Deep River: The Bounty of Alan Lomax
Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix, 14 June 1999
THE CD STARTS with a banjo picker burning on a hoedown called 'Cripple Creek,' progresses along a chain of mountain songs to 'Arkansas Traveler,' and rambles through to the Irish fiddler's favorite, 'Devil's Dream.'
Total word count of piece: 766
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