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Houston (1918-1961) was a vital figure in the folk music movement of the 1940s and 1950s. These 29 songs (including two with Woody Guthrie) feature material Cisco learned while working and traveling across the country: cowboy songs, railroad songs, hobo songs, union songs, work songs, protest songs, children's songs, and love songs.
Gilbert Vandine " Cisco " Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter, [1] who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together. Houston was a regular recording artist for Moses Asch 's Folkways recording studio.
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Cisco Houston – The Folkways Years 1944-1961. Tracklist. Credits (8) Guy Logsdon. Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotated By] Visual Dialogue. Design [Cover] Ed O'Reilly. Liner Notes [Editorial Assistance] Joe Gastwirt. Mastered By. Jeff Place. Other [Archival Assistance] Anthony Seeger. Supervised By [Project] Show more credits... Versions. Filter by.
The Folkways Years 1944-1961. Cisco Houston. AllMusic Rating. User Rating (0) Your Rating. STREAM OR BUY: Release Date. 1994. Duration. 01:09:10. Genre. Folk. Styles. Traditional Folk. Recording Date. 1944 - 1961. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. Cisco Houston Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie (1963) AllMusic Review. User Reviews.
Cisco released scores of LPs on Folkways, and 29 cuts from those LPs are gathered on to a CD that covers 17 years of his recording career. We witness the maturation of Cisco, growing from tentative tenor to manly baritone, with performances that are assured and confident.
Cisco Houston • The Folkways Years 1944-1961. more images. The Folkways Years 1944-1961. 1994 - Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40059 CD (USA) Tracklist. I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie) Hard Traveling (Woody Guthrie) Rambling, Gambling Man (G. Houston) Hobo Bill (Waldo L. O'Neal) There's A Better World a-Comin' (Woody Guthrie) — w/ Woody Guthrie.
