VA - Cowboy Songs On Folkways

Fifteen performers sing, boast, tell stories, holler, and recite poetry on 26 tracks that portray the life and times of honest, hard-working cowboys. Features performers from many backgrounds with a wide variety of musical styles. Includes Pete Seeger's "Home on the Range", Cisco Houston's "Little Joe, the Wrangler", Woody Guthrie's "Get Along Little Dogies", several old tales from the range, including "Chisholm Trail" and "Jesse James", and Rosalie Sorrells's version of Gene Autry's 1943 hit "There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse". 

"Abundant evidence of the rich legacy...of real cowboys provided by their music and poetry." — Dirty Linen

The album features a richly varied set, from Leadbelly to Woody Guthrie, drawn from the vast Folkways archives and dating from the early 40s to the 60s.

VA - Cowboy Songs On Folkways
(192 kbps, front cover and linernotes included)