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Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Various Artists
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

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Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie 02:28
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102
We Shall Overcome Pete Seeger 04:43
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103
Rock Island Line Lead Belly 02:07
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104
No More Auction Block Paul Robeson 02:13
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105
Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Barbara Dane 05:48
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106
John Henry Doc Watson 03:44
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107
John Hardy Mike Seeger 02:44
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108
Betty and Dupree Brownie McGhee 04:02
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109
Gallis Pole Fred Gerlach 03:47
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110
Polly Von Paul Clayton 03:13
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111
Butcher Boy Peggy Seeger 02:21
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112
Duncan and Brady Dave Van Ronk 03:03
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113
Railroad Bill Hobart Smith 02:38
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114
Wayfaring Stranger Burl Ives 01:16
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115
Big Rock Candy Mountain Haywire Mac 02:09
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116
Born 100,000 Years Ago Cisco Houston 01:11
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117
Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now Mark Spoelstra 02:02
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118
Changes Phil Ochs 04:19
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119
Black and White Earl Robinson 03:01
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120
Most Fair Beauty Bright Jean Ritchie 02:21
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121
Cielito Lindo Pete Seeger 02:35
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122
Tom Dooley The New Lost City Ramblers 02:55
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123
Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten) Elizabeth Cotten 02:48
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124
Down on Me Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter 03:06
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125
This Train (Bound for Glory) Big Bill Broonzy 02:58