Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording

Author:

Flemons, Dom, 1982- performer, composer, arranger of music.

Title:

Black cowboys.

Publisher, Date:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2018]

℗2018

Description:

1 audio disc (60 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.

plastic metal 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

audio file

CD audio

Summary:

Dom Flemons pays tribute to the music, culture, and complex history of the golden era of the Wild West. In this single volume of music, the first of its kind, Flemons explores and re-analyzes this important part of the American identity. The songs and poems featured on the album take the listener on an illuminating journey from the trails to the rails of the Old West.

Series:

African American legacy recordings

African American legacy recordings series.

Subjects:

African American cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Music.

Country music -- 2011-2020.

Blues (Music) -- 2011-2020.

String band music.

Folk songs, English -- West (U.S.)

Folk music -- West (U.S.)

Genre:

Country music.

Blues (Music)

Folk songs.

Folk music.

Songs.

Sound recordings.

Other Title:

At head of title: Dom Flemons presents black cowboys

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Songs primarily arranged by Don Flemons.

Program notes by Dom Flemons, Jim Griffith, and Vania Kinard, biographical notes on the performers, bibliography, videography, and discography (39 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.

Compact disc.

Dom Flemons, vocals, recitation (track 7), guitars, and other instruments; with assisting musicians.

Contents:

Black woman Texas easy street One dollar bill Going down the road feelin' bad Tyin' knots in the devil's tail Home on the range Ol' Proc John Henry y los vaqueros Po' Howard / Gwine dig a hole to put the devil in Knox County stomp He's a lone ranger Steel pony blues Little Joe the wrangler Charmin' Betsy Goodbye Old Paint Lonesome old river blues March of Red River Valley Old Chisholm trail

ISBN:

9786317236547 : CD

6317236542 : CD

Publisher Number:

SFW CD 40224

Other Number:

1028091888

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

768725

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

CD P FLEM-D BC F24