| Various Artists / Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 |
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| Album: | Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Nov 2014 | |
| Label: | Tompkins Square | |||
| Album Review |
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| Eme O Reviewed 2014-11-08 | ||
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Bloody War, Songs 1924-1939 (Tompkins Square) Old Time Americana. You can hear the vinyl hiss. Collection of songs originating from the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, WWII. Tone ranges from sober to sardonic. Liner notes offer great detail. Play any. No FCCs. ~eme o. 1. Country Waltz. Willie Nelson feel. Vox/guitar 2. *Jaunty bit of gallows humor. Old-time radio feel. Fiddle, steel guitar, ukelele, vox. 3. Mournful, violin-accompanied, ends with “Taps.” Vox, piano, guitar. 4. *Pre-blues black folk tune, talk-singing. Vox, guitar. 5. Country song accented with yodeling and banjo. Vox, steel guitar. 6. Upbeat fiddle/banjo tune. A grooving tune for early line dancers. 7. Fast harmonica/guitar instrumental. 8. Country vox followed by Southern instrumental. Can see a straight line from this to some modern indie rock. Fiddle, banjo, guitar, vox. 9. *Mid-tempo song, downbeat topic, harmonized vox. Guitar, steel guitar. 10. *Fast fiddle, square-dancing rhythm. Vox, banjo, guitar. 11. Jaunty tune, harmonica accents, lyrics are the star. Vox, autoharp. 12. Mid-tempo song about a soldier’s homecoming. (Check song title for an idea of how that went.) Vox, fiddle, guitar. 13. Old-time, bluesy, comic folk song. Harmonied vox, steel guitar. 14. Fast tune about brothers meeting on the battlefield, one wearing gray, the other in blue. Vox, banjo, guitar. 15. *Blues duet, strong ender. If this were a busker’s tune, he would definitely get my dollar. Guitar, tambourine. | ||
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