Ho! For the Kansas Plains

Wayne Erbsen, Native Ground Music, August 2004
"The Free Staters new CD has lovely vocal and instrumental arrangements that are well-recorded and tasteful."

Product Description:
Nearly all of the songs on "Ho! For the Kansas Plains" could have been heard on the vast plains of Kansas Territory from 1854-1861. The Free Staters strive to be as accurate as possible in recreating that sound, and only play original period instruments or reproductions of those instruments. You'll hear a fiddle with nylong strings, a fretless minstrel banjo with cat gut strings and bones made from the ribs of a buffalo. These songs are timeless, and most folks will recognize many of them, having heard them in music class many years ago. We hope you enjoy!

Ho! For the Kansas Plains

Ho! For the Kansas Plains,The Free Staters,Independent,The kind of music you would have heard coming from the front porch of an 1850s American home, complete with a plunkety fretless gut-string banjo, fiddle, donkey jawbone, buffalo rib bones and parlor guitar.

Average customer rating: The Great Push West

Ho! For the Kansas Plains The Free Staters Manufacturer: Independent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002SPRYY Release Date: 2004-07-24

Tracks:

1. Sailors Hornpipe
2. Mrs. McGrath
3. Camptown Races
4. Lucy of the Tallgrass or The Kansas Quickstep
5. The Irish Jaunting Car
6. Dandy Jim of Caroline
7. Arkansas Traveler
8. Old Joe
9. Keemo Kimo
10. John Browns March
11. Sweet Betsy From Pike
12. Old King Crow
13. Ho! For the Kansas Plains
14. Ashokan Farewell

Album Description

Nearly all of the songs on "Ho! For the Kansas Plains" could have been heard on the vast plains of Kansas Territory from 1854-1861. The Free Staters strive to be as accurate as possible in recreating that sound, and only play original period instruments or reproductions of those instruments. You'll hear a fiddle with nylong strings, a fretless minstrel banjo with cat gut strings and bones made from the ribs of a buffalo. These songs are timeless, and most folks will recognize many of them, having heard them in music class many years ago. We hope you enjoy!

Customer Reviews:

The Great Push West.......2006-09-30

If you are a fan of the American Musical Traditon this is a very nice compilation of mid-19th century popular music that would have been current among the pioneers pushing West...played with gusto and enthusiasm...a nice Cd and well worth the price

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