Nowadays when we have stores full of quality recordings and air awash with radio and television stations, we can hardly imagine the value a simple song had for whole generations of people. They did not want to entertain somebody else in those days, they just wanted to satisfy their own needs. The poorer the people were, the more wealth they had in their songs. They sang them in their homes, farms, schools and churches, on horseback or behind their ploughs, in their free time or during work – anywhere and anytime. „I’d like to bring you several dozens of stories sung by plain people from behind the Atlantic ocean (from America) in times of first settlements. The songbook’s nostalgic atmosphere of old times is also based on many period illustrations.Ī must-have guide through traditional American music. The CD was recorded by Martin Žák himself and an excellent singer of American songs Petr Vacek. You will also get a CD with clips of all 99 songs. Several chapters of the book will guide you through how you can play these songs with guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, autoharp and fiddle (these chapters in Czech language). This Songbook includes 99 traditional American songs in English with guitar chords and tips for original recordings.
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