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 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	02:48
124	Down on Me Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter	03:06
125	This Train (Bound for Glory) Big Bill Broonzy	02:58