American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. Armed with a silken, irresistible voice, bold faith in the power of song and a five-string banjo or twelve-string guitar, he offers up his music not just as entertainment, but as a means of making the world a better place. This third volume in a series of compilations of songs from the Folkways Records classic American Favorite Ballads series of the 1950s and 1960s again features Pete Seeger interpreting some of the classic songs from America's history. These are the songs that children sing at camp and learn at school like their parents before them. This recording includes extensive notes on the history of these songs. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.

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American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • pete finds his roots and ours
 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
Pete Seeger
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00029J25I
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

  1. Gypsy Davy
  2. Deep Blue Sea
  3. New River Train
  4. St. James Hospital
  5. E-Ri-E Canal
  6. St. Louis Blues
  7. Boll Weevil
  8. The Girl I Left Behind
  9. When I First Came To This Land
  10. The Titanic
  11. El-A-Noy
  12. Lady Of Carlysle
  13. My Good Man
  14. Golden Vanity
  15. Ain't It A Shame
  16. Swanee River
  17. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
  18. The Boys From County Mayo
  19. No Irish Need Apply
  20. Paddy Works On The Railroad
  21. Arkansas Traveler
  22. When I Was Single
  23. Wond'rous Love
  24. Ground Hog
  25. Old Blue
  26. She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
  27. Erie Canal

Album Description

Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. Armed with a silken, irresistible voice, bold faith in the power of song and a five-string banjo or twelve-string guitar, he offers up his music not just as entertainment, but as a means of making the world a better place. This third volume in a series of compilations of songs from the Folkways Records classic American Favorite Ballads series of the 1950s and 1960s again features Pete Seeger interpreting some of the classic songs from America's history. These are the songs that children sing at camp and learn at school like their parents before them. This recording includes extensive notes on the history of these songs. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars pete finds his roots and ours.......2006-06-26

Since my youth I have had an ear for roots music, whether I was conscious of that fact or not. The original of that interest first centered on the blues, then early rock and roll and later, with the folk revival of the early 1960's, folk music. I have often wondered about the source of this interest. I am, and have always been a city boy, and an Eastern city boy at that. Nevertheless, over time I have come to appreciate many more forms of roots music than in my youth. The subject of the following review is an example.

I have done reviews of Pete Seeger's more political albums and need not address those issues here. These volumes of American classics with Pete and banjo are the songs you learned mysteriously in your youth, apparently by osmosis. As each song goes along you find yourself singing along to at least part of the song. These songs go deep into the popular culture and the roots of what makes those of us who were born here conscious of the musical influences that formed our lives. You may not like every song but the total effect will grab you. The Titanic and No Irish Need Apply stand out in this volume.

Music Review:

  1. American Fiddle Tunes
  2. American Pie
  3. American Tranquility
  4. Arkansas Traveler
  5. Basket of Light [Import]
  6. Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's
  7. Burning Times [Import]
  8. Bursting at the Seams [Original recording remastered] [Import]
  9. Carolina Day: The Collection (1970-1980)
  10. Chasing the Sun

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