"Green Fields Of Illinois" - Traditional folk music of southern Illinois

<body> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1; border-left-color: #808080" height="429"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left" height="429" valign="top"> <h1> </h1> <blockquote> <h4><img border="0" src="http://duolian.smugmug.com/photos/15031614-O.jpg" align="left" width="240" height="225" alt="Front cover of "Green Fields of Illinois"" title="Front cover of "Green Fields of Illinois"">GREEN FIELDS OF ILLINOIS</h4> <h2> <img border="0" src="http://duolian.smugmug.com/photos/15031611-O.jpg" align="right" width="240" height="222" alt="Back cover of "Green Fields of Illinois"" title="Back cover of "Green Fields of Illinois"">"Green Fields Of Illinois" was a record of traditional folk music,  released by the Campus Folksong Club of the University of Illinois in 1963.   </h2> <h2>The album was a compilation of performances by some real, "plain-folk" musicians, all natives of southern Illinois.&nbsp </h2> <h2>It was one of the major influences in the development of my appreciation for <a href="oldtimey.htm"> old-time music</a>. </h2> <h2>It was accompanied by a <a href="booklet.htm" target="main">booklet</a> with extensive documentation about the artists and their songs.  At this website I have reproduced much of the content of that booklet as well as some of the images and cover art. </h2> <h2>  </h2> <h2>NOTE:  A re-issue of "Green Fields Of Illinois", on CD, is now available from RTS Records.  For more information visit <a href="http://www.greenfieldrecords.com/" target="_blank">www.greenfieldrecords.com</a> </h2> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> <hr size="1"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top" height="56"> <h1 align="left">   <a href="index.htm" target="_top">the old same place</a> :</h1> </td> <td width="30%" valign="top" height="56"> <h1><a href="photos/index.htm" target="_top">photography</a> </h1> </td> <td width="45%" valign="top" height="56"> <h1><a href="../whatever.htm" target="_top">whatever</a> :  <a href="../greenfields/index.htm" target="_top">green fields</a> : </h1> <h1><a href="booklet.htm" target="main">the booklet</a>    |    <a href="oldtimey.htm" target="main">some links</a></h1> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" height="56"> <h1 align="left"><a href="contact.htm" target="_self">contact</a> </h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" colspan="4"> <h1>   blog:   <a href="http://catherwood.typepad.com/" target="_blank">catherwood's</a></h1> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1; border-left-color: #808080"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"> <p align="center"> </p> <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.htm" target="_top">the old same place</a></h1> <h1 align="center"><a href="../copyrightnotice.htm" target="_self">text and images © 2004 by David B. Nance</a></h1> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>