''Lycurgus'' is the title of a recording by
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guitarist
Peter Lang, released in 1975. It was nominated for a
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in the Folk music category. ''Lycurgus'' was a "Top National Add-on" and "Breakout" in Billboard Magazine. It was reissued in 2003 on the Horus label with additional tracks.
Track listing
All songs by Peter Lang unless otherwise noted.
# "Round Worm Reel" – 2:05
# "That Will Never Happen No More" (
Blind Blake
Arthur Blake (1896 – December 1, 1934), known as Blind Blake, was an American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He is known for recordings he made for Paramount Records between 1926 and 1932.
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Little is known of Blake's life. ...
) – 2:46
# "Green Apple Quick Step" – 2:16
# "Untitled Oblivion" – 3:03
# "Lycurgus" – 3:44
# "Poor Howard" (
Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...
) – 2:43
# "Let the Old Boy Go" – 2:23
# "V/ The Connecticut Promissory" – 2:54
# "Zero Adjustment" – 2:55
# "Flames Along the Monongahela" – 7:46
#:2003 reissue bonus tracks:
# "Untitled Oblivion" (instrumental) – 3:18
# "V/The Connecticut Promissory Rag" (alternate take) – 2:44
# "Zero Adjustment" (instrumental) – 3:15
# "Hello Baby Blues" (
Danny Kalb
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Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk and became a solo perfor ...
) – 1:58
# "
Stackolee" – 1:18
Personnel
*Peter Lang – guitar, vocals
*Cal Hand – dobro, pedal steel guitar
*Dick Hedlund – bass
*Bill Hinkley – mandolin
*John Lang – voices
*Craig Ruble – violin
*Bill Evans – bass
*
Peter Ostroushko
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– mandolin
*
Butch Thompson
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Thompson was born in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, began ...
– clarinet, piano
Production
*Produced by Peter Lang
*Engineered by Paul Martinson, Tom Mudge and
Dave "Snaker" Ray
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*Editing and remastering by Michael McKern
*Cover art by Patrick Finnerty
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1975 albums
Peter Lang (guitarist) albums