John Lomax III - American Folk Songs (2025) [Hi-Res]

American Folk Songs is the debut album by John Lomax III, carrying forward his family’s 148-year legacy of preserving American folk music. The album features a collection of songs collected, recorded, or popularized by the Lomax family, including his grandfather John Avery Lomax, uncle Alan Lomax, aunt Bess Lomax Hawes, and father John A. Lomax Jr. It includes both solo performances by Lomax III and tracks with musical accompaniment, featuring Shawn Camp’s fiddle, Richard Bennett’s acoustic guitar, and Vince Farsetta’s mandolin. Key songs like “Home on the Range,” “Sloop John B,” and “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” are performed with an emphasis on authenticity, evoking nostalgia and capturing the spirit of American culture through the lives of cowboys, workers, and rural communities.

Tracklist:
1-1 John Lomax III - I Was Born 10,000 Years Ago [3:03]
1-2 John Lomax III - John Lomax III Introduces the Album [1:02]
1-3 John Lomax III - Git Along Little Dogies [2:59]
1-4 John Lomax III - The Cowboy's Dream [3:32]
1-5 John Lomax III - The Streets of Laredo (Aka The Dying Cowboy) [3:16]
1-6 John Lomax III - Tee Roo [3:25]
1-7 John Lomax III - They Came but Did Not See [2:07]
1-8 John Lomax III - Cotton Fields (Pick A Bale of Cotton) [2:21]
1-9 John Lomax III - Ain't No More Cane on 'Dis Brazos [3:16]
1-10 John Lomax III - Sloop John B [3:22]
1-11 John Lomax III - M.T.A. [3:08]
1-12 John Lomax III - Remember the Alamo [2:49]
1-13 John Lomax III - Home On The Range [2:07]
1-14 John Lomax III - The Buffalo Skinners [3:48]
1-15 John Lomax III - The Doo Doo Blues [2:18]
1-16 John Lomax III - Froggie Went A Courtin' [4:33]
1-17 John Lomax III - Long John [3:01]
1-18 John Lomax III - The Rattlesnake Song [2:09]
1-19 John Lomax III - Goodbye To A River [3:03]
1-20 John Lomax III - Midnight Special [3:26]
1-21 John Lomax III - The Frozen Logger [3:51]
1-22 John Lomax III - Goodnight Irene [3:03]
1-23 John Lomax III - The Rock Island Line [1:57]
1-24 John Lomax III - The Ballad Of Aimee McPherson [2:52]
1-25 John Lomax III - Sweet Betsy From Pike [5:17]
1-26 John Lomax III - The Virgin Sturgeon [2:08]
1-27 John Lomax III - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream [1:57]