Watch the Stars

by Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Fontana
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A magnificent collaboration between American expatriate vocalist Dorris Henderson and virtuoso British guitarist John Renbourn, 'Watch the Stars' is a cornerstone of acoustic folk-baroque. Renbourn's intricate, fingerpicked guitar patterns鈥攎elding blues, Elizabethan folk, and jazz鈥攑rovide a stunning backdrop for Henderson's rich, soulful vocal interpretations of traditional material. The record captures the elite upper tier of the British folk revival underground.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, folk, traditional, duet, acoustic, ballad

Tracklist

  1. When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hollerin'
  2. It's Been A Long Time
  3. 30 Days In Jail
  4. No More My Lord
  5. Watch The Stars
  6. There's Anger In This Land
  7. Mosaic Patterns
  8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
  9. For Lovin' Me
  10. Come Up Horsey
  11. God Bless The Child
  12. The Time Has Come
  13. Poems Of My Heart
  14. Eighteen Tedious Ways
  15. Magic String
  16. Lonely Mood
  17. Gonna Tell My Lord

Credits

  • Dorris Henderson - primary artist, vocals, autoharp
  • Danny Thompson - bass
  • John Renbourn - guitar
  • Timothy Walker - guitar

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