There's Something for Everyone in America
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There's Something for Everyone in America is the debut album by American
guitarist Duck Baker
, released in 1975. It was reissued on CD by Stefan Grossman
's Guitar Workshop label. The reissue includes an Acrobat pdf file of the music and tablature.
Production notes:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
guitarist Duck Baker
Duck Baker
Duck Baker is an accomplished and influential American fingerstyle guitarist, who in his playing combines genres as varied as rags, blues, country, gospel, cajun, bluegrass, Celtic music, ballads and jazz, swing, New Orleans jazz and free jazz.-Biography and career:Baker grew up in Richmond,...
, released in 1975. It was reissued on CD by Stefan Grossman
Stefan Grossman
Stefan Grossman is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records.-Early life and influences:Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Herbert and Ruth Grossman...
's Guitar Workshop label. The reissue includes an Acrobat pdf file of the music and tablature.
Track listing
- "The Jackson Stomp" (Traditional)
- "The Mission Street Blues" (W. C. HandyW. C. HandyWilliam Christopher Handy was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues"....
) - "Allegheny County" (Duck Baker, Dan McCorison)
- "Matty Powell"
- "Zebra Blues"
- "Wolverines Blues" (Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll MortonFerdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
) - "Melancoly Baby"
- "Medley: Take Me Out to the Ball GameTake Me Out to the Ball Game"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of...
/ America" (Jack NorworthJack NorworthJack Norworth was a U.S. songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer.Norworth is credited as co-writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wrote the lyrics of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in 1908, his most long lasting hit. But it wasn't until 1940 that he actually witnessed a Major...
, Albert Von TilzerAlbert Von TilzerAlbert Von Tilzer was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"....
) - "Temperance Reel" (Traditional)
- "The Pineapple Rag"
- "Hick's Farewell"
- "Doctor Jazz" (King Oliver)
- "The Old Folks Polka"
- "There'll Be a Happy Meeting" (Traditional)
- "The Wreck of Old 97Wreck of the Old 97Old 97 was a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail. It ran from Washington DC to Atlanta, Georgia. On September 27, 1903 while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the train derailed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia...
" (G. B. GraysonG. B. GraysonGilliam Banmon Grayson was an American Old-time fiddle player and singer. Mostly blind from infancy, Grayson is chiefly remembered for a series of sides recorded with guitarist Henry Whitter between 1927 and 1930 that would later influence numerous country, bluegrass, and rock musicians...
, Henry WhitterHenry WhitterHenry Whitter was an early country musician.-Biography:...
)
Personnel
- Duck BakerDuck BakerDuck Baker is an accomplished and influential American fingerstyle guitarist, who in his playing combines genres as varied as rags, blues, country, gospel, cajun, bluegrass, Celtic music, ballads and jazz, swing, New Orleans jazz and free jazz.-Biography and career:Baker grew up in Richmond,...
– acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
Production notes:
- ED DensonED DensonEugene "ED" Denson is an American music group manager, producer, record label owner, and - later - lawyer, who has made notable contributions to folk, blues, and early San Francisco rock.-Biography:Denson was born in Washington D.C. in 1940...
- producer - Dale Miller - producer
- Mark Needham - engineer
- Nic Kinsey - remix engineer
- Terry Eden - artwork, cover design