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Author Houston, Cisco. Performer.

Title Cisco Houston : the Folkways years, 1944-1961 / compiled by Guy Logsdon.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [1994]
℗1994

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  CD FOLK HOUSTON    Check Shelf
Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Folk songs and ballads, including cowboy, railroad, hobo, union, work, protest, love, and children's songs.
Performer Cisco Houston, vocals and guitar ; accompanied in the 5th and 17th tracks by Woody Guthrie.
Note Compact disc.
Analog recordings.
Program notes by Guy Logsdon, including bibliography and discography (24 + [2] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Includes bibliography and discography.
Contents I ain't got no home ; Hard traveling / Woody Guthrie -- Rambling, gambling man / Houston -- Hobo Bill Waldo L. O'Neal -- There's a better world a-comin' Woody Guthrie -- The strawberry roan / words by Curly Fletcher -- The great American bum / M. McClintock -- The intoxicated rat Dorsey Dixon ; Wade Mainer -- The cat came back / H. Miller -- The frozen logger / James Stevens -- Pat works on the railroad / traditional -- Dark as a dungeon / Merle Travis -- Diamond Joe / Houston -- The girl in the wood / Terry Gilkyson ; Neal Gilkyson -- Ship in the sky / Woody Guthrie -- The fox / traditional -- What did the deep blue sea say / Houston -- Saint James Infirmary / traditional -- Born 100,000 years ago / words, H. C. Verner ; music, Harry C. Clyde -- Pie in the sky / Joe Hill -- Mysteries of a hobo's life ; 900 miles / traditional -- Great July Jones / Lewis Allen ; Gil Houston -- A picture from life's other side / Charles E. Baer -- Farmer's lament / Les Rice ; Nancy Rice -- The killer / words traditional ; music, Houston -- I ride an old paint ; Zebra dun / traditional -- Passing through / Dick Blakeslee.
Note GMD: sound recording.
Subject Folk songs, English -- United States.
Ballads, English -- United States.
Folk music -- United States.
Working class -- United States -- Songs and music.
Genre/Form Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
Subject Ballads, English. (OCoLC)fst00825896
Folk music. (OCoLC)fst00929383
Folk songs, English. (OCoLC)fst00929875
Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967. Performer.
Logsdon, Guy William.
Added Title Folkways years, 1944-1961
Music No. SF 40059 Smithsonian Folkways
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