Songs of Texas
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1009
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: United States, Texas, Houston (Tex.).
label: General
content: Folkways 5328

CDR copy--Sung by the Tex-i-an Boys. Production notes: Recorded at the University of Houston. FW-ASCH-7RR-1009, in a black tape box, is identical to the Smithsonian Folkways recording, "Songs of Texas - Sixteen popular folk songs of the Lone Star State, sung by the TEX-I-AN Boys" (FW05328), issued in 1961. The TEX-I-AN Boys are John A. Lomax, Jr., Pete Rose, Ed Badeaux, Jim McConnell, and Howard Porper, all of whom live in the vicinity of Houston, TX. They are basically Folk Revival singers in nonmusical professions, e.g., geologist, real estate developer, music teacher, etc. They accompany themselves on guitar, banjo, mandolin and autoharp.

Five men from the Houston area perform "Sixteen popular folk songs of the Lone Star State," most of which have become well-known throughout the country. The songs reflect some of the realities and history of Texan life: cowboys, farming, love, a powerful hurricane, the Alamo, the blues, and a country dance. One song with an interesting history (Billy Barlow) has been traced back to 14th Century England. The Tex-i-an Boys hope that you will find their songs "singable"; and they promise that when you can sing them with "proper reverence," you will be made "honorary Texans!" Extensive liner notes provide the background of each song, as well as the lyrics.
name: label: Artist
content: Tex-i-an Boys
label: Artist
content: Lomax, John Avery, 1907-1974
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Houston (Tex.)
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Cowboys -- Songs and music
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Guitar
creator: label: Artist
content: Tex-i-an Boys
label: Artist
content: Lomax, John Avery, 1907-1974
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / Commercial / Folkways Recordings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1009
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Chisholm trail --Long summer day --Cowboy's dream -- Streets of Laredo --T for Texas --The Tex-i-an Boys -- Remember the Alamo --Texas dance tunes --Ain't no more cane on the Brazos --Red River Valley --Austin blues -- Billy Barlow --Boll weevil song --Galveston flood (Wasn't that a mighty storm) --Leave old Texas.