Big Iron World
Encyclopedia
Big Iron World is an album by folk
/country
/old timey band Old Crow Medicine Show
, released on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by David Rawlings
who is most famously known for being Gillian Welch
's musical partner. Welch herself plays drums on the album.
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
/country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
/old timey band Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time string band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their music has been called bluegrass, Americana, and alt-country, in addition to old-time. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs...
, released on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by David Rawlings
David Rawlings
David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch.David attended the Berklee College of Music and studied with guitar professor Lauren Passarelli....
who is most famously known for being Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely...
's musical partner. Welch herself plays drums on the album.
Track listing
- Down Home Girl (Leiber/Butler)
- Cocaine Habit (Traditional)
- Minglewood Blues (Noah Lewis)
- My Good Gal (Secor)
- James River Blues (Fuqua/Secor/Watson/Rawlings)
- New Virginia Creeper (Fuqua/Secor)
- Union Maid (Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
and Millard LampellMillard LampellMillard Lampell was an American movie and television screenwriter who first became publicly known as a member of the Almanac Singers in the 1940s....
) - Let It Alone (Traditional)
- God's Got It (Secor/Watson/Rawlings)
- I Hear Them All (Secor/Rawlings)
- Don't Ride That Horse (Secor/Rawlings)
- Bobcat Tracks (Fuqua/Secor/Rawlings)
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 125 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 2 |
External links
- Old Crow Medicine Show (official site)