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| Track Listing 1. Hey Lolly Lolly 2. Buffalo Skinners 3. John Henry 4. Gypsy Davy 5. Worried Man Blues 6. More Pretty Girls Than One 7. Going Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way) 8. Ranger's Command 9. Poor Boy 10. Lonesome Boy 11. Pretty Boy Floyd 12. Hard, Ain't It Hard
Album Notes Also available in a 3-pack with Leadbelly's IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS POLE and Odetta's AT THE GATE OF THE HORN. Personnel includes: Woody Guthrie (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Cisco Houston (vocals). Producer: Moses Asch. Reissue Producer: David Greenberg. Includes liner notes by Thane Tierney. Digitally remastered by Seth B. Winner (Seth B. Winner Sound Studios). These twelve songs were culled from sessions Woody Guthrie recorded in 1944 for Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records. Guthrie accompanies himself on guitar here, and is joined by Cisco Houston on harmonies and occasional guitar and mandolin, and Sonny Terry on harmonica. Guthrie was in his early thirties at the time of these recordings, and these sessions find him full of confidence about his songs and presentation. His major themes are already well articulated: these are songs filled with folks trying to get by in the face of changing times, poor working conditions and bad fortune. The recordings are remarkable both for their seeming effortlessness, as well as the mammoth shadow they cast over the second half of the century. The roots of the folk movement are heard here, as are the some of the threads that subsequently braided themselves into rock & roll. Editorial Reviews Q (09/01/1996) Village Voice (04/15/1997) | See an error? Submit a change request | ||||||||||||
