604988119121

When I Was A Young Girl / On My Way

Barbara Dane

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASCD1191

Release Date:  15 March 2024

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988119121

Genres:  Folk  Blues  

  • Description

    Lifelong political activist and blues/jazz/folk singer Barbara Dane - namechecked by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, etc, and routinely compared with Bessie Smith - commenced her recording career in 1956. Possessor of an extraordinary voice, in 1958 Time Magazine described her: "The voice is pure, rich and carries the dusky legato that still echoes the New Orleans of forty years ago... as rare as a 20 carat diamond."

    This compilation features her two 1962 LPs, "When I Was A Young Girl" and "On My Way". For many years her early recordings were unavailable; this is the first time these albums have been thus paired up.

    Sometimes described as "America's Great Lost/Forgotten Icon", she has only, in the 21st Century, belatedly received due acknowledgement and respect.

    Although now in her mid 90s, Barbara still records and performs occasionally, and is about to publish her autobiography.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. When I Was A Young Girl
      • 2. Little Maggie
      • 3. Nine Hundred Miles
      • 4. Turkey Reveille
      • 5. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot
      • 6. Ramblin'
      • 7. Girl Of Constant Sorrow
      • 8. Gypsy Davie
      • 9. Single Girl
      • 10. The Danville Girl
      • 11. Stung Right
      • 12. Greensleeves
      • 13. La Lee Too Dum
      • 14. Don't Sing Love Songs
      • 15. Take It Slow And Easy
      • 16. I'm On My Way
      • 17. Draggin' My Heart Around
      • 18. Crazy Blues
      • 19. Goodbye Daddy Goodbye
      • 20. Cake Walking Babies From Home
      • 21. Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
      • 22. This Little Light Of Mine
      • 23. Hurry Up Sundown, Let Tomorrow Come
      • 24. Good Old Wagon
      • 25. The Hammer Song
      • 26. Mama Don't Allow No Twistin'