Burl Ives - Troubador [gnodde]

Burl Ives - Troubador [gnodde]



Burl Ives is one of the definitive voices of American folk music. From the time after he returned from World War II until around 1962, when he went to Nashville as a country singer and became the voice of the snowman in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer he was one of the most successful of the folk singers that would later inspire Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Graham Nash. He honed his trade in the 1930s traveling around America as a hobo, or in his words "a wayfaring minstrel". As far as the works of Burl Ives go, this is perfectly representative of the sounds that made his career.

The contents of this album are reissues of 3 previously released albums: The Wayfaring Stranger, The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger, and More Folk Songs, all recorded in New York, the first album by OKeh records in 1941, and the latter two by Columbia records between 1949 and 1950. The instrumentation is mostly solo guitar and voice, although the third album included several other traditional instruments with arrangements done by Burl Ives.

Tracks:
01 - Wee Cooper O’ Fife - traditional [1:30]
02 - Riddle Song – traditional [1:33]
03 - Cowboy’s Lament (Streets of Laredo) – traditional [2:41]
04 - Tam Pierce (Widdicome Fair) – traditional [2:17]
05 - I Know Where I’m Going – traditional [1:32]
06 - I Know My Love – traditional [1:42]
07 - Peter Gray – traditional [2:33]
08 - Sweet Betsy From Pike – traditional [1:44]
09 - On Top of Old Smoky – traditional [1:39]
10 - Darlin’ Cory – traditional [3:17]
11 - Leather Winged Bat –traditional [1:21]
12 - Cotton-Eyed Joe – traditional [0:51]
13 - On Springfield Mountain – traditional [2:27]
14 - Little Mohee – traditional [3:07]
15 - Troubador Song – traditional [2:34]
16 - Lord Randall – traditional [3:16]
17 - Bonnie Wee Lassie – traditional [1:58]
18 - Colorado Trail – traditional [0:50]
19 - Rovin’ Gambler – traditional [1:44]
20 - John Hardy – traditional [2:36]
21 - The Divil and the Farmer – traditional [2:09]
22 - High Barbaree – traditional [3:17]
23 - Pretty Polly – traditional, arr. Burl Ives [3:13]
24 - Pueblo Girl – traditional, arr. Burl Ives [1:17]
25 - Baby Did You Hear – traditional, arr. Burl Ives [1:55]
26 - Old Blue Ballanderie – traditional [0:31]
27 - Robin, He Married– traditional, arr. Burl Ives [1:27]
28 - Lavender Cowboy– traditional, arr. Burl Ives [1:20]
29 - I’ve Got No Use for Women– traditional, arr. Burl Ives [3:09]
30 - Old Paint– traditional, arr. Burl Ives [2:16]
31 - Green Broom – traditional, arr. Burl Ives [2:57]

All in MP3 @ 320kbps