Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster

Joe Weed, Joe Weed and Friends | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: March 24, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Entertainment Software Inc.
• ASIN: B00005BHRX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,906 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh, Susanna

2. Glendy Burk

3. Old Black Joe

4. Farewell, My Lilly Dear

5. Camptown Races

6. Gentle Annie

7. Little Annie

8. Angelina Baker (vocal)

9. Angelina Baker (instrumental)

10. My Old Kentucky Home

11. Old Folks

12. Nelly Bly

13. Hard Times, Come Again No More

14. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

15. Nelly Was a Lady

16. Beautiful Dreamer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bluegrassy renditions of Foster's best, July 8, 2002

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Pedrovski "Dr. Gonzo" (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster (Audio CD)

Interesting and pleasant arrangements of Stephen Foster's most popular songs in a string band/bluegrass style.

A great lineup of talent including Tim O'Brien, Joe Craven, Laurie Lewis, and Tony Trischka, to name a few.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to discover or REdiscover Foster's music, December 26, 2002

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Brewgrass "brewgrass" (Martinez, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster (Audio CD)

I received this CD as a XMas gift, and I was already familiar with most of the songs. The performances and arrangements are terrific, and including both a vocal and an instrumental version of Angelina Baker was a great idea! The liner notes are wonderful, too!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Measure of a Songwriter..., March 6, 2003

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S. L. Winant "aceethno" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster (Audio CD)

...is how well his songs outlast their original era and context. That Stephen Foster was probably America's first important songwriter is inarguable. Yet it would be a mistake to _leave_ his songs there. This CD, to my mind, proves that his compositions have staying power. Bluegrass/folk treatments are a natural medium for Foster's songs, and the performances here are assured and approachable. Forget about "anachronism" as another reviewer put it. It would do Stephen Foster even more injustice to abandon his songs to the style of light opera or "parlor" music. They're better than that, and this disc proves it.