Country Shindig
Encyclopedia
Country Shindig is a record album containing instrumental songs only, the majority of which were taken from The Swinging 12 String originally released by The In Group featuring Glen Campbell
on twelve string guitar
and Leon Russell
on harpsichord
.
Side 2:
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
on twelve string guitar
Twelve string guitar
The twelve-string guitar is an acoustic or electric guitar with 12 strings in 6 courses, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar...
and Leon Russell
Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
on harpsichord
Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
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Track listing
Side 1:- "Greenback Dollar" (Axton, Ramsey) - 2:00
- "If I Had a HammerIf I Had a Hammer"If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
" (Lee Hays, Pete SeegerPete SeegerPeter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
) - 2:50 - "Cherry Beat" (Bond) - 2:35
- "Greenfields" (Gilkyson, Dehr, Miller) - 2:20
- "Shindig Hoot" (Public Domain) - 2:17
Side 2:
- "Cottonfields" (Folkways BMI) - 2:30
- "The Man With The Golden Gun" (Bond) - 2:25
- "Walk Right In" (Cannon, Woods) - 2:17
- "Gospel Harp" (Bond) - 2:07
- "Country Shindig" (Public Domain) - 2:30