Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs

Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs

Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs

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Product Description
Woody Guthrie made these spirited 1940's recordings in New York for Moses Asch's Folkways label. This diverse collection includes many of Guthrie's well-known originals and interpretations of traditional material.

This classic reissue, carefully remastered, includes the original notes by Pete Seeger, complete song lyrics, and extensive information about Guthrie's many Folkways recordings.

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Cisco Houston Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • FIVE STAR FOLK MASTERWORK !
  • great fiddling while cisco sings
  • A Wonderful, Wonderful Album of Great Songs Beautifully Sung
  • Woody's best songs done by Woody's best friend...
 Cisco Houston Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
Cisco Houston
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000EE8
Release Date: 1991-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Pastures Of Plenty
  2. Ship In The Sky
  3. Deportees
  4. Grand Coulee Dam
  5. Sinking Of The Reuben James
  6. Curly Headed-Baby
  7. Ladies Auxiliary
  8. Taking It Easy
  9. Hard, Ain't It Hard
  10. Jesus Christ
  11. Buffalo Skinners
  12. Pretty Boy Floyd
  13. Philadelphia Lawyer
  14. Old Lone Wolf
  15. Talking Fishing Blues
  16. Ranger's Command
  17. Do Re Mi
  18. Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars FIVE STAR FOLK MASTERWORK !.......2005-07-01

Five Huge Stars. In the 1960's in the midst of being throughly captivated by the "Boy Wonder of Folk Singing", young Bob Dylan, the magazine "Hi-Fi Stereo Review" alerted me to a "Recording of Special Merit" by a recently deceased folk singer associate of Woody Guthrie's. I bought it on their recommendation and was blown away by an overpowering work of beauty, imagery, and honesty. Stark beautiful scenes sprang from the vinyl record that were more powerful than those conjured up by Dylan. After all, they were Guthrie's images seen with his own eyes while riding the rails and traveling the country. And Cisco was a unique interpreter.

This CD is loaded with wall-to-wall Pieces D'Resistance. From "Pastures of Plenty", I was captivated by phrases like "we come with the dust and leave with the wind". WOW! "Buffalo Skinners" is a huge dose of trail-riding reality compared to the glamor of slick western movies seen on TV and in movies. Watch out for those stickers, cowboy! When Houston sings the lyric "Cast your eye upon the greatest thing yet built by human hands", you can literally see the Grand Coulee Dam painted in a urgent word-picture that is almost breathtaking. "Talking Fishing Blues" gives the secret of fishing away in a unique folk song art form: talking the lyric in a 'friendly' way. "Sinking of the Reuben James" was enough to keep me away from any thoughts of joining the Navy. LOL.

The wonder of this recording is that it really is a travel-scape that makes you want to jump in the car and go take a look for yourself. Cisco Houston was A MAN among folk singers. I'm sure Bob Dylan was listening. Five Stars? Nah, I would give it SIX Stars.

(Note: Now when can we expect the excellent Verve Folkways album "Passing Through" on CD? We need to hear "Down in the Valley", "Barbara Allen", "...Worried Man", and "Trouble in Mind" in Cisco's unique voice and approach on CD. If you Please!!).

5 out of 5 stars great fiddling while cisco sings.......2002-05-23

Everyone agrees that Cisco Houston is one of the great interpreters of Woody Guthrie's work. Almost always overlooked on this album, however, is the phenomenal fiddle and mandolin accompaniment by Eric Weissberg. Weissberg is better known as a banjo soloist -- he was one of the "dueling banjos" in Deliverance -- but on this album his backup riffs alone are worth the price. He accentuates Houston's voice perfectly, especially on the fiddle numbers. It's a shame that there is only one CD of Weissberg's work available -- so buy this one if you want to hear a master folk instrumentalist.

5 out of 5 stars A Wonderful, Wonderful Album of Great Songs Beautifully Sung.......2002-05-17

I agree with Mr. Adams in that this is a great album. I've been playing it constantly for about 41 years now, I'd say, and have just finished transfering the songs from the CD onto my computer so that I can listen to them in my den.

I do disagree with him strongly about one thing, though: I can't *stand* to listen to any Guthrie singing his own songs, either Woodie or the son. I'm afraid that my ear is more attuned to the Kingston Trio or Weavers sort of sound, so that if I could only have these songs sung by Woodie himself I'd never listen to them.

Just the way I can't stand Bob Dylan songs unless they're sung by Joan Baez. Call me eccentric....

But Cisco Houston truly has a wonderful voice -- get this album!

5 out of 5 stars Woody's best songs done by Woody's best friend..........2001-12-06

This album first came out in the late l950's, not long before Cisco died and after Woody was incapacitated by Huntington's Chorea. Woody's songs were reaching a mass audience for the first time, thanks to Kingston Trio records and Pete Seeger concerts. This is just wonderful. Cisco is somewhat forgotten now, and one can argue as to who does Guthrie songs best...another forgotten non-commercial performer, Logan English, put out a great Woody album on 20th-Century Fox records around the same time Cisco did this one for Vanguard. Sadly, Mr. English's work has not been transferred to CD. Happily, these Cisco performances for Vanguard are available. It's hard to deny that Arlo Guthrie performs his dad's songbook rather well, but my vote goes to Cisco. He knew Woody better than Arlo did, because of Woody's final decade of illness. Some fans think these versions are a bit overproduced, but I've heard just about every recording Cisco ever made, and I like this collection a great deal. I used to play my vinyl copy nearly every week for 25 years. Any serious fan of Woody's material needs BOTH his own versions, and Cisco's. A more pleasing singer and more skilled guitarist than Woody, Cisco's performances wear well, while Woody singing Woody makes the lyrics come to life with incredible emotional power. The more one knows about both men, the more one can appreciate their differences and enjoy each for his unique strengths.
Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
Woody Guthrie
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001DG4
Release Date: 1992-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Hard Travelin'
  2. What Did The Deep Sea Say?
  3. The Rising Sun Blues
  4. Nine Hundred Miles - (Instrumental)
  5. John Henry
  6. Oregon Trail
  7. We Shall Be Free
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  9. Jackhammer Blues
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Album Description

Woody Guthrie made these spirited 1940's recordings in New York for Moses Asch's Folkways label. This diverse collection includes many of Guthrie's well-known originals and interpretations of traditional material.

This classic reissue, carefully remastered, includes the original notes by Pete Seeger, complete song lyrics, and extensive information about Guthrie's many Folkways recordings.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Don't Hesitate.......2003-10-29

Unlike some of the Woody Guthrie CD releases by Smithsonian Folkways, the recordings here have not been polished up significantly. The noise and natural wax/vinyl hiss might be distracting at first, but it's worth getting over because this is an excellent collection of performances. Definitely *one of* my favorite Guthrie albums, in fact. Catchy tunes, clever lyrics, talented guest performers...this is one of his best.

5 out of 5 stars Woody Guthrie Review.......2003-09-19

woody guthrie was all kinds of things, many visions, many tales, many stories and one man. along with sonny and lead belly an such this makes one helluva album. buy it steal it download it upload it an listen to it. simple as can be. you can hear america in these songs an if you want REAL music get a REAL album. marlborobob.
Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not exactly my cup of tea, but pretty interesting
 Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Manufacturer: Monitor Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000101E
Release Date: 1995-11-28

Tracks:

  1. Do-Re-Mi
  2. Dead Or Alive
  3. Grand Coulee Dam
  4. Dust Storm Disaster
  5. I Ain't Got No Home
  6. So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
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  14. Git Along Little Dogies
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  16. Night Herding Song
  17. Chisholm Trail
  18. Fifteen Cents And A Dollar
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  20. Talking Blues
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  23. I Ride An Old Paint
  24. Jack O' Diamonds

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not exactly my cup of tea, but pretty interesting.......2006-12-29

I was never into Ramblin' Jack, and I wanted this for the few tracks that Alexis Korner plays nearly unheard in the background. Strangely enough, it sounds just fine. Let's face it, Jack only thinks he's Woody or Jimmie, but at least he had the sense to pull it off.

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