Folkways: A Vision Shared

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Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 46:02

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Rock Island Line

ninomusic

Track 6 entitled "Two Timin' Woman" is actually Rock Island Line. Great compilation. Bob Dylan singing Guthrie is truly profound.

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Great tribute album

mommax2

Like all anthologies, there are some ups & downs & you may like some songs more or less than I did. That said, you can't do better than U2 singing Jesus Christ. What happened to Rock Island Line by Little Richard though? It's on my CD & should be on here to download, but isn't as of the date of this review.

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Goodnight Irene

rickstervc

Al the songs are good, but Brian Wilson's "Goodnight Irene is one of the best tracks I've ever heard. At least get that one.

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This is a solid collection of alternately exuberant and faithful covers of the songs of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. Great cuts are Little Richard’s fuel-injected “Rock Island Line,” and Springsteen’s “Vigilante Man.” Bob Dylan does “Pretty Boy Floyd.” – Richard Meyer