Hard Times in the Promised Land [Single]

Off to California | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Fiddle and Banjo Records
• ASIN: B000MU24Z2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,775 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1 Sweet Betsy in the Parlor 2 Promised Land 3 The Arrival 4 Miss Ella 5 Tater Patch/Kitchen Girl 6 Sweet Betsy from Pike 7 Trudging Up the South Fork 8 Wayfaring Stranger 9 Few Days 10 Alone and Lonely (Im Aonar Seal) 11 Hard Times 12 Ingrian Polka/Kuppari Eeva 13 O Death 14 Pennknivsmördaren 15 La Llorona (The Wailing Woman)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended - Extraordinary Gold Rush period music, January 30, 2009

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Gary Noy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Times in the Promised Land (Audio CD)

I highly recommend the CD - "Hard Times in the Promised Land" by Off to California. The period California Gold Rush era music in the CD is performed with skill and sensitivity. Speaking as an historian of the 19th Century American West, I can also state that it is accurate and movingly reflects the passion of its time. It was our great honor and distinct pleasure to utilize some of this remarkable music in the soundtrack of a film entitled "Tales of the Sierra Nevada" which aired on our local PBS station. It was a highlight of the production.

Gary Noy
Director, Center for Sierra Nevada Studies
Sierra College
Rocklin, California

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Period music at its finest!, May 13, 2007

By 

Sparky Anderson (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Times in the Promised Land (Audio CD)

If you like music with 19th century flavor, get this CD! I enjoyed every cut and I can't say that about very many CDs of period music. Speaking as a guitar player, the slide work on "Trudging up the South Fork" was superb! As manager of the gift store at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park in Sacramento I immediately made this CD a part of my inventory. Give it a listen. You'll be glad you did.