Roger McGuinn - Treasures From The Folk Den '2001

Tracks list

       In late 1995, as part of his official website, Roger McGuinn launched a
feature called The Folk Den, in which each month he recorded a traditional folk
song in his home studio and posted the results on his web page along with brief
essays on the histories of the songs and how he came to learn them. McGuinn used
this ongoing experiment as the inspiration for his album, Treasures from the
Folk Den, which was recorded in a series of informal sessions (mostly in
people's homes, none in a traditional recording studio) using McGuinn's Apple G4
computer as a mobile recording setup. Unlike the online "Folk Den" recordings,
which feature McGuinn solo (occasionally overdubbing himself for accompaniment),
for these performances he enlisted a number of friends as accompanists and duet
partners, including Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Eliza Carthy,
and Tommy Makem. The results are a shade more polished than McGuinn's Folk Den
sessions (several of which have been released on disc by mp3.com) and McGuinn is
in fine voice, as are his guests (though neither McGuinn nor Odetta and Jean
Ritchie have quite enough grit to do justice to "John the Revelator"). Treasures
from the Folk Den, however, is flawed somewhat by the material; while nearly all
of these songs are foundation blocks of the folk repertoire, as a consequence
they've been recorded dozens of times by a number of major artists (including
several who appear on this disc), and while these recordings are strong, they
aren't that much different than the others that are already available. Treasures
from the Folk Den would make a good introduction for someone just dipping their
toes into the basic folk repertoire, and it's always a pleasure to hear these
artists in strong and committed form, but there isn't much here that longtime
folk enthusiasts haven't heard before; it's enjoyable, but hardly essential.

Tracklist:
1 01. Roger McGuinn - Wagoner's Lad (02:38)
1 02. Roger McGuinn - Dink's Song (04:17)
1 03. Roger McGuinn - Bonnie Ship The Diamond (02:16)
1 04. Roger McGuinn - Cane Blues (03:42)
1 05. Roger McGuinn - Reel (02:33)
1 06. Roger McGuinn - Fair Nottamun Town (03:34)
1 07. Roger McGuinn - John The Revelator (02:28)
1 08. Roger McGuinn - Alabama Bound (03:24)
1 09. Roger McGuinn - Finnegan's Wake (02:25)
1 10. Roger McGuinn - In The Evenin' (04:13)
1 11. Roger McGuinn - Willie Moore (03:30)
1 12. Roger McGuinn - The Brazos River (02:42)
1 13. Roger McGuinn - Sail Away Lady (03:01)
1 14. Roger McGuinn - John Riley (03:37)
1 15. Roger McGuinn - Trouble In Mind (02:42)
1 16. Roger McGuinn - Whiskey In The Jar (03:57)
1 17. Roger McGuinn - The Virgin Mary (01:59)
1 18. Roger McGuinn - Pete's Song (09:38) 

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