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Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Various Artists
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

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Woody Guthrie
02:28
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102
Pete Seeger
04:43
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103
Lead Belly
02:07
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104
Paul Robeson
02:13
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105
Barbara Dane
05:48
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106
Doc Watson
03:44
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107
Mike Seeger
02:44
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108
Brownie McGhee
04:02
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109
Fred Gerlach
03:47
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110
Paul Clayton
03:13
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111
Peggy Seeger
02:21
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112
Dave Van Ronk
03:03
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113
Hobart Smith
02:38
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114
Burl Ives
01:16
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115
Haywire Mac
02:09
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116
Cisco Houston
01:11
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117
Mark Spoelstra
02:02
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118
Phil Ochs
04:19
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119
Earl Robinson
03:01
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120
Jean Ritchie
02:21
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121
Pete Seeger
02:35
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122
The New Lost City Ramblers
02:55
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123
Elizabeth Cotten
02:48
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124
Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter
03:06
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125
Big Bill Broonzy
02:58