concerts after 1955.
Seeger resumed his solo performances, primarily in front of appreciative college audiences. He remained a target of right-wing super patriots. On August 18, 1955, Seeger was subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A polite but hostile witness, he refused to answer questions about his personal and political associations. His stance led to a March 26, 1957, indictment for contempt of Congress. For the next five years Seeger was obligated to notify the federal government whenever he left the Southern District of New York. In March 1961 a jury found Seeger guilty and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The first four tracks in this collection were recorded during this period of uncertainty.
Oh, Had I A Golden Thread appeared on Seeger's 1960 Folkways collection 'Rainbow Quest.' Seeger later used it as the theme for his mid-'60s public television series. That album also yielded one of Seeger's best-loved songs, Where Have All The Flowers Gone. He wrote it in October 1955, basing it on three lines from a Ukrainian folksong Mikhail Sholokhov quoted in his 1934 novel 'And Quiet Flows The Don.' He introduced his three-verse version at an Oberlin College concert, sang it for about a year, then set it aside until he recorded it in 1959.
Joe Hickerson, later director of the Archive of Folk Song at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, attended that Oberlin concert. Hickerson was an Indiana University folklore student in early 1960 when Folkways released Seeger's 'Rainbow Quest' album. He began singing Where Have All The Flowers Gone around Bloomington coffeehouses and hootenannies. Feeling the song was too short for audience participation, Hickerson wrote two additional verses followed by a repeat of the first verse. He introduced his expanded circular version the following summer at Camp Woodland, a progressive youth camp in New York's Catskill Mountains. At the end of the season, the staff and campers brought the song to New York City, where Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey and Mary Travers learned it for their first album as Peter, Paul and Mary. The Kingston Trio learned it from them, beating them in the marketplace with a quickly recorded single
3-CD Digipak with 140-page booklet, 80 tracks. Total playing time approx. 257 mns.
The West Coast
If the East Coast primarily nurtured the contemporary folk scene, Los Angeles and San Francisco were parallel hubs of the folk music revival. In late 1945 Pete Seeger established People's Songs, Inc., to use folk and topical songs to further postwar progressive political and social issues. Within months composer/folksinger Earl Robinson opened the New York operation's first branch office in Los Angeles, attracting labor organizer and journalist Vern Partlow, and film industry professionals like actor Will Geer and arranger Sonny Vale. Its members included Richard Dehr and Frank Miller, who performed folk songs as The Easy Riders.
Los Angeles was also the original home of Charter Records, a label that served People's Songs members with recordings by Seeger, Morry Goodson and Sonny Vale, and calypsonian Sir Lancelot. It also encouraged events up north in San Francisco, where Malvina Reynolds found kindred spirits among the People's Songs activists. With Seeger's encouragement she became a master composer of satiric, poignant and enduring songs.
Although People's Songs dissolved in 1949, it helped seed a vital West Coast folk community. Terry Gilkyson, a Pennsylvania native who moved to Los Angeles in 1947, struck gold with his folk-flavored The Cry Of The Wild Goose. Gilkyson's understated Decca recording spawned multiple cover versions, including Frankie Laine's chart-topping Mercury single in 1951. In a joint session with The Weavers, Gilkyson sang the lead on On Top Of Old Smoky, which rose to No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart. In 1955 he joined Dehr and Miller's Easy Riders. Besides jointly collaborating on Memories Are Made Of This, the Easy Riders accompanied Dean Martin on his No. 1 hit single.
If the early New York folk scene fostered an alluring Bohemian atmosphere, the West Coast singers created a sunnier approach. Many performers were tied to the entertainment industry, writing scores or acting in films and television. Performers like Rod McKuen, Mason Williams, Mike Settle, Travis Edmonson, Van Dyke Parks and John Stewart were gifted lyricists and skilled, melodic composers. When Bob Dylan shook up the East Coast folk music community in 1962, their careers and styles were already established.
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 1 | ||||
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01 | I Never Will Marry | The Carter Family |
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02 | Litte Darling, Pal Of Mine | The Carter Family |
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03 | Wildwood Flower | The Carter Family |
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04 | The Midnight Special | Leed Belly |
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05 | Western Plain (When I Was A Cowboy) | Leed Belly |
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06 | Rock Island Line | Leed Belly |
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07 | The Horse Named Bill | Carl Sandburg |
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08 | Weave Room Blues | The Dixon Brothers |
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09 | Joe Hill | Earl Robinson |
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10 | The House I Live In | Earl Robinson |
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11 | The Frozen Logger | Earl Robinson |
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12 | One Meat Ball | Josh White |
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13 | The Wayfaring Stranger | Burl Ives |
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14 | Do Re Mi | Woody Guthrie |
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15 | I Ain't Got No Home | Woody Guthrie |
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16 | Pretty Boy Floyd | Woody Guthrie |
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17 | Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You) | Woody Guthrie |
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18 | Babe O'Mine | Woody Guthrie |
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19 | Grand Coulee Dam | Woody Guthrie |
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20 | Ramblin' Round | Woody Guthrie |
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21 | Hard Travelin' | Woody Guthrie |
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22 | This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie |
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23 | Philadelphia Lawyer | Woody Guthrie |
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24 | I've Got To Know | Woody Guthrie |
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25 | Hard, Ain't It Hard | Woody Guthrie |
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 2 | ||||
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01 | Which Side Are You On | The Almanac Singers |
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02 | Union Maid | The Almanac Singers |
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03 | Union Train | The Almanac Singers |
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04 | Sinking Of The Reuben James | The Almanac Singers |
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05 | UAW-CIO | The Union Boys |
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06 | A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore | The Union Boys |
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07 | Solidarity Forever | The Union Boys |
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08 | Old Man Atom (Talking Atomic Blues) | Sam Hinton |
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09 | Passing Through | DickBlakeslee |
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10 | Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People | Vern Partlow |
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11 | Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | Pete Seeger |
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12 | The Death Of Harry Simms | Pete Seeger |
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13 | No Irish Need Apply | Pete Seeger |
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14 | Darling Corey | Pete Seeger |
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15 | The Cry Of The Wild Goose | Terry Gilkyson |
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16 | Sixteen Tons | Merle Travis |
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17 | Dark As A Dungeon | Merle Travis |
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18 | Wasn't That A Time | The Weavers |
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19 | Banks Of Marble | The Weavers |
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20 | The Hammer Song | The Weavers |
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21 | Goodnight Irene | The Weavers |
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22 | So Long, It’s Been Good To Know You | The Weavers |
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23 | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | Duncan/ Lieberman / Sanders / Smith |
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01 | 900 Miles | Cisco Houston |
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02 | Diamond Joe | Cisco Houston |
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03 | Great American Bum | Cisco Houston |
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04 | Jubilee | Jean Ritchie |
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05 | Dear Companion | Jean Ritchie |
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06 | Bootlegger's Song | Oscar Brand |
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07 | Around Her Neck | Oscar Brand |
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08 | Paper Of Pins | Oscar Brand |
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09 | Go Way From My Window | Cynthia Gooding |
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10 | John Brown's Body | Ed McCurdy |
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11 | Raspberries, Strawberries (Ah Les Fraises Et Les Frambous) | Will Holt |
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12 | The MTA | Will Holt |
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13 | Delia | Bob Gibson |
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14 | Abilene | Bob Gibson |
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15 | Gotta Travel On | Paul Clayton |
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16 | Who'll Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone | Paul Clayton |
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17 | Pay Day At Coal Creek | Paul Clayton |
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18 | The Ballad Of Sigmund Freud | The Gateway Singers |
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19 | Come To The Dance | The Gateway Singers |
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20 | Marianne | The Easy Riders |
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21 | Strolling Blues | The Easy Riders |
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22 | Green Fields | The Easy Riders |
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23 | Kari Waits For Me | The Easy Riders |
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24 | Cindy, Oh Cindy | Vince Martin & The Tarriers |
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25 | The Banana Boat Song | The Tarriers |
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26 | Those Brown Eyes | The Tarriers |
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01 | Scotch And Soda | The Kingston Trio |
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02 | The MTA | The Kingston Trio |
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03 | A Worried Man | The Kingston Trio |
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04 | The New Frontier | The Kingston Trio |
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05 | Run The Ridges | The Kingston Trio |
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06 | If You Don't Look Around | The Kingston Trio |
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07 | Soft Blow The Summer Winds | The Journeymen |
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08 | Hush Now Sally | The Journeymen |
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09 | Ride, Ride, Ride | The Journeymen |
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10 | Someone To Talk My Troubles To | The Journeymen |
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11 | A Dollar Down | The Limeliters |
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12 | Those Were The Days | The Limeliters |
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13 | Adios Mi Corazon (Spanish Is The Loving Tongue) | The Limeliters |
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14 | Dubarry Done Gone Again | The Chad Mitchel Trio |
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15 | The Marvelous Toy | The Chad Mitchel Trio |
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16 | One Man's Hands | The Chad Mitchel Trio |
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17 | That's The Way It's Gonna Be | The Chad Mitchel Trio |
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18 | Leaving On A Jet Plane | The Chad Mitchel Trio |
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19 | South Wind | Bud & Travis |
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20 | Cloudy Summer Afternoon | Bud & Travis |
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21 | Michael | The Highwaymen |
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22 | Cotton Fields | The Highwaymen |
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23 | Walk Right In | The Rooftop Singers |
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24 | Tom Cat | The Rooftop Singers |
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25 | Green Green | The New Christy Minstrels |
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26 | Today | The New Christy Minstrels |
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19 | Dusty Box Car Wall | Eric Andersen |
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20 | Violets Of Dawn | Eric Andersen |
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21 | Thirsty Boots | Eric Andersen |
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01 | Blowing In The Wind | Bob Dylan |
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02 | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Bob Dylan |
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03 | Hard Rain's Gonna Fall | Bob Dylan |
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04 | Masters Of War | Bob Dylan |
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05 | The Times They Are A-Changin' | Bob Dylan |
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06 | Mr Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan |
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07 | There But For Fortune | Phil Ochs |
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08 | Power And The Glory | Phil Ochs |
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09 | I Ain't Marching Anymore | Phil Ochs |
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10 | Draft Dodger Rag | Phil Ochs |
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11 | Changes | Phil Ochs |
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12 | When I'm Gone | Phil Ochs |
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13 | Ramblin' Boy | Tom Paxton |
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14 | I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound | Tom Paxton |
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15 | The Last Thing On My Mind | Tom Paxton |
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16 | What Did You Learn In School Today? | Tom Paxton |
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17 | Ain't That News | Tom Paxton |
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18 | Bottle Of Wine | Tom Paxton |
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 6 | ||||
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01 | Close The Door Lightly When You Go | Eric Andersen |
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02 | Seven Daffodils | The Tarriers |
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03 | Cocaine Blues | Dave Van Ronk |
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04 | Come Back Baby | Dave Van Ronk |
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05 | Bad Dream Blues | Dave Van Ronk |
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06 | Anathea | Judy Collins |
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07 | Hey Nelly Nelly | Judy Collins |
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08 | Carry It On | Judy Collins |
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09 | The Ballad Of Ira Hayes | Peter LaFarge |
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10 | As Long As The Grass Shall Grow | Peter LaFarge |
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11 | Stewball | The Greenbriar Boys |
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12 | Different Drum | The Greenbriar Boys |
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13 | Many A Mile | Patrick Sky |
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14 | Reason To Believe | Tim Hardin |
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15 | If I Were A Carpenter | Tim Hardin |
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16 | The Lady Came From Baltimore | Tim Hardin |
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17 | The Other Side Of Life | Fred Neil |
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18 | Blues On The Ceiling | Fred Neil |
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19 | Little Bit Of Rain | Fred Neil |
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20 | The Dolphins | Fred Neil |
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21 | Everybody's Talking | Fred Neil |
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22 | Grand Hotel | David Blue |
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 7 | ||||
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01 | Oh, Had I A Golden Thread | Peter Seeger |
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02 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone? | Peter Seeger |
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03 | Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream | Peter Seeger |
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04 | The Bells Of Rhymney | Peter Seeger |
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05 | Turn! Turn! Turn! | Peter Seeger |
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06 | Song Of The Punch Press Operator | Peter Seeger |
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07 | Waist Deep In The Big Muddy | Peter Seeger |
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08 | From Way Up Here | Peter Seeger |
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09 | The Clearwater | Peter Seeger |
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10 | Last Train To Nuremberg | Peter Seeger |
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11 | Hobo's Lullaby | Peter Seeger |
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12 | What Have They Done To The Rain? | Joan Baez |
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13 | We Shall Overcome | Joan Baez |
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14 | Farewell, Angelina | Joan Baez |
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15 | Daddy, You've Been On My Mind | Joan Baez |
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16 | Legend Of A Girl Child Linda | Joan Baez |
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17 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Joan Baez |
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18 | Diamonds And Rust | Joan Baez |
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19 | Now That The Buffalo's Gone | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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20 | Cod'ine | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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21 | The Universal Soldier | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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22 | Until It's Time For You To Go | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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23 | The Piney Wood Hills | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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24 | My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 8 | ||||
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01 | On The Road Again | Tom Rush |
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02 | No Regrets | Tom Rush |
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03 | Merrimack County | Tom Rush |
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04 | Joshua Gone Barbados | Eric Von Schmidt |
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05 | Light Rain | Eric Von Schmidt |
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06 | Won't You Tell Me | Mitch Greenhill |
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07 | Highway 301 Blues | Mitch Greenhill |
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08 | One Morning In May | Bill Keith & Jim Rooney |
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09 | Kentucky Moonshiner | Bill Keith & Jim Rooney |
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10 | Three Songs / A Look At The Ragtime Era (Sister Kate's Night Out) | Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band |
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11 | Ginger Man | Geoff Muldaur |
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12 | Minglewood | Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band |
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13 | Garden Of Joy | Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band |
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14 | Midnight At The Oasis | Maria Muldaur |
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15 | South Coast | Ramblin' Jack Elliott |
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16 | San Francisco Bay Blues | Ramblin' Jack Elliott |
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17 | Coming In To Los Angeles | Arlo Guthrie |
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18 | Percy's Song | Arlo Guthrie |
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19 | Alice's Restaurant | Arlo Guthrie |
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Various - Troubadours - Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) CD 9 | ||||
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01 | Daydream | The Lovin' Spoonful |
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02 | Younger Girl | The Lovin' Spoonful |
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03 | Darlin' Companion | The Lovin' Spoonful |
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04 | Hey Joe (You Shot Your Woman Down) | Tim Rose |
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05 | Louise | Paul Siebel |
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06 | Any Day Woman | Paul Siebel |
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07 | Sunshine | Jonathan Edwards |
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08 | Shanty | Jonathan Edwards |
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09 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | Jim Croce |
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10 | Time In A Bottle | Jim Croce |
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11 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce |
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12 | Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | Jim Croce |
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13 | I Got A Name | Jim Croce |
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14 | The Holdup | David Bromberg |
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15 | Danger Man | David Bromberg |
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16 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) | Melanie |
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17 | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Melanie |
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18 | Brand New Key | Melanie |
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19 | Taxi | Harry Chapin |
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20 | Cat's In The Cradle | Harry Chapin |
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21 | Sunshine | Jonathan Edwards |
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22 | Shanty | Jonathan Edwards> |
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23 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | Jim Croce |
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24 | Time In A Bottle | Jim Croce |
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25 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce |
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26 | Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | Jim Croce |
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27 | I Got A Name | Jim Croce |
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28 | The Holdup | David Bromberg |
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29 | Danger Man | David Bromberg |
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30 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) | Melanie |
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31 | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma | Melanie |
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32 | Brand New Key | Melanie |
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33 | Taxi | Harry CDhapin |
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34 | Cat's In The Cradle | Harry CDhapin |
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01 | Love's Been Good To Me | Rod McKuen |
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02 | Seasons In The Sun | Rod McKuen |
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03 | Long Time Gone | Mason Williams |
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04 | The Times I've Had | Mark Spoelstra |
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05 | She's Gone | Mark Spoelstra |
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06 | Five And Twenty Questions | Mark Spoelstra |
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07 | If I Were Free | Dian James |
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08 | He Was A Friend Of Mine | Dian James |
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09 | Little Boxes | Malvina Reynolds |
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10 | Pack Up Your Sorrows | Richard & Mimi Farina |
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11 | The Falcon | Richard & Mimi Farina |
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12 | Birmingham Sunday | Richard & Mimi Farina |
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13 | Bold Marauder | Richard & Mimi Farin |
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14 | A Swallow Song | Richard & Mimi Farina |
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15 | Hickory Wind | The Byrds |
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16 | Tried So Hard | Gene Clark |
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17 | Train Leaves Here This Morning | Dillard & Clark Expedition |
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18 | Once I Was | Tim Buckley |
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19 | July, You're A Woman | John Stewart |
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20 | California Bloodlines | John Stewart |
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21 | One (Is A Lonely Number) | Harry Nilsson |
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22 | Rainmaker | Harry Nilsson |
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23 | Joanne | Michael Nesmith |
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24 | Calico Girl Friend | Michael Nesmith |
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25 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
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26 | Rocky Mountain High | John Denver |
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27 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
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01 | The Battle Of New Orleans | 1 Jimmy Driftwood |
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02 | Tennessee Stud | 2 Jimmy Driftwood |
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03 | What Color Is The Soul Of A Man | 3 Jimmy Driftwood |
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04 | Rain And Snow | 4 Obray Ramsey |
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05 | 500 Miles | 5 Hedy West |
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06 | Cotton Mill Girls | 6 Hedy West |
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07 | The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore | 7 Jean Ritchie |
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08 | Blue Diamond Mines | 8 Jean Ritchie |
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09 | Black Waters | 9 Jean Ritchie |
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10 | Coal Tattoo | 10 Billy Edd Wheeler |
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11 | Blistered | 11 Billy Edd Wheeler |
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12 | Jackson | 12 Billy Edd Wheele |
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13 | High Flying Bird | 13 Billy Edd Wheeler |
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14 | Gentle On My Mind | 14 John Hartford |
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15 | Natural To Be Gone | 15 John Hartford |
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16 | California Earthquake | 16 John Hartford |
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17 | Steamboat Whistle Blues | 17 John Hartford |
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18 | How I Love Them Old Songs | 18 Mickey Newbury |
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19 | Sweet Memories | 19 Mickey Newbury |
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20 | Mr Bojangles | 20 Jerry Jeff Walke |
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21 | Pancho And Lefty | 21 Townes Van Zandt |
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22 | Seven Bridges Road | 22 Steve Young |
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23 | Brand New Tennessee Waltz | 23 Jesse Winchester |
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24 | Yankee Lady | 24 Jesse Winchester |
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25 | Me And Bobby McGee | 25 Kris Kristofferson |
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26 | Help Me Make It Through The Night | Kris Kristofferson |
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27 | Casey's Last Ride | Kris Kristofferson |
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01 | Settle Down | Mike Settle |
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02 | Sing Hallelujah | Mike Settle |
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03 | Greenback Dollar | Hoyt Axton |
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04 | Thunder 'N' Lightnin' | Hoyt Axton |
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05 | Blues Around My Head | Bob Gibson |
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06 | Where I'm Bound | Bob Gibson |
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07 | Daddy Roll 'Em | tBob Gibson, Hamilton Camp |
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08 | Good Time Charlie | John Koerner |
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09 | The Unicorn | Shel Silverstein |
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10 | Bury Me In My Shades | Shel Silverstein |
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11 | Sam Stone | John Prine |
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12 | Angel From Montgomery | John Prine |
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13 | Paradise | John Prine |
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14 | Souvenirs | John Prine |
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15 | City Of New Orleans | Steve Goodman |
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16 | Four Strong Winds | Ian & Sylvia |
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17 | You Were On My Mind | Ian & Sylvia |
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18 | Someday Soon | Ian & Sylvia |
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19 | Summer Wages | Ian & Sylvia |
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20 | For Loving Me | Gordon Lightfoot |
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21 | Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot |
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22 | Did She Mention My Name | Gordon Lightfoot |
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23 | Morning Dew | Bonnie Dobson |
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24 | Snowbird | Gene MacLellan |
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25 | Put Your Hand In The Hand | Gene MacLellan |
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Troubadours
Die Geschichte der US-amerikanischen Singer-Songwriter
Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Joni Mitchell und James Taylor werden meist als Begründer der zeitgenössischen Singer-Songwriter-Bewegung in Amerika angeführt. Die amerikanische Tradition der Liedermacher reicht jedoch bis in die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts zurück. Sie ist tief verwurzelt in anglo-keltischen Balladen, protestantischen Erweckungsliedern, in afroamerikanischen Spirituals und Work Songs, sowie den Minstrel- und Medicine-Shows. Weiterhin lieferten die englischen und amerikanischen Romantiker des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts Ideen und Rollenmodelle für viele Songwriter der Gegenwart.
Die Erfahrungen und die Energie einer jungen zusammengewürfelten Nation auf der Suche nach Identität, lieferten den kulturellen Hintergrund für eine reichhaltige Folklore. Bis zum Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs waren die USA eigentlich eine Agrarnation mit streckenweise sehr dünner Besiedelung. Folksongs waren allgegenwärtiger Bestandteil des täglichen Lebens. Sie erleichterten nicht nur Einsamkeit, monotone Arbeit und boten Entspannung bei einem eher kurzen Feierabend, sondern vermittelten auch Nachrichten, sowie soziale und religiöse Normen in entlegene Gegenden. Weiterhin half die starke Verknüpfung von Folklore und Alltag bei der Bildung einer eigenen amerikanischen Stimme, als neuer Variante der englischen Sprache. Im späteren 19. Jahrhundert begannen einzelne Vorreiter, den Folk-Pool für kommerzielle und politische Zwecke zu nutzen. Wahre Pionierarbeit lieferte zum Beispiel die Hutchison Family aus Milford, New Hampshire. Sie ging mit kirchlichen und weltlichen Liedern auf Tournee durch die Vereinigten Staaten und lieferte oft musikalische Rahmenprogramme für populistische Versammlungen. In den Jahren vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg gestalteten die linken Aktivisten Joe Hill und Ralph Chaplin aus traditionellem Liedgut und Kirchenliedern sarkastische Hymnen für die Industrial Workers of the World.
Der aus Virginia stammende Bentley Ball veranstaltete während der frühen Zwanzigerjahre Liederabende mit Balladen aus den Appalachen, Cowboyliedern und sogar Musikbeispielen einiger Stämme der Ureinwohner Amerikas vor einem faszinierten städtischen Publikum. Von 1918 bis 1920 machte er als erster Aufnahmen von Folk-Standards wie Jesse James und The Dying Cowboy. Marion Try Slaughter, ein in Texas geborener Operetten Sänger, der unter dem Namen Vernon Dalhart auftrat, nahm vier Jahr später Fassungen von The Wreck Of The Southern 97 und The Prisoner's Song auf, die einen neuen Umgang mit altem Material einläuteten. Obwohl keineswegs authentisch, erreichten sie das Ohr der Öffentlichkeit und verkauften sich mehrere hunderttausend Mal.
Die Minstrel-Tradition entstand in den amerikanischen Südstaaten der 30er Jahre des 19. Jahrhunderts und beeinflusste verschiedene Roots-Musikstile nachhaltig. In den Minstrel-Shows imitierten und karikierten weiße Musiker schwarze Musik, Kultur und Sprache. Um den zeitgenössischen rassistischen Normen zu entsprechen, mussten sie sich die Gesichter schwarz anmalen. Ironischer Weise war die imitierte Musik selbst eine Imitation der gängigen irisch-schottischen Fiddle-Tanz-Musik. Mit der Zeit vermischten sich die keltischen Melodien und Rhythmen mit afrikanischen Rhythmen und Interpretationsweisen und eine immer eigenständigere amerikanische Musik entstand. Nach dem Bürgerkrieg traten auch Afroamerikaner in den Shows auf. Wegen der vorherrschenden Rassentrennung mussten sie ihr Gesicht jedoch ebenfalls schwarz anmalen!
Diese Art von Musik fand auch in den sogenannten Medicine-Shows Verwendung: Reisende Verkaufs- und Unterhaltungsevents mit Musik, Akrobatik und Rummel jeder Art. Als Höhepunkt kam der Auftritt eines vermeintlichen Doktors, der ein Wunderheilmittel anpries. Diese Elixiere, meist hochprozentiger, selbstgebrannter Alkohol mit einigen einheimischen Kräutern abgerundet, konnten alles: Warzen, Impotenz, Grippe, Galle und vor allen Dingen Kopfschmerzen! Hier kamen jedoch Musiker verschiedener Kulturen und Rassen zusammen und tauschten sich unweigerlich aus. Die Musik traf auf den amerikanischen Frontier-Humor und entwickelte Weisheiten, Texte und Entertainment-Muster, die bis zum heutigen Tag Geltung haben. Der heutige Folk-Kanon und seine Verbreitung, sowie Generationen von Musikern und Sängern wären ohne diese fahrenden Shows nicht möglich gewesen. Das Ideal bzw. Klischee des nach Wahrheit suchenden, oft leidenden Künstlers, der seine Erkenntnisse mit der Welt teilen will, geht auf jeden Fall zurück auf die englische Romantik. Von den amerikanischen Kollegen wie Thoreau und Emerson, kommen die nüchternen und pragmatischen Tugenden, die helfen sollen, Fehler der alten Welt in der Neuen nicht zu wiederholen. Die Parallelen im politischen wie philosophisch-ethischen Bewusstsein zwischen den romantischen Dichtern und ihren ebenso romantischen Kollegen des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, sind nicht von der Hand zu weisen.
Der Übersicht halber verweisen wir hier nur auf Interpreten, die auch mit Programmen unterwegs waren und somit die Tradition der mündlichen Überlieferung auf diesem Wege bereicherten. Es gab seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts auch einige wenige professionelle Liedermacher, wie den weltbekannten Stephen Foster (1826-1864). Sein ‘Oh! Susanna’ ist der vielleicht bekannteste ‘Folk-Song’ Amerikas.
Bei den Folk-Traditionen jener Zeit von Singer-Songwritern zu sprechen, ist jedoch kritisch. Von Carson Robison und anderen Ausnahmen abgesehen, bezeichnete man die meisten Sänger als Songster: Der Begriff betitelt Musiker, die aus dem großen Pool der Minstrel-, Medicine-, Folk- und Pop-Songs schöpften und sie auf allen möglichen öffentlichen und privaten Veranstaltungen aufführten. Ihre kreative Leistung war es, die Lieder den jeweiligen kulturellen Bedingungen und ihren eigenen künstlerischen Vorstellungen anzupassen. Aktuelles Tagesgeschehen und weltbewegende Ereignisse, wie zum Beispiel der Untergang der Titanic, wurden gekonnt in altes Material eingearbeitet. Diese Eigenschaft macht die Songster somit zu den direkten Vorläufern der heutigen Singer-Songwriter. ‘Lead Belly’ zum Beispiel, wäre bei der Betrachtung seines Repertoires und seiner Arbeitsweise, streng genommen eher Songster.
Auch I.W.W. oder ‘Wobblies’, eine international organisierte Gewerkschaft, deren Ziel unter anderem die Abschaffung von Löhnen war und eine einhergehende Gleichschaltung aller Arbeiter zur Folge haben sollte.
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