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97th Regimental String Band : Vol V "raise A Ruckus" Vol V
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An actual string band of the civil war era singing a wide variety of traditional American songs in authentic, "living history" style.
Genre: Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date: 2007
Vol V "raise A Ruckus" Vol V Record Label: Smoothbore
  • Buy CD - $15.00
Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Lubly Fan 2:20 Album Only
Ring Da Banjo 2:51 Album Only
Old Folks at Home 3:07 Album Only
Camptown Races 2:11 Album Only
Hard Times Come Again No More 4:01 Album Only
If You've Only Had a Mustache 2:20 Album Only
Blue-Tail Fly 3:18 Album Only
Oh, Suzanna 2:30 Album Only
Old Dog Tray 3:33 Album Only
Beautiful Dreamer 3:48 Album Only
The Glendy Burk 3:01 Album Only
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night 5:43 Album Only
Raise a Ruckus 3:23 Album Only
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Album Notes

A nation weary of war turned to the new, uniquely American form of entertainment, the minstrel show, to find escape. Crude jokes, slapstick, comic plays would evolve Into and eventually be replaced by Vaudeville. From the first performance to the last obscure minstrel, music was the glue that held everything together. Stephen Collins Foster was one of the premiere songwriters of the Civil War era as demonstrated by ten of the songs in this recording. His tunes were given the ultimate honor of being parodied time and again.

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REVIEWS

Superb!
author: Michael Thomas
I found this and the other two cds I bought of this group to be excellent. Very good vocals and instrumentation.
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