Down on the Farm

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All Music Guide - Richard S. Ginell
Ever hear a square-dance caller doing his thing with a symphony orchestra? You will here, along with a bewildering variety of what is euphemistically called American folk music, gussied up for Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. Folk music there is -- however lushly orchestrated -- but there is also mid-20th century country music, bluegrass, fiddle tunes, Stephen Foster, and what passes for true modern folk music, a medley of tunes from television's golden age of rural programming. Sometimes it gets awfully corny -- the low point being a children's chorus doing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" at great, intolerable length with a full menagerie of sound effects if you can ...
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All Music Guide - Richard S. Ginell
Ever hear a square-dance caller doing his thing with a symphony orchestra? You will here, along with a bewildering variety of what is euphemistically called American folk music, gussied up for Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. Folk music there is -- however lushly orchestrated -- but there is also mid-20th century country music, bluegrass, fiddle tunes, Stephen Foster, and what passes for true modern folk music, a medley of tunes from television's golden age of rural programming. Sometimes it gets awfully corny -- the low point being a children's chorus doing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" at great, intolerable length with a full menagerie of sound effects if you can sit through that, give yourself a hand. Sometimes the excess weight that some of these songs have to bear is just too much, even within the context of classical "pops." But there is compensation from the guest stars. Tom Wopat offers a gritty variation of John Denver's original vocal in "Thank God I'm a Country Boy." Country fiddler/guitarist/singer Roy Clark goes into overdrive with his band in a medley of fiddle tunes; his electric guitar solos are decidedly uptown and jazzy in tone and he slips gracefully and authentically into the role of the lonely, aging boulevardier in his hit of 22 years before, "Yesterday When I Was Young." Overall, though, this is one of the least-convincing attempts by Kunzel/the Cincinnati Pops to prove that a "pops" concert can embrace absolutely everything.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/15/1991
  • Label: Telarc
  • UPC: 089408026324
  • Catalog Number: 80263
  • Sales rank: 250,499

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Sunrise on the Farm - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (0:34)
  2. 2 Turkey in the Straw - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (3:30)
  3. 3 Thank God I'm a Country Boy - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (3:08)
  4. 4 Fiddle Medley - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:59)
  5. 5 Square Dance Hootenanny - Jerry Helt (3:42)
  6. 6 Yesterday, When I Was Young - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (3:13)
  7. 7 Shenandoah (The Wide Missouri) - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:52)
  8. 8 TV Down on the Farm - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (10:02)
  9. 9 Dueling Banjos (2:09)
  10. 10 Chicken Reel - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:47)
  11. 11 Old MacDonald Had a Farm - School for Creative & Performing Arts Children's C (5:05)
  12. 12 Oh, Susannah - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (3:00)
  13. 13 Old Dan Tucker - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (3:53)
  14. 14 Hey, Good Lookin' - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:36)
  15. 15 American Folk Sing Along [On Top of Old Smokey/Oh, My Darlin' Clementin - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (9:29)
  16. 16 Westbound and Down - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:54)
  17. 17 Take Me Home, Country Roads - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (2:41)
  18. 18 My Old Kentucky Home - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (5:05)
  19. 19 Rocky Top - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (4:22)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Erich Kunzel Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Primary Artist, Track Performer
Roy Clark Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Bobby Charles Piano
Tom Wopat Vocals, Track Performer
Rodney Lay Bass Guitar, Leader
Tim Berens Guitar
Paul Patterson Banjo, Track Performer
Peter "Madcat" Ruth Harmonica
Vernon Sandusky Guitar
James Henley Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Rhythm Guitar
Shelby Eicher Fiddle
Jimmy Henley Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin
Timothy Breithaupt Background Vocals
Jerry Helt Track Performer
Phillip Ruder Fiddle
Bobby Toots Human Whistle, Whistle (Instrument)
Charles Davis Steel Guitar
Wayne Massengale Fiddle
Technical Credits
Taj Mahal Composer
Stephen Foster Composer
John Denver Composer
Bob Dylan Composer
Richard Hayman Arranger
Charles Aznavour Composer
Carmen Dragon Arranger
Lorie Line Composer
Deborah Berry-Centers Director
Michael Bishop Sound Effects
Chris Brubeck Arranger
Bill Danoff Composer
Kenneth Hamann Engineer
Eric Knight Arranger
Elaine Martone Producer
Tom Montgomery Director
Taffy Nivert Composer
Paul Patterson Arranger
Jack Renner Engineer
Robert Woods Producer
Anilda Carrasquillo Cover Design
Crafton Beck Arranger
Mark McGurty Arranger
Bruce Healey Arranger
Robert Derwae Liner Notes
Ray Kirschensteiner Art Direction
Jerry Helt Contributor, Square Dance Caller
Aleta Jenks Illustrations
Herbert Kretzmer Composer
John Windt Engineer
School for Creative & Performing Arts Children's Chorus Contributor
Traditional Composer
Unknown Composer
Arthur Smith Composer
John Martin Sommers Composer
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