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200 Years of American Heritage in Song: 100 Song Collection

200 Years of American Heritage in Song: 100 Song Collection
Various Artists

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Barbabra Allen - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  2. Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin' - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  3. I'll Give My Love an Apple - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  4. Wexford Girl - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  5. Billy Boy - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  6. Bury Me Beneath the Willow - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  7. Gypsy Davey - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  8. Greensleeves - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  9. Sow Took the Measles - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  10. Rich Lady Over the Sea - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  11. Fate of John Burgoyne - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  12. Lord Cornwallis - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  13. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier - Great American String Band,
  14. Blow the Man Down - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  15. Golden Vanity - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  16. Eighth of January - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  17. Green Grow the Lilacs - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  18. Sweet Betsy from Pike - Great American String Band,
  19. Shenandoah - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  20. Fools of Forty-Nine - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  21. Across the Western Ocean - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  22. Bile 'Em Cabbage Down - Great American String Band, Benny Martin

Disc 2:

  1. Boll Weevil - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  2. This Train - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  3. Steal Away - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  4. Dixie - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  5. Lorena - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  6. Yellow Rose of Texas - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  7. John Brown's Body - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  8. Just Before the Battle, Mother - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  9. I Can Whip the Scoundrel - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  10. Maryland, My Maryland - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  11. Girl I Left Behind Me - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  12. Bonnie Blue Flag - Great American String Band,
  13. All Quiet Along the Potomac - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  14. Goober Peas - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  15. Little Joe, the Wrangler - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  16. Git Along Little Doggies - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  17. Old Chisholm Trail - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  18. Abilene - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  19. Buffalo Gals - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  20. Rye Whiskey - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  21. Streets of Laredo - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  22. Jesse James - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  23. Fire on the Mountain - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  24. I Am a Pilgrim - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  25. Cotton-Eyed Joe - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  26. Banks of the Ohio - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  27. Wildwood Flower - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

Disc 3:

  1. Little Maggie - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  2. Devil's Dream - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  4. Orange Blossom Special - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  5. Wreck of the Old '97 - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  6. Nine Pound Hammer - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  7. Drill, Ye Tarriers - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  8. Wabash Cannonball - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  9. Dark as a Dungeon - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  10. John Henry - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  11. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  12. Trouble in Mind - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  13. Are You from Dixie? - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  14. Molly Darling - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  15. House of the Rising Sun - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  16. Cannon Ball Blues - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  17. Ragtime Annie - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  18. Prisoner's Song - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  19. Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  20. Guitar Rag - Great American String Band, Benny Martin, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  21. Lovesick Blues - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  22. Freight Train Blues - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  23. Wanderin' - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

Disc 4:

  1. Waiting for a Train - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  3. In the Jailhouse Now - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  4. Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  5. Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  6. Conversation With a Mule - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  7. Back Up and Push - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  8. Wreck on the Highway - Great American String Band, Carl Smith
  9. Mama Don't Allow - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  10. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  11. Filipino Baby - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  12. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  13. San Antonio Rose - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  14. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  15. Oklahoma Hills - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  16. Guitar Boogie - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  17. Slipping Around - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  18. Tennessee Waltz - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  19. Jolie Blonde - Great American String Band, Ralph Smith
  20. Truck Driving Man - Great American String Band, The Jones Brothers
  21. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Great American String Band, Maggie Griffin
  22. Folsom Prison Blues - Tommy Faile, Great American String Band
  23. Tom Dooley - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
  24. Detroit City - Great American String Band, Benny Martin
  25. Blowin' in the Wind - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  26. Green, Green Grass of Home - Don Ange, Great American String Band
  27. Okie from Muskogee - Great American String Band, Dick Schuyler, Jacquie Schuyler
  28. Dueling Banjos - Great American String Band, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Jeff Whittington

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #323446 in Music
  • Released on: 1995-04-16
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Too little good authentic folk music here.2
If you're looking for authentic folk music, don't look here. Many of the numbers are inappropriately "modernized"- words or entire lyrics are changed, perhaps in the effort to make them more palatable to contemporary listeners. (And in my opinion, these changes are not the result of what is often called the "folk process.") Instrumental accompaniment and singing style also too often do not fit the mood of the songs. One example: the version of "Barbara Allen" would make Barbara and her lover turn over in their grave! To give credit where credit is due, there are some well done songs in this collection. But I'd advise looking into more totally authentic collections, such as Folkways' "Anthology of American Folk Music," and "Folk Song America: A 20th Century Revival."

This is good because it DOES NOT sound like typical "folk music."4
This is "American Heritage" music as its title implies and as it should be. The music is "Traditional American" that seems to have been lost in the past 50 or more years.

Actually, I'm glad it DOES NOT sound like the "traditional folk" sound that was prevalent during the late fifties through the mid to late sixties. There was nothing traditional about the "folk-beatnik-hippie" music of that era.

Bill R.