Talking Blues

Artista: Greenway, John

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 5232

Faixas: 1.1 Talking Guitar Blues
1.2 Original Talking Blues
1.3 Talking Butcher
1.4 New Talking Blues
1.5 Talking Dust Bowl
1.6 Dry Voters, Wet Drinkers
1.7 Talking Columbia Blues
1.8 Talking Miner (Talking Centralia)
1.9 Talking Union
1.10 Talking Sailor
1.11 Talking Social Worker
1.12 Talking Subway
1.13 Talking Inflation Blues
1.14 Old Man Atom
1.15 I Like Ike

Singer and folklorist John Greenway focuses on his specialty, labor and protest songs, in this 1958 album. In addition to the “original” talking blues tune by Chris Bouchillon, which appeared on a 1926 recording, Greenway performs a number of Woody Guthrie’s talking blues tunes (“Talking Dust Bowl,” “Talking Subway”) and the Almanac Singers’ “Talking Union.” with an introduction by John Greenway, liner notes by folklorist Kenneth Goldstein include lyrics, song descriptions, and illustrations and photographs that give further dimension to the songs.