Southern roots music, blending bluegrass and blues, American folk, country, gospel, and rock.

13 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Traditional Folk, FOLK: Modern Folk



Details:
The follow-up to 2003's "Life & Times" (also available from CD Baby), John Minton's "Going Back to Vicksburg" features thirteen new rooted originals, performed by John and his friends the Possum Trot Orchestra and the Flying Suraci.

John Minton has been playing American roots music for over thirty years, first around his hometown of Houston, Texas, later in Nacogdoches then Austin, more recently in and around Fort Wayne, Indiana. Besides performing himself, he has long pursued the topic as a teacher, researcher, and writer. He is currently Professor of Folklore at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he teaches a wide range of courses on folk and popular music. He has also published numerous articles and books on the music and folk culture of the American South.


JOHN MINTON, GOING BACK TO VICKSBURG (Southern Can CDs
SCCD 2223, 2004)

with

THE POSSUM TROT ORCHESTRA

JOHN MINTON * vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, accordion, lap steel, organ, drums & percussion

CHARLIE GILBERT * banjo

DAVE KARTHOLL * mandolin & bowed bass

and

THE FLYING SURACI

ROB SURACI * vocals & percussion

SUSIE SURACI * vocals & percussion


1 Going Back to Vicksburg 3:24
2 Skinny Mary 4:09
3 The Hot Springs Murder 3:47
4 Midnight on the Water 5:52
5 Times Picayune 2:42
6 The Wild Ox Moan 8:03
7 Big Star Is Falling (Mama 'T'Ain't Long 'Fore Day) 2:39
8 Poor Boy 3:31
9 Son James & Mooney 7:00
10 Down Along the Brazos (Where the Muddy Waters Roll) 4:06
11 Poor Darcy Howard 4:03
12 The Season of Salt Rain 4:38
13 The Hell Bound Train 4:44

All songs by John Minton * Monkey Knuckles Music/ASCAP

Recorded, mixed & mastered by TOM TEMPEL
Tempel Recording Studio * Fort Wayne, Indiana
July * August 2004

Produced by JOHN MINTON

© 2004 John Minton/Southern Can CDs