Music for television program (work): American epic (Television program)
Notes:
Soundtrack of an episode of the television documentary American epic. Various performers ; with supporting musicians. Recorded live on a reassembled electrical sound recording system from the 1920s. Liner notes and credits on container insert.
Contents:
(2:42). Fourteen rivers, fourteen floods / written by Beck Hansen (Beck, vocals and guitar) (2:12) -- On the road again / written by J.B. Jones and Will Shade (Nas, vocals) (2:00) -- Candy man / written by Rev. Gary Davis (Blind Boy Paxton, vocals and guitar) (2:53) -- 2 fingers of whiskey / written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Elton John, vocals and piano ; Jack White, vocals and guitar) (2:52) -- The coo coo bird / traditional (Steve Martin, banjo ; Edie Brickell, vocals) (3:19) -- Like a rose / written and arranged by Ashley Monroe, Guy Clark, and Jon Randall (Ashley Monroe, vocals and guitar) (3:07) -- The only man wilder then me / written by Merle Haggard (Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, vocals and guitar) (2:03) -- Matrimonial intentions / traditional ; arranged by Jack White (Jack White, vocals and guitar) (3:09) -- One hour Mama / written by Porter Grainger (Rhiannon Giddens, vocals) (3:07) -- Mal hombre / written by Lydia Mendoza (Anna Gabriel, vocals) (3:35) -- El cascabel / composed by Lorenzo Barcelata (Los Lobos) (2:25) -- Closer walk with thee / traditional (the Avett Brothers) (3:28) -- Fourteen rivers, fourteen floods / written by Beck Hansen (Beck, vocals and guitar) (2:42). (2:42). Old fashioned love / written by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack (Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, vocals and guitar) (2:15) -- St. Louis blues / written by W.C. Handy (Pokey LaFarge, vocals and guitar) (3:31) -- High water everywhere, part 2 / written by Charley Patton (Taj Mahal, vocals) (3:12) -- One mic / written by Nasir Jones and Chucky Thompson (Nas) (3:19) -- Pretty Saro / traditional (Rhiannon Giddens, vocals) (2:42) -- Jubilee / written by Jean Ritchie (Ashley Monroe, vocals ; the Americans) (2:43) -- Tous les matins / written by Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers) (2:46) -- When I woke up this morning / written by Jim Jackson (Bettye Lavette) (2:30) -- If the river was whiskey / written by Charlie Poole and Norman Woodlieff (Frank Fairfield, vocals and slide guitar) (2:06) -- Stealin' stealin' / written by Charles J. Roberts and Will Shade (Raphael Saadiq, vocals) (2:41) -- Jordan am a hard road to travel / written by Daniel Emmett ; arranged by Robert Crawford, Scott Avett, and Seth Avett (the Avett Brothers) (2:48) -- Sail away ladies / traditional (the Americans) (2:05) -- Tomi tomi / traditional (the Hawaiians) (2:29) -- Last kind words / written by Geeshie Whiley (Christine Pizzuti, vocals and guitar) (2:50) -- Come on in my kitchen / written by Robert Johnson (Stephen Stills, vocals and guitar) (2:22) -- Mama's angel child / written by Sweet Papa Stovepipe (Jack White, vocals and guitar) (3:02) -- Josephine / written by Pokey LaFarge (Pokey LaFarge, vocals and guitar) (3:13) -- Hilo hanakahi / written by Keola Nalium (the Hawaiians) (3:44) -- Old fashioned love / written by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack (Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, vocals and guitar) (2:42).
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