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The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music, Revisited
Listeners of A Prairie Home Companion know the homespun purity, the historic significance and the cultural influence of early 20th century American folk music.
One huge reason we can still enjoy and draw from this heritage is the work of the late renowned musicologist, filmmaker and painter, Harry Smith. In 1952, Smith culled his immense collection of blues, old-time country, Cajun, and gospel 78s to create the groundbreaking Anthology Of American Folk Music. This collection contained original recordings issued between 1927 and 1932—the short period when companies were issuing these records.
In 1999, veteran producer Hal Willner launched a series of concerts in a tribute to Smith's preservation of American folk forms. Willner put together an eclectic group of contemporary musicians to cover this same music and now, this incredible 2-CD/2-DVD box set has captured those performances, featuring Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Lou Reed, Wilco and others.
The box set includes a documentary—not available anywhere else—about Smith's work to preserve this priceless music.
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Track Listings
Disc 1 - Live CD
- Old Dog Blue
David Johansen - Prison Cell Blues
Steve Earle - James Alley Blues
Wilco - Frankie
Beth Orton - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Beck - Sugar Baby
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The Butcher's Boy
Elvis Costello - Way Down The Old Plank Road
David Thomas - The Coo Coo Bird
Richard Thompson with Eliza Carthy - My Baby Done Left Me
Ed Sanders - John The Revelator
Nick Cave - Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting?
Eric Mingus with Gary Lucas - Dry Bones
Roswell Rudd with Sonic Youth - No Depression In Heaven
Garth & Maud Hudson - K.C. Moan
Geoff Muldaur - When That Great Ship Went Down
Gavin Friday with Maurice Seezer
Disc 2 - Live CD
- A Lazy Farmer Boy
Robin Holcomb - Sail Away Lady
Van Dyke Parks with Mondrian String Quartet - Poor Boy Blues
Geoff Muldaur - Spike Driver Blues
Marianne Faithfull - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lou Reed - Ommie Wise Part 1 & 2 (What Lewis Did Last...)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Fatal Flower Garden
Gavin Friday - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
Bob Neuwirth with Eliza Carthy - Fishing Blues
David Thomas - He Got Better Things For You
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Harry Goes A Courtin' (The Mowo! Live Hootenanny Throw-Down)
Mocean - The House Carpenter
Robin Holcomb & Todd Rundgren - This Song Of Love
Don Byron, Percy Heath & Bill Frisell - Shine On Me
Nick Cave - James Alley Blues
David Johansen - Single Girl Married Girl
Petra Haden
Disc 3 - Live DVD
The Harry Smith Project Live featuring highlights from the concerts:
- The Butcher's Boy
Elvis Costello - Old Dog Blue
David Johansen - John the Revelator
Nick Cave - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Beck - One Hot Summer Night with Harry Smith
Ed Sanders - Sugar Baby
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lou Reed - Frankie
Beth Orton - Dry Bones
Rosewell Rudd with Sonic Youth - Old Joe's Place
The Folksmen - The House Carpenter
Robin Holcomb & Todd Rundgren - When the Great Ship Went Down
Gavin Friday with Maurice Seezer - Etude No. 10
Philip Glass - James Alley Blues
David Johansen - Oh Death Where is Thy Sting?
Eric Mingus with Gary Lucas - Single Girl Married Girl
Petra Haden - The Coo Coo Bird
Richard Thompson with Eliza Carthy - I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground
Bob Neuwirth with Eliza Carthy - Poor Boy Blues
Geoff Muldaur - This Song of Love
Don Byron, Percy Heath & Bill Frisell - Ommie Wise Part 1 & 2 (What Lexis Did Last...)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Elvis Costello - Prison Cell Blues
Steve Earle - Fishing Blues
David Thomas
Disc 4 - Documentary DVD
The brand-new documentary, The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith Anthology Of American Folk Music, will take you on an eclectic musical journey through "The Old, Weird America."
Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts celebrate the eccentric genius collector and his influential Anthology Of American Folk Music. Instrumental in helping inspire the urban folk revival of the 1960s, the Anthology's continuing impact on modern music is incalculable. This film is available nowhere else.
