Niles,John Jacob Ballads CD

As featured in the recent Martin Scorcese documentary about Bob Dylan, NO WAY HOME, John Jacob Niles was a key progenitor of the 1950's resurgence of folk music in America. Historian, musicologist, performance artist - Niles was one of the first American folk artists to take traditional material and completely make it his own, years before Bob Dylan started channeling Woody Guthrie. THE BALLADS OF JOHN JACOB NILES is available for the first time on CD in this 2 disc collection.

1. Bowie, Bowerie 2. Brothers Revenge 3. Jimmy Randal 4. The Murdered Brother 5. Bonny Farday 6. Old Bangum 7. The Cherry Tree 8. Lady Margot and Love Henry 9. Who's Goin' to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? 10. Little Mattie Groves 11. Barb'ry Ellen 12. The Hangman 13. The Shepherd's Daughter and the King 14. Fair John and the Seven Foresters 15. The Fency King and the English King 16. The Death of Queen Jane 17. Mary Hamilton 18. The Lady and the Gypsy 19. The Dreary Dream 20. The Good Old Man 21. The Unwilling Bride 22. The Old Woman and the Devil 23. The Weep-Willow Tree 24. John of Hazel Green