Cisco Houston- Folkways Years 1944-61 (CD)
Long-overdue collection from one of the seminal figures in American folk music, featuring 29 tracks-eight unreleased, including two duets with Woody Guthrie-drawn from the Folkways vaults. With notes by Guy Logsdon, and a full 73 minutes of songs. Wonderful album.
Tracklist:
- I Ain't Got No Home
- Hard Travelin'
- Rambling, Gambling Man - (previously unreleased)
- Hobo Bill - (previously unreleased)
- There's a Better World A-Comin' - (previously unreleased)
- Strawberry Roan, The - (previously unreleased)
- Great American Bum, The
- Intoxicated Rat, The
- Cat Came Back, The
- Frozen Logger, The
- Pat Works on the Railroad
- Dark as a Dungeon - (previously unreleased)
- Diamond Joe
- Girl in the Wood, The
- Ship in the Sky - (previously unreleased)
- Fox, The - (previously unreleased)
- What Did the Deep Blue Sea Say - (previously unreleased)
- St. James Infirmary
- Born 100,000 Years Ago - (previously unreleased)
- Pie in the Sky
- Mysteries of a Hobo's Life
- 900 Miles
- Great July Jones
- Picture from Life's Other Side, A
- Farmer's Lament - (previously unreleased)
- Killer, The
- I Ride an Old Paint
- Zebra Dun
- Passing Through
UPC > 093074005927
Format > New CD
Label > Folkways Records
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Long-overdue collection from one of the seminal figures in American folk music, featuring 29 tracks-eight unreleased, including two duets with Woody Guthrie-drawn from the Folkways vaults. With notes by Guy Logsdon, and a full 73 minutes of songs. Wonderful album.
Tracklist:
- I Ain't Got No Home
- Hard Travelin'
- Rambling, Gambling Man - (previously unreleased)
- Hobo Bill - (previously unreleased)
- There's a Better World A-Comin' - (previously unreleased)
- Strawberry Roan, The - (previously unreleased)
- Great American Bum, The
- Intoxicated Rat, The
- Cat Came Back, The
- Frozen Logger, The
- Pat Works on the Railroad
- Dark as a Dungeon - (previously unreleased)
- Diamond Joe
- Girl in the Wood, The
- Ship in the Sky - (previously unreleased)
- Fox, The - (previously unreleased)
- What Did the Deep Blue Sea Say - (previously unreleased)
- St. James Infirmary
- Born 100,000 Years Ago - (previously unreleased)
- Pie in the Sky
- Mysteries of a Hobo's Life
- 900 Miles
- Great July Jones
- Picture from Life's Other Side, A
- Farmer's Lament - (previously unreleased)
- Killer, The
- I Ride an Old Paint
- Zebra Dun
- Passing Through
UPC > 093074005927
Format > New CD
Label > Folkways Records
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.