Folkways: A Vision Shared

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Commercially Released: August 23, 1988
Label: CBS / CMV
Produced by Don DeVito and Joe McEwen, Video by DeAngela Napier and Jerry Rappaport, 
 Springsteen Tracks by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau and Chuck Plotkin
Recorded by Toby Scott at Belmont Mall Studio, Bias Recording, The Hit Factory,
 Long View Farm Recording, Oasis Studio and Platinum Island Recording Studio
Mixed by Toby Scott, Video by Peter Waggoner at Sound One
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk
Design by Rico Lins
Photography by Hans Neleman

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Overview

Folkways: A Vision Shared// - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly is a 1988 album featuring songs by Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly interpreted by leading folk, rock, and country recording artists. It won a Grammy Award the same year. It is produced by Harold Leventhal, Guthrie's long-time business manager and folk music and theatrical impresario, the album received widespread critical acclaim.

Released

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
4.	I AIN'T GOT NO HOME	3:40	COMP: FOLKWAYS
13.	VIGILANTE MAN	4:09	COMP: FOLKWAYS

^{Total Running Time: 45:55}

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
6.	VIGILANTE MAN	5:34	COMP: FOLKWAYS
10.	I AIN'T GOT NO HOME	3:46	COMP: FOLKWAYS
20.	THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND ¹	3:45	COMP: FOLKWAYS

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I AIN'T GOT NO HOME - V1	3:40	COMP: FOLKWAYS / BACK
I AIN'T GOT NO HOME - V2	3:12	COMP: FOLKWAYS

Note: Written by Woody Guthrie in the fall of 1938 and recorded by him on April 26, 1940 for Victor Records in New York City. Harold Leventhal, Guthrie's long-time business manager, broke into folk music after meeting Pete Seeger in 1948, was the man behind the project Folkways: A Vision Shared, a tribute to Guthrie and Lead Belly. Bruce Springsteen was one of the first artists to join the project. He recorded two Woody Guthrie songs for the tribute album, "I Ain’t Got No Home" and "Vigilante Man", between the completion of Tunnel Of Love and the end of the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour rehearsals. This song features Bruce on guitar and vocals, Roy Bittan on organ, and Nils Lofgren on guitar. Bruce changed the lyrics, making the song both more modern and more inclusive. A second, shorter version circulates, taken from the DVD video shot during a soundcheck on May 19, 1988 at Madison Square Garden, released on A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly home video. Bruce didn't sing Woody's last verse, so his final verse was, "I just ramble 'round to see what I can see, this wide wicked world is sure a funny place to be / The gamblin' man is rich and the workin' man is poor, I ain't got no home in this world anymore."

VIGILANTE MAN - V1	4:09	COMP: FOLKWAYS / BACK
VIGILANTE MAN - V2	4:13	COMP: FOLKWAYS

Note: Harold Leventhal, Woody Guthrie's long-time business manager, broke into folk music after meeting Pete Seeger in 1948 and was the man behind the project, Folkways: A Vision Shared, a tribute to Guthrie and Lead Belly. Bruce Springsteen was one of the first artists to join the project. He recorded two Woody Guthrie songs for the tribute album, "I Ain't Got No Home" and "Vigilante Man", between the completion of Tunnel Of Love and the end of the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour rehearsals. The song features Bruce on guitar and vocals, Roy Bittan on organ, and Nils Lofgren on guitar. Bruce changed the lyrics, making the song both more modern and more inclusive. V2 is taken from the DVD video shot during a soundcheck on May 19, 1988 at Madison Square Garden, released on A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly home video.

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