Thursday, April 19, 2012

American Folk Singers & Balladeers

  This 4 record set is the direct result of the influential Anthology of American Folk Music.  There are some crucially everlasting moments on these albums, for example; the Odetta set, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, the one tune by Pete Seeger's Weavers Woke Up This Mornin' which was like folksy Doo Wop, otherwise most of the numbers were a total write off.  I think this might have worked out better as a double or single record ...