Albums & Lyrics
America
Folk Songs - West - Ballads
Jack Elliott & Derroll Adams
Released on LP in 1971, Joker SM 3024 (I)
Previously released as Riding In Folkland
Cover by Currier and Ives (*) more details at the bottom of the page
Currier and Ives – “The Rocky Mountains/Emigrants Crossing the Plains” – 1866. Lithograph. Museum of the City of New York
| Play Track | 1. | "Wreck On The Highway" |
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| Play Track | 2. | "Portland Town" |
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| Play Track | 3. | "Danville Girl" | view lyrics» |
| Play Track | 4. | "The Tramp On The Street" | view lyrics» |
| Play Track | 5. | "Worried Man Blues" | view lyrics» |
| 6. | "San Francisco Bay Blues" | ||
| Play Track | 7. | "900 Miles" | view lyrics» |
| 8. | "Hard Traveling" | ||
| Play Track | 9. | "More Pretty Girls Than One" | view lyrics» |
| 10. | "Freight Train" | ||
| Play Track | 11. | "Talking Blues" | view lyrics» |
| Play Track | 12. | "I'm Sad And I'm Lonely" | view lyrics» |
| Play Track | 13. | "Roll On Buddy" | view lyrics» |
| Play Track | 14. | "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms" | view lyrics» |
(*) Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824–1895). Based in New York City from 1834–1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people. More details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currier_and_Ives
