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Classic American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways

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Classic American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways
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Born of the British ballad, its American offspring was the blank canvas for all type of tale, the more calami­tous or scandalous, the better. Jesse James and Billy the Kid, train wrecks and hurricanes, the Titanic and Tom Dooley, fatal lovers’ quarrels and foiling the devil, all and more were normal fare, served up in a song. Classic American Balladsis 25 tracks of time-worn tragedy drawn from the deep fount of the Smithsonian Folkways archives. 74 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

Track Listing

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Banks of the Ohio Doc Watson and Bill Monroe 3:32
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102
Blue Mountain Lake Pete Seeger 2:47
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103
Claude Allen Hobart Smith 3:50
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Cole Younger Dock Boggs 1:50
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Cowboy’s Lament (Streets of Laredo) Buck Ramsey 3:21
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106
Boll Weevil Sam Hinton 2:12
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107
Duncan and Brady Lead Belly 1:08
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108
Floyd Collins Paul Clayton 3:27
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109
Frankie and Johnny Rolf Cahn and Eric Von Schmidt 6:39
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110
John Henry John Jackson 3:22
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111
Jesse James Sis Cunningham, Mike Millius, and Wes Houston 3:51
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112
Billy the Kid Woody Guthrie 2:04
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113
The Death of the Lawson Family Glen Neaves 1:54
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114
Naomi Wise Doug Wallin 3:06
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115
Pearl Bryan Bruce Buckley 2:54
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116
Sam Bass Hermes Nye 1:59
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Springfield Mountain Bascom Lamar Lunsford 2:31
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118
Tom Dooley Glen Neaves, Roscoe Russell, Ivor Melton, Warren Brown, Ted Lundy 2:11
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119
Tying a Knot in the Devil’s Tail Cisco Houston 2:14
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120
Young Charlotte Pete Seeger 4:05
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Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm? The Tex-i-an Boys 2:41
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122
Zebra Dun Joan O'Bryant 2:32
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The Titanic Pink Anderson 2:52
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The Louisville Burglar The Iron Mountain String Band 3:09
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The F.F.V. (Engine 143) Annie Watson 3:56

Album Info

Catalog Number

SFW40215

Year(s) Released

2015

Label/Collection

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Series

Classic Series

Genre(s)

American Folk; American History; Historical Song

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American; Anglo-American

Instrument(s)

Banjo; Bass; Fiddle; Guitar; Mandolin; Tambourine; Vocals

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Jeff Place - Compiler
 Katie Ortiz - Compiler
 Max Smith - Compiler
 Carla Borden - Editor
 Joe Parisi, Flood - Designer
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