This is from Gord's Gold, a compilation album released in 1975.
Archive for the ‘Music’ category
Wherefore and Why: Gordon Lightfoot
May 14, 2010Cotton Fields: The Highwaymen
May 13, 2010From their 1962 album Standing Room Only
This was the B-side to The Gypsy Rover, but it proved more popular with disc jockeys, and The Highwaymen got a number 13 single out of it. It is a Leadbelly song that even the late blues-folk singer's estate had not recognized or, until then, copyrighted.
Midnight Special: The Weavers
May 13, 2010This song from their 1959 The Best of the Weavers album charted at #30 in 1952.
Blues in the Bottle: Chris Smither
May 12, 2010From 2006 and Leave the Light on
Sweet Tooth: Dave Rawlings Machine
May 12, 2010This is from 2009's A Friend of a Friend, Dave Rawlings' first album as a frontman.
Baby, It’s Time to Vote: Mad Tea Party
May 11, 2010This is from their debut album, 73% Post-Consumer Novelty, which was released in 2004. You're hearing Ami Worthen (ukulele, vocals) and Jason Krekel (guitar, fiddle, tenor banjo, kazoo, slide whistle, horns, drums).
Mud: Guy Clark
May 10, 2010From Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years, released in 2007.
Red Dirt Girl: Emmylou Harris
May 10, 2010This is the title song from her 2000 album. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2001.
Teach Your Children: Crosby, Still, Nash and Young
May 9, 2010This is my favorite Mother's Day song. It is from my desert island album Deja Vu
Does Your Mother Know: Gordon Lightfoot
May 9, 2010From the album Early Morning Rain: The Best of Gordon Lightfoot
