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Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster, Various Artists List Price: $17.98 Our Price: $14.98
Audio CD - 24 August, 2004
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CD Tracks:
Beautiful Dreamer-Raul Malo
Slumber My Darling-Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor featuring Alison Krauss
Don't Bet Money on the Shanghai-BR5-49
Nelly Was A Lady-Alvin Youngblood Hart
No One To Love-Judith Edelman
Camptown Races-The Duhks
My Old Kentucky Home-John Prine
Autumn Waltz-Henry Kaiser
In The Eye Abides The Heart-Beth Nielsen Chapman
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)-David Ball
Oh! Susanna-Michelle Shocked & Pete Anderson
Willie We Have Missed You-Grey DeLisle
Hard Times Come Again No More-Mavis Staples
Gentle Annie-Ollabelle
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair-Roger McGuinn
Ah, May The Red Rose Live Always!-Suzy Bogguss
Holiday Scottisch-Will Barrow
Comrades Fill No Glass For Me-Ron Sexsmith
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| Audio CD Description Stephen Collins Foster is sometimes called America's first great songwriter, but you could make the case that he was also the country's first real pop star. Writing songs such as "Camptown Races" and "Oh! Susanna," Foster, a college dropout, was self-destructive, couldn't keep a marriage together, and ended tragically. Living on the Bowery, he gashed his throat in a fatal fall in 1864 at age 37, dying with only 38 cents in his pocket. The idea of a Foster tribute record may seem staid and archaic, particularly as his lesser known tunes are parlor and stylized minstrel songs. But minstrelsy was a lot like rock & roll, and the Pittsburgh native left behind an impressive body of work that draws upon the diverse branches of music brought to America by settlers and slaves from Europe and Africa. |
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I Dream Of Jeannie Movie I didn't buy the CD, but I listened to bits of it online. It's pretty good, though it would be better without the country twang. I am trying to find a movie on the life of Stephen Foster entitled "I Dream of Jeannie (with the light brown hair)". Does anybody know where I can find it?
A juggernaut of universal themes, plus Americana, in 62 minutes This is the starting point you've been looking for. In order to gain a glimpse into the heart of your own society and culture, in order to begin to understand how we got where we are musically and even sociopolitically, give this CD a fair shot. If you can get past the first impression, this CD will rock your world and send you on a beeline for more knowledge about the life and work of Stephen Foster. In the process, you'll automatically learn more about 19th-century America and you'll appreciate anew why everyone secretly agreed in 1991 when the Violent Femmes sang, "We like all kinds of music; I like American music best."
A truly great compilation This is only one of the finest pieces of music to be produced in this country for quite some time.
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