Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar
Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar is a 1958 album by American blues and folk musician Elizabeth Cotten and was released on Folkways Records as FG 3526. In 1989 it was reissued by Smithsonian Folkways as SFW40009 featuring Mike Seeger's updated notes with comments on Cotten's life, musical style, and song lyrics.[2]. The album is also known as Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes and was originally released as Elizabeth Cotten: Negro Folk Songs and Tunes.[3][4] It is best known for containing the earliest recording of her classic "Freight Train." The album cover was designed by Ronald Clyne.[5]
| Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1958 |
| Recorded | 1957-1958 |
| Studio | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Genre | |
| Length | 34:53 |
| Label | Folkways Records |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wilson Rag" | 1:40 |
| 2. | "Freight Train" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" | 2:12 |
| 4. | "I Don't Love Nobody" | 1:14 |
| 5. | "Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now" | 0:57 |
| 6. | "Graduation March" | 2:33 |
| 7. | "Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You" | 2:15 |
| 8. | "Vastopol" | 2:11 |
| 9. | "Here Old Rattler Here / Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow / George Buck" | 3:48 |
| 10. | "Run......Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone" | 2:19 |
| 11. | "Sweet Bye And Bye / What A Friend We Have In Jesus" | 3:02 |
| 12. | "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie" | 4:43 |
| 13. | "Spanish Flang Dang" | 2:51 |
| 14. | "When I Get Home" | 2:23 |
| Total length: | 34:53 | |
References
- "Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar". Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- https://www.discogs.com/Elizabeth-Cotten-Folksongs-And-Instrumentals-With-Guitar/release/2053312
- https://americansongwriter.com/2015/06/empresses-blues-elizabeth-cotten/
- https://folkways.si.edu/elizabeth-cotten/folksongs-and-instrumentals-with-guitar
- https://folkways.si.edu/elizabeth-cotten/folksongs-and-instrumentals-with-guitar
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