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Down from the mountain [sound recording] : live concert performances by the artists & musicians of O brother, where art thou?

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 088 170 221-2 | Lost HighwayPublication details: Universal City, CA : Lost Highway : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, p2001.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Down from the mountain (Motion picture)
  • O brother, where art thou? (Motion picture)
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Contents:
Introduction (Holly Hunter) -- Po' Lazarus (Fairfield Four) -- Big Rock Candy Mountain (John Hartford) -- Wild Bill Jones (Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Dan Tyminski) -- Blue and lonesome (Alison Krauss & Union Station) -- I am weary (Let me rest) ; Will there be any stars in my crown (Cox Family) -- Dear someone ; I want to sing that rock and roll (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings) -- Sandy Land (the Whites) -- John Law burned down the liquor sto' (Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden) -- Green pastures (Emmylou Harris) -- I'll fly away (Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss).
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Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD COUNTRY Down from the mountain Available 33111003621733
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Recorded at Nashville's historic Ryman Theater as a sort of a musical wrap party for the Coen Brothers' 2000 film O Brother Where Art Thou, this album offers live versions of several of the traditional American folk songs featured in the film, with a few additions along the same vein. Sounding almost like an all-traditional country episode of "A Prairie Home Companion," the guests (including Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, the Whites, the Fairfield Four, and the Cox Family, among others) amiably exchange songs on-stage, reveling in the atmosphere of warm country, bluegrass, and blues music. Highlights include two non-traditional tracks from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, whose earthy compositions fit in seamlessly with the time-honored traditional songs, and Emmylou Harris' contribution "Green Pastures" (which originally appeared on Roses in the Snow, her own Americana revival album from some 20 years earlier). Some of the songs don't fare as well, unfortunately, with musician/actor Chris Thomas King's "John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' " sounding a bit too faux-traditional, but hometown favorites the Fairfield Four more than make up for it with their hair-raising rendition of the work song/spiritual "Po' Lazarus." Of particular note is fiddler and folklorist John Hartford's cheery rendition of the hobo fantasy "Big Rock Candy Mountain," which proved to be his last recorded performance before his death nearly a year later. The concert is recorded so well that it is occasionally surprising to hear applause at the end of the songs; the performances are so nearly flawless it is easy to forget that this was a live recording. Fans of traditional American folk music and those who have enjoyed the O Brother soundtrack will not be disappointed. ~ Zac Johnson

Compact disc.

Country and gospel music.

Notes by Joel and Ethan Coen and Jay Orr on insert.

Introduction (Holly Hunter) -- Po' Lazarus (Fairfield Four) -- Big Rock Candy Mountain (John Hartford) -- Wild Bill Jones (Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Dan Tyminski) -- Blue and lonesome (Alison Krauss & Union Station) -- I am weary (Let me rest) ; Will there be any stars in my crown (Cox Family) -- Dear someone ; I want to sing that rock and roll (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings) -- Sandy Land (the Whites) -- John Law burned down the liquor sto' (Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden) -- Green pastures (Emmylou Harris) -- I'll fly away (Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss).

Recorded at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn., May 24, 2000.

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