The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie

by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Overview

Sainte-Marie pursued a variety of musical styles, from folk to country to experimental rock, and all are represented on this wide-ranging double-record compilation. It doesn't all work, but there are some terrific songs, among them the Native American lament "My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying," and the romantic "Until It's Time for You to Go," and a musical adaptation of a passage from a Leonard Cohen novel, "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot." (Beware of the abbreviated version, Vanguard 73113.) ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Vanguard
UPC:	0015707030427
Rank:	23156

Tracks

1. Soulful Shade of Blue
2. Summer Boy
3. Universal Soldier
4. Better to Find Out for Yourself
5. Codine
6. He's a Keeper of the Fire
7. Take My Hand for a While
8. Ground Hog
9. The Circle Game
10. My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
11. Many a Mile
12. Until It's Time for You to Go
13. Rolling Log Blues
14. God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
15. Guess Who I Saw in Paris
16. Piney Wood Hills
17. Now That the Buffalo's Gone
18. Cripple Creek
19. I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again
20. The Vampire
21. Little Wheel Spin and Spin
22. Winter Boy
23. Los Pescadores
24. Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Buffy Sainte-Marie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Bill Ackerman   Drums
Sonny Osborne   Banjo
Grover Lavender   Fiddle
Jerry Shook   Guitar (Bass)
Wayne Moss   Guitar (Bass)
Lloyd Green   Guitar (Steel)
Velma Smith   Guitar (Rhythm)
Ray Edenton   Guitar (Rhythm)
Bruce Langhorne   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Buddy Harman   Drums
Russ Savakus   Bass
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Grady Martin   Guitar (Electric)
Art Davis   Bass
John Craviotta   Drums
Bob Bozina   Guitar
Michael Czajkowski   Electronics
Harold Rugg   Guitar (Steel)
Rick Oxendine   Bass
P.D.Q. Bach   Conductor
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Bass
Patrick Sky   Guitar

Technical Credits

Patrick Sky   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Joni Mitchell   Composer
Maynard Solomon   Producer
Buffy Sainte-Marie   Composer
Michael Czajkowski   Composer
P.D.Q. Bach   Arranger