Columbia River Collection

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Columbia River Collection
Moe Asch
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Musical Express
6/10[2]

Columbia River Collection, originally released as the Columbia River Ballads, is a

Roll on Columbia", "Grand Coulee Dam", "Hard Travelin’," and "Pastures of Plenty."[3]

"I pulled my shoes on and walked out of every one of these Pacific Northwest Mountain towns drawing pictures in my mind and listening to poems and songs and words faster to come and dance in my ears than I could ever get them wrote down."[4]

Guthrie's introduction in the Columbia River Songbook

Production

Video: In 1941 Guthrie wrote songs for The Columbia, a documentary about the Columbia River released in 1949. Playing time 21:10.

In May 1941, after a brief stay in Los Angeles, Guthrie moved to Portland, Oregon, in the

Columbia River Songs
. The film Columbia was not completed until 1949.

Track listing

  1. "Oregon Trail"
  2. "
    Roll on Columbia
    "
  3. "New Found Land"
  4. "Talking Columbia"
  5. "Roll Columbia, Roll"
  6. "Columbia’s Waters"
  7. "Ramblin’ Blues"
  8. "It Takes a Married Man to Sing a Worried Song"
  9. "Hard Travelin’"
  10. "The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done"
  11. "Jackhammer Blues"
  12. "Song of the Coulee Dam"
  13. "Grand Coulee Dam"
  14. "Washington Talkin’ Blues"
  15. "Ramblin’ Round"
  16. "Pastures of Plenty"
  17. "End of My Line"

See also

Sources

Track Listing of the Album from Woodyguthrie.org Woody Guthrie.org Retrieved on April 24, 2008

References

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. New Musical Express
    . p. 34.
  3. ^ Biography Page 5[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Woody Guthrie Archive[permanent dead link] Woody Guthrie Biography 1941. Pacific Northwest Columbia River Songbook
  5. ISBN 9780393047592
    .
  6. ^ Klein, Woody Guthrie, pp. 195, 196, 202, 205, 212
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