Roger McGuinn - Folk Den Project [4 CD,2005]

 


There's hardly a better example of a happy marriage between old and new than Roger McGuinn's Folk Den.


Over the past decade, this former Byrd, technology geek and Orlando resident has been archiving traditional folk songs on his Web site, mcguinn.com. At the interactive Folk Den, musicians and historians could find a captivating time capsule of storytelling and music, complete with free downloads, lyrics, chords and a note from McGuinn.

To mark the project's first 10 years, McGuinn has compiled 100 of his favorite songs into a four-disc package.

  • Nedra Talley Ross: vocal on "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
  • Ridley Pearson: vocal & bass on "The John B's Sails"
  • Dave Barry: vocal on "The John B's Sails"
  • Greg Isles: vocal on "The John B’s Sails"
  • Roger McGuinn: vocal, banjo, 7—String Martin, 12—String Martin Guitar, 12-String Rickenbacker, Fender Bass, 6-String Martin and everything else on all songs.

1-1 Follow The Drinking Gourd 2:50
1-2 Mighty Day 2:33
1-3 Gypsy Rover 3:22
1-4 On Top Of Old Smokey 3:04
1-5 Easter Morn 2:38
1-6 Dink's Song 3:08
1-7 Boatman 3:03
1-8 Brandy Leave Me Alone 1:53
1-9 Banks Of Ohio 4:15
1-10 12 Gates To The City 3:19
1-11 Ain' No Mo' Cane On De Brasis 3:01
1-12 We Wish You A Merry Christmas 1:57
1-13 All My Trials 3:27
1-14 Cindy 1:50
1-15 The Colorado Trail 2:48
1-16 Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase 2:48
1-17 Alabama Bound 2:55
1-18 Bring Me A Little Water, Sylvie 2:32
1-19 Go Tell Aunt Rhodie 1:33
1-20 Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad 2:40
1-21 Spanish Is The Loving Tounge 2:48
1-22 Erie Canal 3:11
1-23 Springfield Mountain 2:34
1-24 Old Paint 2:42
1-25 Rubin Ranzo 2:19

2-1 Silver Dagger 3:51
2-2 Oh Freedom 3:41
2-3 Railroad Bill 2:44
2-4 East Virginia 3:00
2-5 Coffee Grows On White Oak Trees 2:33
2-6 So Early In The Spring 3:17
2-7 Golden Vanity 2:32
2-8 Down By The Riverside 3:13
2-9 Buffalo Skinners 4:12
2-10 Waltzing Matilda 4:16
2-11 The Riddle Song 1:24
2-12 Virgin Mary 1:56
2-13 The Handsome Cabin Boy 3:44
2-14 Ezekiel Saw A Wheel 2:29
2-15 Heave Away 2:36
2-16 Oh Mary Don't You Weep 2:14
2-17 Red River Valley 2:55
2-18 Brisbane Ladies 3:23
2-19 Battle Hymn Of The Republic 3:23
2-20 Old Texas 2:05
2-21 Rock Island Line 1:58
2-22 Wagoner's Lad 2:58
2-23 There's A Hole In The Bucket 3:03
2-24 Wild Goose 1:27
2-25 To Morrow 2:02

3-1 The James Alley Blues 2:52
3-2 The Cruel War 4:20
3-3 Wayfaring Stranger 3:47
3-4 Pushboat 3:09
3-5 America For Me 4:03
3-6 Old Riley 1:45
3-7 Finnegan's Wake 2:35
3-8 Pretty Saro 2:39
3-9 Catch The Greenland Whale 1:47
3-10 Drunken Sailor 2:42
3-11 Lost Jimmy Whelan 2:36
3-12 The First Noel 3:22
3-13 Get Along Little Doggies 3:02
3-14 Roddy McCorley 3:52
3-15 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands 2:52
3-16 Haul Away Joe 3:30
3-17 John The Revelator 2:29
3-18 Sail Away Lady 2:11
3-19 Delia's Gone 3:03
3-20 Spanish Ladies 3:05
3-21 Trouble In Mind 2:38
3-22 Wildwood Flower 2:41
3-23 Away In A Manger 2:50
3-24 The Cold Cold Coast Of Greenland 3:20
3-25 Salty Dog Blues 1:46

4-1 Wanderin' 3:28
4-2 The Argonaut 2:20
4-3 Lilly Of The West 3:16
4-4 Michael Row The Boat Ashore 2:30
4-5 Stewball 2:28
4-6 Let The Bullgine Run 3:04
4-7 The Gallows Pole 2:44
4-8 The John B's Sails      3:29
4-9 Willie Moore 2:56
4-10 St. James Infirmary 3:32
4-11 Kilgary Mountain 3:12
4-12 The Twelve Days Of Christmas 4:00
4-13 Wild Mountain Thyme 3:40
4-14 New York Girls 2:00
4-15 Streets Of Laredo 2:33
4-16 Mary Had A Baby 2:05
4-17 The House Of The Rising Sun 3:38
4-18 Greenland Whale Fisheries 1:50
4-19 Shenandoah 4:52
4-20 The Bonny Ship The Diamond 2:13
4-21 Sailor Lad 2:53
4-22 This Train 2:52
4-23 Liverpool Gals 3:06
4-24 Home On The Range 2:34
4-25 When The Saints Go Marching In 4:00