Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways CD

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.

Track List:

1.) Woody Guthrie - Pastures of Plenty

2.) Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome

3.) Lead Belly - Rock Island Line

4.) Paul Robeson - No More Auction Block

5.) Barbara Dane - Deportees

6.) Doc Watson - John Henry

7.) Mike Seeger - John Hardy

8.) Brownie McGhee - Betty and Dupree

9.) Fred Gerlach - Gallis Pole

10.) Paul Clayton - Polly Von

11.) Peggy Seeger - Butcher Boy

12.) Dave Van Ronk - Duncan and Brady

13.) Hobart Smith - Railroad Bill

14.) Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger

15.) Maywire Mac - Big Rock Candy Mountain

16.) Cisco Houston - Born 100,000 Years Ago

17.) Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now

18.) Phil Ochs - Changes

19.) Earl Robinson - Black and White

20.) Jean Ritchie - Most Fair Beauty Bright

21.) Pete Seeger - Cielito Lindo

22.) The New Lost City Ramblers - Tom Dooley

23.) Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train

24.) Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter - Down on Me

25.) Big Bill Broonzy - This Train (Bound for Glory)