900 Miles: The Ballads, Blues And Folk Songs Of Cisco Houston

900 Miles - The Ballads, Blues and Folksongs of Cisco Houston ** by Cisco Houston. Music Sales America. Softcover. 96 pages. Oak Archives #OAK10002. Published by Oak Archives.

Cisco Houston was a balladeer and folksinger whose life and songs bridged the generations. Guitar in hand, he traveled all over America, absorbing the sounds of his time, translating those sounds into folksongs. In 1961, at the age of 42, Ciscos life was cut short by cancer. But the tragedy of Ciscos death made many people realize how fine a singer this troubled man from Colorado really was. Shortly after Ciscos death, work was begun on this collection of his songs. Seventy of Ciscos best songs have been transcribed directly from records and tapes. Here are western songs, and road songs, and lonesome blues, and songs of hard work and loving women: Diamond Joe