For fans of Woody Guthrie, Roll Columbia is a trove of new discoveries, and a celebration of his genius and lasting contributions to both the history and musical traditions of the Pacific Northwest. In 1941, the Bonneville Power Administration commissioned Guthrie to write 26 songs that would help promote to the public the construction of dams and hydroelectric power plants along the Columbia River. Seventy-five years later, present-day artists with ties to the Pacific Northwest who have been influenced by this fruitful time in Guthrie’s career have gathered together to record their own interpretations of the songs. Roll Columbia is the first and only complete collection of these songs, including nine never before recorded, such as “Eleckatricity and All” and “Portland Town to Klamath Falls,” as well as classic Guthrie tunes “Pastures of Plenty” and “Hard Travelin’.” 2 discs, 53 minutes, 40-page booklet.

Tracklist:

Pastures of Plenty (Michael Hurley and Jon Neufeld)
Oregon Line (That Oregon Line) (Pharis and Jason Romero)
Lumber Is King (Cahalen Morrison)
Out Past the End of the Line (Timberbound)
Portland Town to Klamath Falls (Tony Furtado and Kristin Andreassen)
Eleckatricity and All (Annalisa Tornfelt and the Tornfelt Sisters)
Hard Travelin' (Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons)
Columbia Talkin' Blues (Talking Columbia) (Carl Allen)
The Talkin' Blues (Al James and Jon Neufeld)
Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John) (Martha Scanlan and Jon Neufeld)
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On (Steve Einhorn and Kate Power)
The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum) (Caitlin Belem Romtvedt, David Romtvedt, and Joe Seamons)
Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John) (Orville Johnson)
Guys on the Grand Coulee Dam (Bill Murlin and Fine Company)
Mile an' a Half from th' End of th' Line (End of My Line) (Timberbound)
Columbia's Waters (Caitlin Belem Romtvedt, David Romtvedt, and Joe Seamons)
Ballad of the Great Grand Coulee (The Grand Coulee Dam) (Darrin Craig and Jon Neufeld)
Washington Talkin' Blues (Talking Dust Bowl) (Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Jon Neufeld)
It Takes a Married Man to Sing a Worried Song (Pharis and Jason Romero)
Ramblin' Blues (Portland Town) (Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons)
New Found Land (John Moen, Chris Funk, and Jon Neufeld)
White Ghost Train (Cahalen Morrison)
The Song of the Grand Coulee Dam (Way Up in That Northwest) (George Rezendes, David Grisman, and Tracy Grisman)
A Ramblin' Round (John Moen and Chris Funk)
Roll, Columbia, Roll (Bill Murlin and Fine Company)
Grand Coulee Powder Monkey (Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Jon Neufeld)
The Ballad of Jackhammer John (Cahalen Morrison, Joe Seamons, and Jon Neufeld)
Pastures of Plenty (Orville Johnson)

UPC: 093074022627
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 1.27.17
Format: CD

Roll Columbia Woody Guthries 26 Northwest / Var - Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie'S 26 Northwest Songs / Various (2 CD)