Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Various Artists

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