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Foresaken: Flying Kites in Washington Square
| Foresaken: Flying Kites in Washington Square | |
| Created by: | JK |
| Tracks: | 25 |
| Length: | 01:14:50 |
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1. Country 2. Roots 3. America |
| Created on | 10/05/09 11:23am |
| Level | 2 |
| Points | 1377 |
| Total visitors | 32 |
| Unique visitors | 11 |
description:
Just really into country at the moment and though not all these tracks are country and western they all seem to come from the same place for me.
This is the first of three parts.
This is the first of three parts.
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| 1 | Grateful Dead : Friend of the Devil |
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Fantastic harmonies play against the brutal lyrics. Best song on a great album. I don;t want the start of the [...]
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Track 2 from American Beauty
Length: 00:03:24 Year: 1970 |
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Fantastic harmonies play against the brutal lyrics. Best song on a great album. I don;t want the start of the mix to be too country. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Tennessee Ernie Ford : Sixteen Tons |
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Bruising tale of debt-bondage and the mythology of hard-fighting miners. Classic country themes but Ernie Ford [...]
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Track 1 from Sixteen Tons
Length: 00:02:39 Year: 2006 |
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Bruising tale of debt-bondage and the mythology of hard-fighting miners. Classic country themes but Ernie Ford sings it like a blues jazz number in a swaggering vocal perforamnce. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Jerry Reed : U.S. Male |
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This song was covered by Elvis but this is the original. this song is typical of country and western, Reed pla [...]
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Track 6 from Guitar Man
Length: 00:02:27 Year: 1996 |
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This song was covered by Elvis but this is the original. this song is typical of country and western, Reed plays a character who is typically country, prepared to beat on any man who looks at his woman, but also totally tonuge-in-cheek: check the lines "She's wearin' a ring that I bought her on sale, And that makes her the property of this U.S. Male". SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Tony Joe White : High Sheriff of Calhoun Parish |
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A great story song that just takes you into he world.
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Track 1 from Country Got Soul, Vol 2
Length: 00:03:51 Year: 2004 |
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A great story song that just takes you into he world. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Ry Cooder : Billy the Kid |
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The greatest slide guitarist ever and this song maybe showcases those talents better than any other. I love th [...]
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Track 2 from Into the Purple Valley
Length: 00:03:48 Year: 1971 |
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The greatest slide guitarist ever and this song maybe showcases those talents better than any other. I love the mythology of the old west and this song really has it covered. Lionises Billy's life but makes it grubby and tragic at the same time. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Dillards : Lonesome Indian |
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Insane finger-picking banjo and guitar. the Dillards was the first bluegrass band to electrify their instrumen [...]
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Track 6 from Back Porch Bluegrass
Length: 00:01:46 Year: 1963 |
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Insane finger-picking banjo and guitar. the Dillards was the first bluegrass band to electrify their instruments and as such were the starting place for country rock. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Hank Williams : I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
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Awesome vocal performance. Maybe the greatest song of the 20th century.
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Track 9 from 40 Greatest Hits: Disc 1
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 1989 |
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Awesome vocal performance. Maybe the greatest song of the 20th century. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | George Jones : Take the Devil Out of Me |
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Heard this on Bob Dylan's radio show. Uptempo counterpoint to the Grateful Dead.
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Track 12 from Long Like King George
Length: 00:02:39 Year: 1958 |
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Heard this on Bob Dylan's radio show. Uptempo counterpoint to the Grateful Dead. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Johnnie Allen : Promised Land |
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Cajun version of Chuck Berry classic. Had this on a jukebox at home when I was growing up.
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Track 1 from Promised Land
Length: 00:02:04 Year: 1992 |
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Cajun version of Chuck Berry classic. Had this on a jukebox at home when I was growing up. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Son House : Death Letter Blues |
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Brooding, dark and menacing blues number.
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Track 7 from Delta Blues and Spirituals
Length: 00:03:39 Year: 2001 |
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Brooding, dark and menacing blues number. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Merle Haggard : Mama Tried |
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Definitive song for both Merle and country music. Jail, drinking and Mama. Fabulous guitar by Roy Nichols.
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Track 1 from I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
Length: 00:02:21 Year: 1968 |
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Definitive song for both Merle and country music. Jail, drinking and Mama. Fabulous guitar by Roy Nichols. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Burnett & Rutherford : All Night Long Blues |
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Great fiddle blues number from 1926.
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Track 12 from R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Length: 00:03:15 Year: 2006 |
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Great fiddle blues number from 1926. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Band : Whispering Pines |
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Haunting song from the Band. The sort of song you want to hear when the sun is rising and you're too durnk or [...]
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Track 6 from The Band
Length: 00:03:58 Year: 1969 |
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Haunting song from the Band. The sort of song you want to hear when the sun is rising and you're too durnk or tired to do anything but listen. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Charlie Feathers : She Set Me Free |
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Charlie's hiccup-style of singing is unlike anything else out there and ths track is a great example of this i [...]
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Track 21 from Uh Huh Honey
Length: 00:03:18 Year: 2006 |
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Charlie's hiccup-style of singing is unlike anything else out there and ths track is a great example of this incredible artist. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Estil C. Ball : Pretty Polly |
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Great version of the well-known murder ballad. Estil C. Ball normally recorded Christian and gospel music with [...]
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Track 9 from Southern Journeys, Vol 5: Bad Man Ballads - Songs Of Outlaws And Desperadoes
Length: 00:02:32 Year: 1997 |
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Great version of the well-known murder ballad. Estil C. Ball normally recorded Christian and gospel music with his wife but this solo recording is as bad and mean as they come. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Blind Willie McTell : Broke Down Engine |
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Great song from arguably the greatest blues artist ever. you can hear the train in McTell's rhythmn
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Track 1 from Statesboro Blues: The Essential Recordings
Length: 00:03:10 Year: 1999 |
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Great song from arguably the greatest blues artist ever. you can hear the train in McTell's rhythmn SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Hank Snow : I've Been Everywhere |
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The first American version of the country standard. Jokey but fabulous song and very difficult to sing.
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Track 16 from The Best of Hank Snow
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 2003 |
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The first American version of the country standard. Jokey but fabulous song and very difficult to sing. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Mississippi John Hurt : Stagger Lee |
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Classic blues number. John Hurt's brilliant finger-picking style and unmistakable and distinctive vocals are n [...]
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Track 17 from Roots of the Grateful Dead
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 2008 |
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Classic blues number. John Hurt's brilliant finger-picking style and unmistakable and distinctive vocals are never better than on this. My Dad's favorite song ever. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | The Dillards : Banjo in the Hollow |
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Time to shake it up with another great track from the Dillards.
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Track 4 from Back Porch Bluegrass
Length: 00:01:54 Year: 1963 |
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Time to shake it up with another great track from the Dillards. SHOW LESS
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| 20 | Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash : If I Were a Carpenter |
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A brilliant song by Tim Hardin. Cash's upstaged by the sexy-as-hell June Carter on this one. Great harmonies, [...]
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Track 6 from Duets
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 2006 |
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A brilliant song by Tim Hardin. Cash's upstaged by the sexy-as-hell June Carter on this one. Great harmonies, awesome production. SHOW LESS
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| 21 | Michael Hurley : Sweedeedee |
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Michael Hurley's voice is simply breathtaking. So raw and powerful. This is a sensational song. Gets me deep i [...]
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Track 7 from Armchair Boogie
Length: 00:05:23 Year: 1971 |
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Michael Hurley's voice is simply breathtaking. So raw and powerful. This is a sensational song. Gets me deep inside everytime I listen to it. SHOW LESS
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| 22 | Skip James : Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues |
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This recording jumps the 80 years since it was cut and grabs you by the throat. Incredible blues performance. [...]
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Track 4 from Complete Early Recordings
Length: 00:02:52 Year: 2006 |
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This recording jumps the 80 years since it was cut and grabs you by the throat. Incredible blues performance. SHOW LESS
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| 23 | Woody Guthrie : Little Black Train |
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Nobody really talks about death in popular music anymore. Guthrie takes it straight on.
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Track 5 from The Original Folkways Recordings
Length: 00:02:30 Year: 1999 |
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Nobody really talks about death in popular music anymore. Guthrie takes it straight on. SHOW LESS
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| 24 | Porter Wagoner : The Rubber Room |
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The weirdest country song ever. Psychedelic masterpiece about psychosis.
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Track 2 from Out Of The Silence Came A Song: The Somber Sound Of Porter Wagoner
Length: 00:02:37 Year: 2007 |
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The weirdest country song ever. Psychedelic masterpiece about psychosis. SHOW LESS
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| 25 | Lefty Frizzell : The Long Black Veil |
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Devestating myth song and a template for country folk: forbidden lovers, seperated by death, narrated by a gho [...]
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Track 10 from 16 Biggest Hits
Length: 00:03:13 Year: 2006 |
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Devestating myth song and a template for country folk: forbidden lovers, seperated by death, narrated by a ghost. covered by Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, the Byrds among others. Lefty is a great singer, his emotion and timing on this one is perfect. One of the greatest country music songs ever. One of the greatest songs period. End the mix so this song is inside me for the rest of the day. SHOW LESS
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This is fucking awesome. The connection between early blues and early country is here, my favorite ever country song (Mama Tried) is here, this is just wonderful. My take on a country mix would also be to pick tracks that are country influenced, or that influenced country in some way so I am knocked out by this.
By the way, I was listening to a 1970 acoustic Dead show from 1970 on archive.org and there was a really slow country version of Friend Of The Devil on it. Worth a listen.
By the way, I was listening to a 1970 acoustic Dead show from 1970 on archive.org and there was a really slow country version of Friend Of The Devil on it. Worth a listen.
10/10/09 05:29pm
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This is a great little compilation. Michael Hurley's voice was a revelation and that Porter Wagoner song is just as you described it. Cheers.
10/09/09 01:08pm
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Wow! The Dead, Hank, Woody Guthrie - this looks like a terrific C&W/roots/blues mix.
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Sure. Never done this before so let me know if it didn;t work properly:
http://rapidshare.com/files/289756 483/Flying_Kites_in_Washington_Square.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/289756 483/Flying_Kites_in_Washington_Square.rar.html
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Any chance you'd upload this?
10/06/09 10:53pm
