MU0327 Homespun Songs of the C.S.A. Music CD - Vol. 5

Recapture the feel of camp life during the Civil War. These are the actual songs sung by soldiers on both sides, accompanied by instruments of the time, played in the style and manner of the 1860s. Bobby Horton of Birmingham, Alabama, has gone to a great deal of trouble to recapture the spirit and meaning of these tunes. Instruments include a banjo, played “double knocking” style, made in 1880; a fiddle made in Austria in 1795 and a cornet once played by a man named Murtz in a Yankee regimental band. Other instruments are: guitar, drum, dulcimer, and piano. Selections include old favorites such as Dixie, Lorena, Bonnie Blue Flag and The Yellow Rose of Texas. Others not so well known are: Cumberland Gap, The Young Volunteer and The Plains of Manassas. Favorite hymn included are Rock of Ages, Battle Hymn of the Republic and God Save the South. Vocal.