My Old Man (album)
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My Old Man is a 2006 album compiled by Rosanna Goodman in tribute
to her father, folk
singer-songwriter
Steve Goodman
. The twelve tracks are all covers of songs originally written by Steve Goodman.
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to her father, folk
American folk music
American folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres, many of which are known as traditional music or roots music. Roots music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
. The twelve tracks are all covers of songs originally written by Steve Goodman.
Track listing
- Ana EggeAna EggeAna Egge is an American folk singer/songwriter. She sings, plays guitar, mandolin, bottleneck slide guitar and piano during her live performances. Egge released her 7th record, Bad Blood on August 23, 2011...
, "Old Fashioned" - Matt KeatingMatt Keating (musician)Matt Keating is a singer/songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His music has been described in terms of various genres, including Americana, power-pop, rock, and folk rock.-Biography:...
and Emily Spray, "Danger" - Crescent and Frost, "If She Were You"
- Chris Brown, "Yellow Coat"
- Luther Wright and the WrongsLuther Wright and the Wrongs-History:The band began as a side project for Wright when he was a member of Weeping Tile. When that band amicably parted ways following their 1998 recording This Great Black Night, the Wrongs became Wright's primary band. The band membership has shifted a number of times since its inception...
, "City of New OrleansCity of New Orleans (song)"City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman , describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife's family...
" - Chris Brown and Kate FennerKate FennerKate Fenner is a Canadian musician, currently based in New York City. She was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the Canadian alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, Fenner continued performing as a duo with her Bourbon bandmate...
, "The Ballad of Penny Evans" - Luther Wright and the Wrongs, "Jessie’s Jig"
- Anna Hovhannessian , "A Lover Is Forever"
- Rosanna Goodman, "My Old Man"
- Tony ScherrTony ScherrTony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Scherr was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He played with Woody Herman as a teenager, and moved to New York City in the late-1980s, where he became a prolific session musician, working...
, "Just Lucky I Guess" - Kate Fenner, "I Just Keep Falling In Love"
- Teddy Kumpel, "Watching Joey Glow"
External links
- Press Release (pdf)