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Hard Times in the Promised Land

by Off to California

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janglecrow Love the 3/8 take on this tune. Utterly unique. Everyone else plays it in 3/4. It works better in 3/8. Favorite track: Pennknivsmördaren (The Pen Knife Murderer).
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    Well-researched historical references, more extensive liner notes than are included with the CD, lyrics and music transcriptions are included as well as references & resources. 36 pages plus introductory notes. Two extra songs are included from our appearance on the soundtrack of Ken Burns' "The West" in 1996. By Dorothy A. Hawkinson & Andrew A. Alexis. June 2007

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Off to California - Sweet Betsy in the Parlor 02:24
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Off to California - Promised Land 02:37
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Off to California - The Arrival 01:31
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Off to California - Miss Ella 02:45
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Off to California - Tater Patch/Kitchen Girl 03:24
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Off to California - Sweet Betsy from Pike 03:37
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Off to California - Trudging up the South Fork 03:11
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Off to California - Wayfaring Stranger 03:34
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Off to California - Few Days 03:05
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Off to California - Alone and Lonely (Im Aonar Seal) 02:55
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Off to California - Hard Times 03:25
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Off to California - Ingrian Polka/Kuppari Eeva 03:24
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Off to California - O Death 02:31
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Off to California - Pennknivsmördaren (The Pen Knife Murderer) 03:19
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Off to California - La Llorona (The Wailing Woman) 04:05
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about

Music inspired by and drawn from the historic California Gold Rush of 1849 following the discovery of gold in the village of Coloma in the foothills of the Sierras east of Sacramento. Performed by Off to California: Dorothy Hawkinson, Andy Alexis and Alan Beilharz Fuller. Instruments include clawhammer banjo, fretless banjo, guitar, flamenco guitar, fiddle and hardingfele (Norwegian fiddle).

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released October 28, 2006

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Off to the West Vancouver, Washington

Andrew Alexis, Charlotte Berta and Dorothy A Hawkinson have deep familial roots in the West, reaching over 100 years back in coastal SW Washington, to the 1850s in gold rush California and even as far as 1770s Alta California when it was still part of Mexico. Each has decades of experience playing traditional music of various genres.
An earlier recording by the group with Alan Fuller is also here. ... more

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