| Portion of title |
Anthology of American folk music |
| Portion of title |
Live tribute to The anthology of American folk music |
| Contents |
East Virginia blues (Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy, guitar and vocal; Jay Bennett, banjo) -- I'm on the battlefield for my Lord (Ethel Caffie-Austin, piano and vocal) -- John Henry (John Jackson, guitar and vocal) -- A lazy farmer boy (Greg Hooven String Band) -- Old dog blue (Lonnie Pitchford, guitar and vocal) -- Home sweet home (New Lost City Ramblers) -- The butcher boy (Ginny Hawker, vocal; Tracy Schwarz, guitar) -- John the Revelator (Caffie- Austin) -- His tapes roll on (Peter Stampfel, guitar and vocal) -- Minglewood blues (John Sebastian and the J-Band, with special guest Geoff Muldaur, mandolin and vocal) -- The coo coo bird (Ella Jenkins, harmonica and vocal) -- Frankie and Johnny (Jackson) -- Sugar baby (McGuinn, Tweedy, Bennett) -- Le vieux soulard et sa femme (Balfa Toujours) -- Spike driver blues (Dave Van Ronk, guitar and vocal) -- Darling Corey (Greg Hooven String Band) -- Coo coo bird (Toshi Reagon, guitar and vocal) -- James Alley blues (Tweedy, McGuinn, Bennett) -- Nothing (Fugs). |
| General note | Contemporary versions of songs in Southern musical traditions which appeared in The anthology of American folk music or are associated with its compiler, Harry Smith. |
| General note | Previously issued as compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes, discography, and bibliography (30 p. : ill.) inserted in original container. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Oct. 1997, at the Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va. |
| UPC |
093074008522 |
