| 1. Cotton Mill Blues |
| 2. Down on Penny's Farm |
| 3. Miner's Blues - Frank Hutchison |
| 4. Wish I Had Stayed in the Wagon Yard - Lowe Stokes |
| 5. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live - Blind Alfred Reed |
| 6. Farm Relief - Uncle Dave Macon |
| 7. Prohibition Is a Failure - Lowe Stokes |
| 8. Weave Room Blues - Fisher Hendley |
| 9. My Name Is Johanna - Kelly Harrell |
| 10. From Earth to Heaven - Uncle Dave Macon |
| 11. Gonna Raise Some Bacon at Home |
| 12. Got the Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels |
| 13. Riley the Furniture Man - The Georgia Crackers |
| 14. Sales Tax on the Women - The Dixon Brothers |
| 15. Bay Rum Blues - Ashley & Foster |
| 16. Farmer's Dream - Oscar Ford, Jr. |
| 17. Serves 'Em Fine |
| 18. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train - Uncle Dave Macon |
Hard Times in the Country,Various Artists,County Records,Bluegrass,Bluegrass Collections,Country,Country & Western,Country Blues,Old-Timey,Pop,Traditional Country,Traditional Folk
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Hard Times in Babylon
Eliza Gilkyson Manufacturer: Red House ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004Y9Z0 Release Date: 2000-10-10 |
Tracks:
- Beauty Way
- Hard Times In Babylon
- Highway
- Coast
- Engineer Bill
- Persephone
- Baby's Waking
- Twisted
- Flatline
- In My Dreams
- Walk Away From Love
- Sanctuary
Customer Reviews:
Making Music on the Beauty Way.......2007-03-18
I saw Eliza play a show with Casey Chambers and Patty Griffin, and was enchanted by the two songs she played from "Hard Times In Babylon." First was "Beauty Way," which charts the course she took after her father. The best line is the description of the lure of fame and the disappointment of the illusion in the distance: "By the time I hit L.A. I was hotter than a pistol, but you're never hot enough." She introduced the song during the show by describing how her Father wrote for "The Jungle Book." "'Bear Necessities' paid for my braces...."
The second is the tender title track, mourning the loss of a friend. Again, touching on the joys and hardships in the creative soul, Eliza asks "Woody you could have called out/There's not a man or a woman here in the big house tonight/who wouldn't have run to pull you through."
Those are my two favorites from this hard edged folk singer. There are plenty more to enjoy on "Hard Times In Babylon." For me, they are "Engineer Bill" with its snaky lead guitar, and gospel inflected "Sanctuary," which ends the album on a hopeful note. If you enjoy Casey Chambers, Nanci Griffiths, Patty Griffin of even the Dixie Chicks, you'll probably enjoy Eliza Gilkyson.
Rockin' Folkie.......2005-08-28
My favorite of Eliza.......2004-12-11
Hard Core Emotions.......2004-06-15
These songs are daring! Not just lyrically with such great lines as "I've got a foolish heart, but I'm not an idiot." and "Be still, my beating heart" in reference to not quite wanting to go on today. But it's also musically extraordinary. The opening song is catchy as anything. And then, she moves to ballads, hard rock-n-roll beats, sultry numbers, experimental formats. What remains consistent throughout the album is the hard core emotional honesty.
Lyrics always take center stage on this album -- she annunciates clearly, and no matter what's going on musically, you can always hear the words plainly. I like that.
And these are some serious words! Backed by husky expressiveness.
This is an album that challenges you to explore the emotional realms -- and not just the cheery ones.
I loved her previous albums. But to me -- this one is art.
Thoughtful and Soulful.......2002-10-24
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Live: Ralph's Last Show
Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels Manufacturer: Signature Sounds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005BGKE Release Date: 2001-05-08 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Freight Train
- 105
- Mighty Big Car
- White Trash
- Good Enough
- Livin' Out On the Road
- Carter
- Time To Get A Gun
- Flowers In The Dell
- He's A Good Dog
- Lucille
- How's Ernie
Tracks:
- Pretty Good Guy
- John Deere
- Carmelita
- Benchseat Baby
- Spookin' The Horses
- Crazier
- Big Hair
- I Like Trains
- Rodeo Boy
- Crashin' & Burnin'
- Alcohol & Pills
- 49 Tons
Amazon.com
In their inimitable 1958 Wayne touring bus, stuffed with flea-market couches and a propane stove, Fred Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels have spent the last decade descending from Canada to play any venue that will have them. These two discs generously capture the fury and fun of their live gigs, despite the track fade-outs and the absence of Eaglesmith's hilarious between-song storytelling. The set includes the previously unrecorded (for good reason) novelty tunes "White Trash," "Big Hair," and "How's Ernie?" yet another car song "Benchseat Baby," but also "John Deere" and "Carmelita," rare gems that stand with the best of Eaglesmith's working-class portraits. He growls and snarls through every line, while his cohorts--including human salvage yard Washboard Hank, distortion-pedal-loving mandolinist Willie P. Bennett, and harmony vocalist and bassist Ralph Schipper (whose last show the set documents)--rock like punks on a mission. --Roy KastenCustomer Reviews:
a good'un.......2002-05-21
Torn between 4 and 5 stars........2001-09-09
Well, it comes in a cardboard sleeve with no lyric sheets, and parts of it wouldn't play in my finicky old CD player, probably because the CDs got a little warped in transit because of the cheesy packaging. (The lyrics are pretty clear in the songs, so not having a lyric sheet isn't a crisis. The songs I could play on the old player were good enough to justify purchasing a new CD/DVD player the day after I got the CD, which plays both disks just fine.) "Flowers in the Dell" is a little creepy. And after a while the album's overall vocal and musical roughness got on my nerves, so I had to play something else for a bit.
Still, it's an amazing album, too good to knock down a whole star. But if 4.5 was an option, it'd be that.
Torn between 4 and 5 stars........2001-09-09
Well, it comes in a cardboard sleeve with no lyric sheets, and parts of it wouldn't play in my finicky old CD player, probably because the CDs got a little warped in transit because of the cheesy packaging. (The lyrics are pretty clear in the songs, so not having a lyric sheet isn't a crisis. The songs I could play on the old player were good enough to justify purchasing a new CD/DVD player the day after I got the CD, which plays both disks just fine.) "Flowers in the Dell" is a little creepy. And after a while the album's overall vocal and musical roughness got on my nerves, so I had to play something else for a bit.
Still, it's an amazing album, too good to knock down a whole star. But if 4.5 was an option, it'd be that.
He's a pretty good guy.. with a great cd.......2001-08-30
On the down side, the cd doesn't include the between-songs stories, quips, and banter that make a Fred Eaglesmith show a truly a wonderful experience.
TOP TEN FOR YEAR 2001.......2001-06-19
Amazing!
Just one problem, at close to 82 minutes it's too short for 2 cd's, it could have fit into one (- some applause and maybe one track less). It's yr money so you better know it before you order.
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Stephen Foster's America
Manufacturer: Amerimusic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000AEKT Release Date: 1998-09-08 |
Tracks:
- Minstrel Songs Of Foster: Oh! Susanna
- Minstrel Songs Of Foster: Massa's In De Cold Ground
- Minstrel Songs Of Foster: Old Folks At Home
- Minstrel Songs Of Foster: Camptown Races
- Love Songs Of Foster: Beautiful Dreamer
- Love Songs Of Foster: Nelly Bly
- Love Songs Of Foster: Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
- Love Songs Of Foster: Gentle Annie
- Spiritual Songs Of Foster And Others: Hard Times Come Again No More
- Spiritual Songs Of Foster And Others: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Spiritual Songs Of Foster And Others: Deep River
- Spiritual Songs Of Foster And Others: He's Got The Whole World In His Hand
- Popular Foster Songs: If You've Only Got A Moustache
- Popular Foster Songs: Old Dog Tray
- Popular Foster Songs: Glendy Burk
- Popular Foster Songs: My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
- Popular Foster Songs: Some Folks
- Civil War Songs Of Foster: When This Dreadful War Is Ended
- Civil War Songs Of Foster: Was My Brother In The Battle?
- Civil War Songs Of Foster: Nothing But A Plain Old Soldier
- Patriotic Songs Of The Nineteenth Century: Battle Hymn Of The Republic
- Patriotic Songs Of The Nineteenth Century: America
Customer Reviews:
STEPHEN FOSTER'S AMERICA.......2006-12-06
Keep shopping for Stephen Foster!.......2002-06-05
As for the arrangments, if Mr. Jimerson is going to keep the words "dere" (for "there") and "dat" (for "that") in the songs, then why exclude the word "darkies" in favor of "mama" and the like? My guess is that fans of Stephen Foster (who, when compared to other minstrel songwriters of his day, imbided the subjects of his songs with a great deal of dignity) are more interested in maintaining the purity of the songs than they are in achieving political correctness via 19th Century songs!
For my money, the Robert Shaw Chorale C.D. of Stephen Foster songs is much more enjoyable.
Jimerson Not Half Bad.......2002-02-08
Timeless and Beautiful.......2001-08-01
Politally Correct or Stupid?.......2001-02-28
If you want to hear a much better rendition of Foster, and other music of the period, try and find Thomas Hampson, "American Dreamer" and "An Old Song Re-Sung".
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Hard Times in the Country
Happy & Artie Traum Manufacturer: Vivid Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000051TB5 Release Date: 2000-08-15 |
Tracks:
- Penny's Farm
- No Depression Blues
- Gambler's Song
- Blow Your Whistle, Freight Train
- Masanga
- Mississippi John
- Freight Train Blues
- Earl's Crab Shack
- Sam's Song
- Gold Hill
- I Bid You Goodnight
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The Civil War
Douglas Jimerson Manufacturer: Amerimusic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004SU99 Release Date: 2000-04-18 |
Tracks:
- Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
- Wait for the Wagon
- Clari: Home, Sweet Home
- Oh! Susanna
- The Bonnie Blue Flag
- Do They Miss Me at Home?
- Yellow Rose of Texas
- Goober Peas
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Aura Lee
- Marching Through Georgia
- Just Before the Battle, Mother
- That's What's the Matter
- We are Coming Father Abraham
- Gentle Annie
- I'll be a Sergeant
- Dixie
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
- For the Dear Old Flag I Die
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Battle Cry of Freedom
- America
- The Bonnie Blue Flag
- My Maryland
- Yellow Rose of Texas
- Woodman, Spare that Tree
- Juanita
- Green Grow the Lilacs
- Lorena
- Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
- Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
- How Firm a Foundation
- Blue Bell of Scotland
- Storming of Monterey
- Joys that We've Tasted
- Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
- Drummer Boy of Shiloh
- Roll, Alabama, Roll
- Weeping, Sad and Lonely
- Vaccant Chair
- Goober Peas
- All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
- Dixie
- Oh! Susanna
- Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
- Old Folks at Home
- Camptown Races
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Nelly Bly
- Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
- Gentle Annie
- Hard Times Come Again No More
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Deep River
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- If You've Only Got a Moustache
- Old Dog Tray
- The Glendy Burk
- My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
- Some Folks
- When This Dreadful War Is Ended
- Was My Brother In The Battle?
- Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- America
- Barbara Allen
- Skip to my Lou
- Kathleen Mavoureen
- Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
- Old Sister Phoebe
- Oh! Susanna
- Twenty Years Ago
- The Ship on Fire
- Silver Bell Waltz
- Your Mission
- Dixie
- Go Down Moses
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- Free at Last
- Martha: Ach, so fromm
- Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
- Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
- Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
- Hail, Columbia
- We are Coming Father Abraham
- Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
- Taps
Customer Reviews:
Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12
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Hard Times in the Promised Land
Off to CaliforniaAndy Alexis , Dorothy Hawkinson , and Alan Fuller Manufacturer: Fiddle and Banjo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MU24Z2 |
Product Description
1 Sweet Betsy in the Parlor 2 Promised Land 3 The Arrival 4 Miss Ella 5 Tater Patch/Kitchen Girl 6 Sweet Betsy from Pike 7 Trudging Up the South Fork 8 Wayfaring Stranger 9 Few Days 10 Alone and Lonely (Im Aonar Seal) 11 Hard Times 12 Ingrian Polka/Kuppari Eeva 13 O Death 14 Pennknivsmördaren 15 La Llorona (The Wailing Woman)Customer Reviews:
Period music at its finest!.......2007-05-14
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Out Standing in Their Field
Cuttin Grass Manufacturer: Cuttin Grass ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002SAP8M Release Date: 2004-05-26 |
Tracks:
- Bark Mill Hollow Archives
- I Thought You Loved Me
- I'd Do it all Again
- Someplace Far Away
- Love's the Only Way
- 2 Miles Under Ground
- She Never Knew
- Tim's Breakdown
- Lazy All My Days
- Big Bug In My Beer
- Salt Creek/Sharp Dressed Man
- My Old Grandpa
- Amazing Grace
Album Description
Cuttin Grass in a Contemporary Bluegrass band based in Maryland, this CD represents 10 original songs and tunes composed by the band members. It reflects on our youth, love, life and heartbreak, and all things bluegrass. We wanted something fresh and we used bands like the Seldom Scene and The Country Gentlemen and hard core picking and singing like the IIIrd Tyme Out as models. Our goals was a bluegrass album that would appeal to everyone. It has surpassed our wildest expectations.
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Hard Times in Da Country
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000GBEJ9Q Release Date: 2006-05-23 |
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Hard Times in the Country
Various Artists Manufacturer: County Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00007BH6X Release Date: 2002-11-05 |
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Hard Times in the Heartland
Manufacturer: Ron Hayden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAEDH4 Release Date: 2001-07-10 |
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