Some American Folk Songs Like They Used To Explained

Some American Folk Songs Like They Used To
Type:	studio album
Artist:	"Spider" John Koerner, Willie and the Bumblebees
Cover:	Some American Folk Songs John Koerner.jpg
Released:	October 1974
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Sweetjane
Prev Title:	Music is Just a Bunch of Notes
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Been
Next Year:	1986

Some American Folk Songs Like They Used To is an album by folk artist "Spider" John Koerner, released in 1974. The album is out of print.

Guests on the album include fellow Koerner, Ray & Glover members Dave "Snaker" Ray and Tony "Little Sun" Glover.

Reception

Music writer David Dicaire, in his book The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970, wrote that the album "announced a shift to more traditional folk songs rather than the blues-drenched material of prior releases and what fans had come to expect from him. It ignited his career at a time when folk was in serious decline."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Farmer's Curst Wife"
2. "The Dodger"
3. "Hallelujah! I'm a Bum"
4. "Stewball"
5. "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"
6. "Days of '49"
7. "10,000 Years Ago"
8. "Grunt 'n Groan and the New Cave"

Side two

1. "Jack of Diamonds"
2. "Abduloah Bulbul Amir"
3. "Go Down Moses"
4. "Casey Jones"
5. "Danville Girl"
6. "Careless Love"
7. "When First unto This Country"
8. "Grunt n' Groan and the New Wheel"

Personnel

• "Spider" John Koerner – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Tony Glover – harmonica on "Stewball", "Jack of Diamonds", "Danville Girl" and "When First unto This Country"
• Dave Ray – slide guitar, background vocals on "Stewball", "Jack of Diamonds" and "Danville Girl"

External links

• John Koerner discography

Notes and References

1. Book: Dicaire, David . The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970: Biographies Of Fifty Performers And Other Infuential People . McFarland . Jefferson, N.C. . 2011-09-09 . 978-0-7864-6352-7 . 747713048 . John “Spider” Koerner (1938-): Spider Web. 78-83.