Songs of the Civil War

Songs of the Civil War

Compilation album by Various artists
Released	August 13, 1991
Genre	Traditional
Length	1:09:53
Label	Columbia

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]

Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album, released in 1991 by Columbia, that presents an assortment of contemporary performers recording period pieces and traditional songs that date back to the American Civil War.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Ashokan Farewell"	Jay Ungar and Molly Mason	4:11
2.	"No More Auction Block For Me"	Sweet Honey in the Rock	5:30
3.	"Lincoln and Liberty"	Ronnie Gilbert	2:12
4.	"Dixie's Land"	United States Military Academy Band^[4]	1:17
5.	"The Southern Soldier Boy"	Kathy Mattea	2:36
6.	"Aura Lee"	John Hartford	1:28
7.	"Rebel Soldier"	Waylon Jennings	3:30
8.	"Follow the Drinking Gourd"	Richie Havens	3:25
9.	"Battle Hymn of the Republic"	Judy Collins	2:17
10.	"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"	United States Military Academy Band^[4]^[5]	2:13
11.	"Was My Brother in the Battle?"	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	3:43
12.	"The Yellow Rose of Texas"	Hoyt Axton	2:15
13.	"Run, Mourner, Run"	Sweet Honey in the Rock	2:44
14.	"Give Us a Flag"	Richie Havens	2:39
15.	"The Secesh (Shiloh)"	John Hartford	2:55
16.	"Somebody's Darling"	Kathy Mattea	4:12
17.	"An Old Unreconstructed"	Waylon Jennings	1:52
18.	"Vacant Chair"	Kathy Matea	4:12
19.	"Better Times Are Coming"	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	1:46
20.	"Lorena"	John Hartford	4:44
21.	"Marching Through Georgia" (originally by Henry Clay Work, 1865))	Jay Ungar and Molly Mason	3:01
22.	"Hard Times Come Again No More" (originally by Stephen Foster, 1854))	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	2:27
23.	"Oh I'm a Good Old Rebel"	Hoyt Axton	1:54
24.	"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"	Ronnie Gilbert	1:51
25.	"Taps"	Staff Sgt. Steve Luck^[4]	0:59

Personnel

Chris Anderson – engineer
Hoyt Axton – vocals, performer
Margaret Bailey – vocals
Dale Ballinger – vocals
Kris Ballinger – vocals
Russ Barenberg – guitar, mandolin
Ysaye Barnwell – vocals, shekere
Jerry Bridges – piano
Jim Brown – producer
Ken Burns – producer
Jesse Carr – vocals
Nitanju Bolade Casel – vocals, shekere
The Cluster Pluckers – vocals
Judy Collins – vocals, performer
William R. Cooley – guitar (acoustic)
Don DeVito – producer
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Frank Dubuy – conductor, musical consultant
Craig Duncan and the Smoky Mountain Band – dulcimer (hammer)
Stuart Duncan – mandolin
Mark Ferguson – engineer
Fiddle Fever – performer
Ronnie Gilbert – vocals, performer
Matt Glaser – fiddle, violin
Yasmeen Graham – tambourine, vocals
Jeff Hale – drums
Evelyn Harris – vocals
Jamie Hartford – mandolin
John Hartford – banjo, violin, arranger, vocals, performer, musical consultant
Richie Havens – guitar, vocals, performer
Mark Howard – guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky – bass
SFC Dave Hydock – engineer

Waylon Jennings – guitar, arranger, vocals, performer
Pat Jerina – design
Aisha Kahlil – vocals, shekere
Dane Lanken – vocals
Arthur Levy – liner notes
Nicky Lindeman – art direction
Larry Loewinger – engineer
Staff Sgt. Steve Luck – trumpet
Molly Mason – bass, piano, vocals, performer, musical consultant
Kathy Mattea – guitar, vocals, performer
Anna McGarrigle – piano, accordion, vocals
Kate McGarrigle – guitar (electric), vocals
Libby McLaren – piano
Peter Miller – liner notes
John Mock – guitar, whistle (instrument)
Sgt. Paul Murtha – arranger
Bernice Johnson Reagon – arranger, vocals, shekere, musical consultant
Johnny Rosen – engineer, mixing
Carol Ross – post production
Lisa Silver – vocals
Alan Silverman – engineer, mixing
Evan Stover – fiddle, vocals
Sweet Honey in the Rock – performer
Jay Ungar – banjo, fiddle, vocals, performer, musical consultant
The United States Military Academy Band – performer
Martha Wainwright – vocals
Rufus Wainwright – vocals, performer
Barry Walsh – guitar
Curtis Young – vocals
Joel Zifkin – violin
Mike Zook – engineer, mxing

References

↑ [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r23756
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ "Songs of the Civil War". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
1 2 3 Next CD recording is The United States Military Academy Band, West Point, New York (CD album)
↑ When Johnny Comes Marching Home U.S.M.A. Band under the direction of LTC Frank G. Dubuy, from Songs of the Civil War PBS special, YouTube

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