Reintroduce yourself to the Smithsonian Folkways essentials. More than 15 years ago, FOLKWAYS: THE ORIGINAL VISION was one of the first album released by a then fledgling Smithsonian Folkways label. It was conceived and sequenced to complement FOLKWAYS: A VISION SHARED, a benefit/tribute album consisting of 14 reinterpretations of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly songs by a cross-section of some of popular music’s top stars at the time. Now, with the re-release of this historic album on it’s 15th anniversary, Smithsonian Folkways expands upon the original concept with the addition of 6 bonus tracks, and enhances it with stunning new packaging and newly extended notes.
1 Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie – Lead Belly
2 Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie
3 Do-Re-Mi – Woody Guthrie
4 I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore – Woody Guthrie
5 Jesus Christ – Woody Guthrie
6 Cotton Fields – Lead Belly
7 Rock Island Line – Lead Belly
8 Grand Coulee Dam – Woody Guthrie
9 4,5, and 9 – Lead Belly
10 Will Geer Reading Woody Guthrie – Will Geer
11 Hard Traveling – Woody Guthrie
12 Fannin Street – Lead Belly
13 Philadelphia Lawyer – Woody Guthrie
14 Hobo’s Lullaby – Woody Guthrie
15 Bourgeois Blues – Lead Belly
16 Gray Goose – Lead Belly
17 Irene – Lead Belly
18 Vigilante Man – Woody Guthrie
19 Gallis Pole – Lead Belly
20 This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
21 Talking Hard Work – Woody Guthrie
22 Midnight Special – Lead Belly
23 In the Pines – Lead Belly
24 Pastures of Plenty – Woody Guthrie
25 Car Song – Woody Guthrie
26 We Shall Be Free – Woody Guthrie