Two Gentlemen Folk

1. Sweet Nightengale

2. Tinker

3. Leaving of Liverpool

4. She's Like the Swallow

5. Dance to Your Daddy

6. Ash Grove

7. San Francisco Bay

8. Danny Boy

9. White-Haired Cassidy

10. Cuckoo-Leatherwing Bat

11. Turkey in the Straw

12. Flowers of the Forest

13. Bold Nelson-Eddystone Light

14. Waly Waly

15. Waltzing Matilda

16. Wabash Cannonball

Two Gentlemen Folk,Benjamin Luxon With Bill Crofut & Friends,Telarc,Classical Music,Contemporary Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop

Average customer rating: Their live performances must have been a hoot

Two Gentlemen Folk Benjamin Luxon With Bill Crofut & Friends Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dance On A Moonbeam ASIN: B00000E8O4 Release Date: 1987-09-22

Tracks:

1. Sweet Nightengale
2. Tinker
3. Leaving of Liverpool
4. She's Like the Swallow
5. Dance to Your Daddy
6. Ash Grove
7. San Francisco Bay
8. Danny Boy
9. White-Haired Cassidy
10. Cuckoo-Leatherwing Bat
11. Turkey in the Straw
12. Flowers of the Forest
13. Bold Nelson-Eddystone Light
14. Waly Waly
15. Waltzing Matilda
16. Wabash Cannonball

Customer Reviews:

Their live performances must have been a hoot.......2003-02-25

These two gentlemen sang Bach, folk, and opera for a living--all of the miscellaneous gigs musicians take on to keep from starving--and Crofut also played the banjo, composed music and authored two books. His collaboration with Luxon started one night in a Munich beer hall, after a performance of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (Crofut was in the choir and Luxon sang Jesus.) Anyway after a few brews, they discovered a mutual passion for folk music and began performing together with various friends, including a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, a lutenist from the Smithsonian Institution, and a fiddler who was also a trained folklorist. This resulted in a very unique album, most especially in the widely varied accompaniments. Just to name a few, "Sweet Nightingale" is accompanied by the 12-string guitar, bass, mandolin, and muted banjo; "White-haired Cassidy" is a penny-whistle solo; "The Flowers of the Forest" track includes vocals, tenor recorder, handbell, and Sruti-peti (a small box that works on a system of bellows and is used to provide the drone accompaniment).

The songs themselves are standard folk fare ("Wabash Cannonball," "Danny Boy," "Ash Grove," etc.) and are sung in a straightforward manner. But they're sung with such glee, they spring to life off of the track and make you want to sing along with them (don't play this CD right before you retire for the night - I made that mistake and was up until 3 A.M., tapping my foot under the covers and humming and annoying my husband). On a couple of tracks that were recorded in concert, you'll hear the audience occasionally break into song, too. These guys are irresistible.

Though he surfaced during the folk-music boom in the late 1950's, Crofut broke free of the mold through his penchant for experimentation, setting music to the poetry of Robert Penn Warren or transcribing for banjo the compositions of Vivaldi and Bartok. Unfortunately, I took this information from his online obituary (Fuller Up - The Dead Musician Directory). I really wish he and Luxon had had time to cut a few more recordings like this one. "Simple Gifts--Folk Songs at Tanglewood" is (I think) their only other album together, and it is another joyous musical happening.

"Two Gentlemen Folk" is all about the delight of making music together. Don't let the 'folk' aspect put you off from taking pleasure in this album.

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Feast of Christmas Carols Manufacturer: Priory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rubbra, Edmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00006LLLL Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

1. People Look East - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
2. Hymn to the Virgin - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
3. Vom Himmel Hoch - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
4. Nowel! Out of Your Slepe Aryse - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
5. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
6. In the Bleak Mid-Winter - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
7. Away in a Manger - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
8. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
9. Once in Royal David's City - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
10. Mary's Magnificat - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
11. O Come All Ye Faithful - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
12. NoVI (For Organ) - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
13. Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
14. Christmas Medley - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
15. What Sweeter Music? - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
16. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
17. Coventry Carol - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
18. Unto Us Is Born a Son - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
19. O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
20. I Saw Three Ships - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
21. O Little One Sweet - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
22. First Nowell - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
23. Verbum Caro Factum Est - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
24. Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
25. In Dulci Jubilo (For Organ) - The Choir of Durham Cathedral
26. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Choir of Durham Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Norwich Cathedral Choir
2. Adam Lay Y-Bounden - Norwich Cathedral Choir
3. Cherry Tree Carol - Norwich Cathedral Choir
4. Today the Virgin - Norwich Cathedral Choir
5. Maiden Most Gentle - Norwich Cathedral Choir
6. First Nowell - Norwich Cathedral Choir
7. This Lovely Lady - Norwich Cathedral Choir
8. Away in a Manger - Norwich Cathedral Choir
9. I Saw Three Ships - Norwich Cathedral Choir
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Norwich Cathedral Choir
11. Alleluia! A New York - Norwich Cathedral Choir
12. Here Lies the Little One - Norwich Cathedral Choir
13. Lullay My Liking - Norwich Cathedral Choir
14. Still, Still, Still - Norwich Cathedral Choir
15. Illuminare, Jerusalem - Norwich Cathedral Choir
16. Coventry Carol - Norwich Cathedral Choir
17. Unto Us Is Born a Son - Norwich Cathedral Choir
18. Holly and the Ivy - Norwich Cathedral Choir
19. Iona (Hebridean Carol) - Norwich Cathedral Choir
20. Deck the Hall - Norwich Cathedral Choir
21. O Come All Ye Faithful - Norwich Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

1. Adam Lay Y-Bounden - Southpark Cathedral Choir
2. Adam Lay Y-Bounden - Southpark Cathedral Choir
3. Adam Lay Y-Bounden - Southpark Cathedral Choir
4. Lord at First Did Adam Make - Southpark Cathedral Choir
5. Gabriel's Message - Southpark Cathedral Choir
6. I Sing of Maiden - Southpark Cathedral Choir
7. I Sing of Maiden - Southpark Cathedral Choir
8. There Is No Rose - Southpark Cathedral Choir
9. There Is No Rose - Southpark Cathedral Choir
10. Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Southpark Cathedral Choir
11. In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Southpark Cathedral Choir
12. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Southpark Cathedral Choir
13. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Southpark Cathedral Choir
14. Lute-Book Lullaby - Southpark Cathedral Choir
15. Three Kings - Southpark Cathedral Choir
16. Here Is the Little Door - Southpark Cathedral Choir
17. Coventry Carol - Southpark Cathedral Choir
18. Lully, Lulla - Southpark Cathedral Choir
19. Joys Seven - Southpark Cathedral Choir
20. Wassail Carol - Southpark Cathedral Choir
21. Lamb - Southpark Cathedral Choir
22. Sussex Carol - Southpark Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful - The Choir of York Minister
2. Holy Thorn That Blooms - The Choir of York Minister
3. Up! Good Christen Folk, And Listen - The Choir of York Minister
4. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Choir of York Minister
5. That Virgin's Child - The Choir of York Minister
6. Lord at First Did Adam Make - The Choir of York Minister
7. Sweet Was the Song - The Choir of York Minister
8. Once in Royal David's City - The Choir of York Minister
9. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - The Choir of York Minister
10. This Is the Truth Sent from Above - The Choir of York Minister
11. Good King Wenceslas - The Choir of York Minister
12. Sing Lullaby - The Choir of York Minister
13. Sans Day Carol - The Choir of York Minister
14. All This Time - The Choir of York Minister
15. O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Choir of York Minister
16. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - The Choir of York Minister
17. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue - The Choir of York Minister
18. We Three Kings - The Choir of York Minister
19. Sing Lullaby - The Choir of York Minister
20. Watts' Cradle Song - The Choir of York Minister
21. Silent Night - The Choir of York Minister
22. Shepherds Heard the Angels - The Choir of York Minister
23. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Choir of York Minister

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Two Gentlemen of the Road: Alan Lomax Collection Jimmy Macbeath , and Davie Steward Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Scottish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Interviews | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Stories | Children's Music | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B00008L3SW Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

1. The Merchant's Son
2. Cowpin The Dishes
3. Hey Barra Gadgie
4. It Wis Aa Beggin That We Did
5. Kindness From A Policeman
6. Grat For Gruel
7. How To Build A Bender
8. Chantin, Griddlin, And Laldyin
9. The Day We Went To Rothesay-oh
10. Playing For An All-Night Hooley
11. March, Strathspey And Reel
12. Were You Always Alone?
13. The Forfar Sodger
14. They Put A Different Turns In Their Tunes/Diddling
15. Outside, On The Safe Side
16. The Ox And The Fox Dug A Hole For Me
17. It's A Long Drow At The End
18. Old Bodies, Five Or Six Pounds Each
19. Did They Kill Children As Well?

Tracks:

1. My Darling Ploughman Boy
2. From The Top Of The Deck
3. Ah Likit Ma Mother
4. He Used To Diddle A Lot O Songs
5. We Are Called The Buchan Stewarts
6. Dark-Eyed Lover
7. It Wis A Slave Drivery
8. The Barnyards Of Delgaty
9. Singin Along At Their Plough
10. The Laird O Dainty Doonby
11. The Horseman's Grip And Word
12. It Wis Torn, Rippit, Tattered
13. The Trooper And The Maid
14. The Story Lives Forever

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In Celebration Of Christmas Manufacturer: Collins Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maxwell Davies, Peter | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rubbra, Edmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000003W16 Release Date: 1993-08-23

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Love Came Down at Christmas Manufacturer: Griffin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000BYW7C4 Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

1. Silent Night
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3. In the Bleak Mid-Winter
4. Es Ist Ein' Ros'
5. Three Kings
6. Of the Father's Heart Begotten (Piae Cantiones)
7. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
8. Once in Royal David's City
9. Ding, Dong, Merrily on High (16th Century, French)
10. I Sing of a Maiden
11. O Little Town of Bethlehem
12. In Dulci Jubilo (Old German)
13. God Rest You Merry (English)
14. Sussex Carol (English)
15. Love Came Down at Christmas
16. Shepherds' Cradle-Song (German)
17. See, Amid the Winter's Snow
18. Rocking (Czech)
19. O Come, All Ye Faithful

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7. You? Me? Us?
8. Young Eagle's Flight, Vol. 3
9. A Putumayo Christmas
10. All Through The Night

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