093074024522

The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes

Various Artists

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: SFW40245

Release Date:  24 September 2021

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  093074024522

Genres:  Americana  American Folk  

  • Description

    The Village Out West celebrates the underappreciated bastion of the Folk Revival that emerged in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960's, a counterpoint to the seminal New York City scene that has dominated the historical narrative.



    Compiled from a vast array of recordings by autodidact recording engineer Alan Oakes, the two-CD set features legendary names like Hank Bradley, Rev. Gary Davis, Larry Hanks, Mississippi Fred McDowell, New Lost City Ramblers, and Doc Watson, as well as unsung heroes of the local California communities that turned the region into fertile ground for American music. This music triumphantly transcends the passage of the decades with its luminous and passionate presence, making the case for California as a crucial hotbed for some of the most impressive and diverse folk music of the 20th century.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Beaumont Rag
      • 2. Oh, Had I A Golden Thread
      • 3. Westphalia Waltz
      • 4. Raggedy Pat
      • 5. 8th of January
      • 6. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
      • 7. The Billboard Song
      • 8. Write Me a Few of Yo Lines
      • 9. Milwaukee Blues
      • 10. Swallow Song
      • 11. Charlie's Neat and Charlie's Sweet / Weevilly Wheat
      • 12. Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee
      • 13. Gimme That Old Time Religion
      • 14. Talking Union
      • 15. All My Friends Gonna Be Strangers
      • 16. Texas Quickstep
      • 17. Long Time a-Growing
      • 18. Mardi Gras Dance
      • 19. Lady of Carlisle
      • 20. White Winged Dove
      • 21. Sardines and Pork and Beans
      • 22. Hoop-e-Kack
      • 23. Down, Down, Derry Down
      • 24. Walking Down That Railroad Line
      • 25. Duna
      • 26. Orange Blossom Special

      Disc 2

      • 1. Fire on the Mountain
      • 2. When the Curfew Blows
      • 3. Ragtime Annie
      • 4. The Hounds are Out (The Innocent Hare)
      • 5. Bachelor Blues
      • 6. Jimmy Whelan
      • 7. Paddy, Won't You Drink Some Cider?
      • 8. Good Night Waltz
      • 9. Searchin'
      • 10. The Clouds Gwine Roll Away
      • 11. Northfield
      • 12. Baby, Let Me Lay It on You
      • 13. Talking Fishing Blues
      • 14. Sweet Sunny South
      • 15. Play Run Run
      • 16. Cherokee Shuffle
      • 17. Bringing Mary Home
      • 18. The Lost Trapper
      • 19. Don't Mistreat Nobody (Cause You Got a Few Dimes)
      • 20. Billy in the Lowground
      • 21. The Curlew's Song
      • 22. Jamie Raeburn's Farewell
      • 23. Hesitation Blues
      • 24. I'm a Rover and Seldom Sober
      • 25. O, Them Golden Slippers