Dom Flemons, vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, tambourine, drum, rhythm bones, stone mason jug, quills ; additional assisting musicians. Recorded Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles, California. Track 14 (Sam Bush) recorded Wheelhouse Studio, Leipers Fork, Tennessee. Original and traditional songs. Title from disc label. Booklet with program notes by Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard (47 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Songster revival (2:49). Dark beauty (3:22) -- If you truly love me (4:33) -- Traveling wildfire (6:09) -- It's cold inside (4:30) -- We are almost down to the shore (3:01) -- Nobody wrote it down (3:55) -- Saddle it around (3:40) -- Big money blues (2:26) -- Old desert road (3:33) -- Rabbit foot rag (2:42) -- Tough luck (2:11) -- Song to JCB (3:56) -- Guess I'm doing fine (feat. James Fearnley) (4:42) -- Songster revival (feat. James Fearnley) (2:49).
Summary:
Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.