The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes (Smithsonian Folkways), a collection of never-before-heard live performances by leading American roots music artists of the 1960s, will be available on out September 24.
The compilation includes performances by Doc Watson, Fred McDowell, Rev. Gary Davis, the New Lost City Ramblers, and Kilby Snow, together with local and up-and-coming musicians Mark Spoelstra, Larry Hanks, Kenny Hall, Jim Ringer, and Hank Bradley, among many others.
The performances were recorded at acclaimed festivals like the Berkeley Folk Music Festival and the Jabberwock, clubs like The Cabale and the Blind Lemon, and many house concerts. The recordings include concerts, workshops, and impromptu interview expertly recorded on over 60 open reel tapes by autodidact documentarian Alan Oakes between 1960 and 1975.
The 80-page accompanying booklet contains essays by by Deborah Robins, Henry H. Sapoznik, and Hank Bradley plus extensive notes on the biographies of the performers, song histories, and numerous historic period photos and graphic
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