900 Miles and other R.R. Songs

produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1953), 43 mins

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Field of Interest: World Music
Description: Railroaders and cowboys share a need for music to bolster their spirits during long days and to celebrate night’s freedom. Cisco Houston sings ballads from the range and from the lonesome track, where "the drivers are still rolling, and the gamblers and work gangs, boomers and bums, are highballing it out of nowhere, nine hundred miles from home."
CD combines original LP release along with FW02022 Cowboy Ballads.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 43 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Historical Song, American Folk
Label: Folkways Records
Producer: Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Release Date: 1953
Subject: World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá