Happy birthday America. It's been a long strange trip. You've had your highs and lows, triumphs and failures, moments of pride and shame, but you made it. You're old and I live inside of you. Congrats to both of us.
To celebrate this explosive occasion, traditionally marked by excessive drinking and fire in the sky, I present you with a playlist of classic folk and blues. It's one part old school hobo-folk, one part rural/delta blues, and one part 60's/70's folk revival. It is by no means glorious, glamorous, or amorous. It is a representation of what I consider the most beautiful part of America: the haunting lonesome underbelly filled with wanderlust and ever-enduring faith. So, there that is. Obviously not for everybody, but this is a special thing between me and my country. Enjoy! Now go get drunk and fight a foreigner.
1. Rambling Road - Woody Guthrie
2. Hobo's Lullaby - Cisco Houston
3. Blue Ridge Mountain Skyline - Sammy Walker
4. Trouble In Mind - Roscoe Holcomb
5. President Kennedy - Son House
6. Fare Thee Well - Joan Baez
7. Katie Cruel - Karen Dalton
8. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan
9. Let Your Light Shine On Me - Blind Willie Johnson
10. Gallows Tree - Odetta
11. Old Virginny - Jean Ritchie
12. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone - Sammy Walker
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