Black Cowboys
by Dom Flemons
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 2018
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:57
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Black Cowboys' recovers the music of the Black pioneers of the American West in performances on banjo, quills, bones and guitar. Issued in the African American Legacy Recordings series with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album.
Genres
Descriptors: traditional, folk, acoustic, storytelling, ballad
Tracklist
- Black Woman (1:40)
- Texas Easy Street (3:52)
- One Dollar Bill (3:42)
- Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad (2:38)
- Tyin' Knots in the Devil's Tail (2:49)
- Home on the Range (4:32)
- Ol' Proc (3:15)
- John Henry y los vaqueros (1:58)
- Po' Howard / Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In (5:13)
- Knox County Stomp (2:06)
- He's a Lone Ranger (3:41)
- Steel Pony Blues (4:34)
- Little Joe the Wrangler (3:40)
- Charmin' Betsy (3:57)
- Goodbye Old Paint (5:31)
- Lonesome Old River Blues (2:42)
- The March of Red River Valley (1:56)
- Old Chisholm Trail (2:01)
Credits
- William Matthews - cover
- Jimbo Mathus - mandolin, kazoo, guitar
- Dante Pope - backing vocals, bones, snare
- Brian Farrow - fiddle, backing vocals, bass
- Huddie Ledbetter - arranged by
- John And Alan Lomax - arranged by
- Visual Dialogue - art direction, design, layout
- Pete Reiniger - mixed by, recorded by
- Carla Borden - edited by
- Atesh Sonneborn - executive-producer
- Huib Schippers - executive-producer
- Charlie Pilzer - mastered by
- Mary Monseur - production manager
- Bronson Tew - recorded by
- Gail Gardner - written by
- Brewster Higley - written by
- Daniel Kelley - written by
- Wallace McRae - written by
- Jack Thorp - written by
- Charley Willis - written by
- Roy Acuff - written by