Editorial Reviews The CD also features Halker's versions of songs by lesser known Illinois bluesmen Peetie Wheatstraw, JB Lenoir, and Floyd Jones. And, there's a version of Woody Guthrie "Dying Miner", which Guthrie wrote while stationed in the military in Illinois after WWII. Halker and the band borrow heavily from folk, rockabilly, honky tonk, country, blues, and root rock. Lots of twang here! This is an important historic documentation of working-class music. In fact, much of the funding for this project came from the AFL-CIO. This is real folk music!
Welcome to Labor Land
Music Review:
Music Review
can'tneverdidnothin' (Clean) [Clean]
Czech Mate - Music for Violin and Piano / Fife, Da Silva
Music: Some of My Best Friends Are... Guitarists
Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording] [Cast Recording] [Extra tracks]
Dvorak: Stabat Mater Op58; Biblical Songs Op99
Village Records, October, 2002
Labor songs with twang, surf, honky tonk & blues. Perfect gift for your boss, if you have another gig lined-up!
Union News, by Mike Matejka
Halker, a lively musician with a strong band, brings a country-rock sensibility to traditional tunes, revitalizing them.
Album Description
Welcome to Labor Land features Bucky Halker and the Complete Unknowns doing their renditions of 14 labor protest songs from Illinois. These songs were written between 1865 and 1955 by coal miners, musicians, railroaders, construction laborers, printers, and other working-class bards. Most have never been recorded before. Some are based on worker poems for which Halker wrote music.