Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Various Artists

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	2:28
102	We Shall Overcome	Pete Seeger	4:43
103	Rock Island Line	Lead Belly	2:07
104	No More Auction Block	Paul Robeson	2:13
105	Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)	Barbara Dane	5:48
106	John Henry	Doc Watson	3:44
107	John Hardy	Mike Seeger	2:44
108	Betty and Dupree	Brownie McGhee	4:02
109	Gallis Pole	Fred Gerlach	3:47
110	Polly Von	Paul Clayton	3:13
111	Butcher Boy	Peggy Seeger	2:21
112	Duncan and Brady	Dave Van Ronk	3:03
113	Railroad Bill	Hobart Smith	2:38
114	Wayfaring Stranger	Burl Ives	1:16
115	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Haywire Mac	2:09
116	Born 100,000 Years Ago	Cisco Houston	1:11
117	Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now	Mark Spoelstra	2:02
118	Changes	Phil Ochs	4:19
119	Black and White	Earl Robinson	3:01
120	Most Fair Beauty Bright	Jean Ritchie	2:21
121	Cielito Lindo	Pete Seeger	2:35
122	Tom Dooley	The New Lost City Ramblers	2:55
123	Freight Train	Elizabeth Cotten	2:48
124	Down on Me	Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter	3:06
125	This Train (Bound for Glory)	Big Bill Broonzy	2:58