Title: First Songs Artist: Hurley, Michael Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070358126 Genre: Country, Folk
A self-taught folk singer and guitarist, Michael Hurley plays music reflective of his upbringing in the rural backcountry of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Recorded when he was 22, First Songs was released in 1964 and is described by album producer and recording engineer Frederic Ramsey Jr.. as less frenetic, more in-looking, more expressive than his early rambling days on the road. Hurley's compositions from First Songs and other albums have been recorded by many contemporary artists including Espers, Vetiver, the Violent Femmes, and Cat Power. 12 tracks, 50 minutes, with liner notes which include Hurley's biography and song lyrics.
Tracks: 1.1 Blue Mountain 1.2 You Get Down By the Pool Hall Clickety Clack - Sister Song 1.3 I Like My Wine 1.4 No, No, No, I Won't Come (Go) Down No More 1.5 The Tea Song 1.6 Just a Bum 1.7 Raven Rock - They Took Away the Diesel 1.8 Fat Mama 1.9 The Animal Song - If I Could Ramble Like a Hound 1.10 Captain Kidd 1.11 Intersoular Blues 1.12 The Werewolf Song
