Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4

by Woody Guthrie

Overview

This fourth and final volume of recordings Woody Guthrie made for Folkways and other small independent labels is just as remarkable as its predecessors. This time around, the focus is primarily on cowboy/Western music, and Guthrie -- who is accompanied by Cisco Houston on many of the 26 tracks -- proves himself a master of the genre. The program mixes well-known traditional material ("Go Tell Aunt Rhody, "Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Get Along Little Doggies," "Red River Valley," and "Chisholm Trail") with equally strong Guthrie originals such as "Little Darling (At My Window Sad and Lonely)," "Ranger's Command," and "Dead or Alive (Poor Lazarus)." About a third of the tracks have never previously been released, among them the charming "Return of Rocky Mountain Slim and Desert Rat Shorty," a home recording on which Woody and Cisco make fun of radio ads for music songbooks. The sound quality is first rate, particularly considering the acetate-disc sources of this material. Also excellent is the 36-page accompanying booklet, which completes the biographical sketch started on volumes one through three and includes extensive notes on each track. ~ Jeff Burger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/20/1999
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074010327
Rank:	129636

Tracks

1. Ranger's Command
2. Buffalo Skinners
3. Billy the Kid
4. Cowboy Waltz
5. Pretty Boy Floyd
6. Along in the Sun and the Rain
7. Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
8. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
9. Buffalo Gals
10. I Ride an Old Paint
11. Dead or Alive (Poor Lazarus)
12. Slipknot (Hangknot, Slipknot)
13. Cocaine Blues (Bad Lee Brown)
14. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
15. Chisholm Trail
16. Stewball
17. Wild Cyclone
18. Train Blues
19. Red River Valley
20. Fastest of Ponies
21. Stewball
22. Snow Deer
23. When the Curfew Blows (Curfew Blow)
24. Little Darling (At My Window Sad and Lonely)
25. Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad)
26. The Return of Rocky Mountain Slim and Desert Rat Shorty

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Woody Guthrie   Primary Artist
Cisco Houston   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Lead Belly   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Lead Belly   Performer
Andrew Jenkins   Composer
Pete Reiniger   Mastering
Moses Asch   Engineer
Guy Logsdon   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Woody Guthrie   Composer
Cisco Houston   Performer,Composer
Jack Mahoney   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Jack Towers   Transfers
Jeff Place   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Percy Wenrich   Composer