Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. This recording features classic performances by classic artists doing some of their classic songs during the great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s. It features some of the great performances from the vaults of Folkways Records. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place.

LYRICS
Lyric transcriptions available here

Track Listing

101	Pastures of Plenty	Woody Guthrie	02:28
102	We Shall Overcome	Pete Seeger	04:43
103	Rock Island Line	Lead Belly	02:07
104	No More Auction Block	Paul Robeson	02:13
105	Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)	Barbara Dane	05:48
106	John Henry	Doc Watson	03:44
107	John Hardy	Mike Seeger	02:44
108	Betty and Dupree	Brownie McGhee	04:02
109	Gallis Pole	Fred Gerlach	03:47
110	Polly Von	Paul Clayton	03:13
111	Butcher Boy	Peggy Seeger	02:21
112	Duncan and Brady	Dave Van Ronk	03:03
113	Railroad Bill	Hobart Smith	02:38
114	Wayfaring Stranger	Burl Ives	01:16
115	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Haywire Mac	02:09
116	Born 100,000 Years Ago	Cisco Houston	01:11
117	Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now	Mark Spoelstra	02:02
118	Changes	Phil Ochs	04:19
119	Black and White	Earl Robinson	03:01
120	Most Fair Beauty Bright	Jean Ritchie	02:21
121	Cielito Lindo	Pete Seeger	02:35
122	Tom Dooley	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:55
123	Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten)	Elizabeth Cotten	02:48
124	Down on Me	Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter	03:06
125	This Train (Bound for Glory)	Big Bill Broonzy	02:58