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Call Number: CD Folk Flemons Black
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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CD Folk Flemons Black | 2-week checkout | On Shelf |
Title from disc label.
Songs primarily arranged by Don Flemons.
Program notes by Dom Flemons, Jim Griffith, and Vania Kinard, biographical notes on the performers, bibliography, videography, and discography (39 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Compact disc.
Black woman (1:41) -- Texas easy street (3:52) -- One dollar bill (3:42) -- Going down the road feelin' bad (2:38) -- Tyin' knots in the devil's tail (2:50) -- Home on the range (4:32) -- Ol' Proc (3:16) -- John Henry y los vaqueros (1:59) -- Po' Howard / Gwine dig a hole to put the devil in (5:15) -- Knox County stomp (2:06) -- He's a lone ranger (3:41) -- Steel pony blues (4:34) -- Little Joe the wrangler (3:40) -- Charmin' Betsy (3:58) -- Goodbye Old Paint (5:32) -- Lonesome old river blues (2:42) -- March of Red River Valley (1:57) -- Old Chisholm trail (2:06).
Dom Flemons, vocals, recitation (track 7), guitars, and other instruments; with assisting musicians.
Dom Flemons pays tribute to the music, culture, and complex history of the golden era of the Wild West. In this single volume of music, the first of its kind, Flemons explores and re-analyzes this important part of the American identity. The songs and poems featured on the album take the listener on an illuminating journey from the trails to the rails of the Old West.
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SERIES
African American legacy recordings
PUBLISHED
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 1 audio disc (60 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: CD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Flemons, Dom, 1982-
SUBJECTS
African American cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Music.
Country music -- 2011-2020.
Blues (Music) -- 2011-2020.
String band music.
Folk songs, English -- West (U.S.)
Folk music -- West (U.S.)