Buffalo Skinners: Asch Recordings Vol.4

Brand: Galileo Music Communication

Format: import

PartNumber: SF-40103-CD

Release Date: 03-01-2005

Details: Amazon.ca The fourth and final edition of Smithsonian Folkways' Woody Guthrie Asch Recordings series focuses on the folk icon's Western-themed songs. (The companion volumes are This Land is Your Land, Muleskinner Blues, and Hard Travelin'.) Recorded for producer and label head Moses Asch mostly in 1944 and '45, these songs are a mix of adopted traditionals such as "Buffalo Skinners," "Red River Valley," and Buffalo Gals" along with originals, including "Pretty Boy Floyd" (Guthrie's ode to a "modern" outlaw) and "Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road." The Oklahoman is best known for his Dust Bowl ballads and broadsides, but no less an authority than folklorist John A. Lomax considered Guthrie the finest cowboy singer of his generation, and, indeed, his nothing-fancy phrasing suits these tunes to a T. Splendid liner notes make this handsome package all the more valuable for aficionados of Guthrie and the Wild West alike. --Steven Stolder Product Description This is the fourth and final volume of the series, The Asch Recordings, drawn from Woody Guthrie's remarkable 1940's sessions for Folkways founder, Moses Asch. Songs about cowboys, outlaws, and other western themes were carefully remastered from the best available sources. Cisco Houston accompanies Guthrie on 10 tracks. Contains 6 previously unreleased tracks. Running time 74 minutes. 40-page booklet includes historical and biographical notes. Compiled by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.

UPC: 093074010327

EAN: 0093074010327

Model: SFW40103

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood