Artist: Cisco Houston

Cisco Houston
Real name
Gilbert Vandine Houston
Born
April 18, 1918
Died
April 29, 1961
Country
United States
Comments
Folk musician. He is associated with Woody Guthrie, and the two performed often together. Houston died of stomach cancer.

Performances

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 900 Miles Cisco Houston 1953 Fiddlin' John Carson
2 Barbara Allen Cisco Houston 1965
3 Dark as a Dungeon Cisco Houston 1994 Merle Travis
4 Deportees Cisco Houston 1961
5 Do Re Mi Cisco Houston 1961 Woody Guthrie
6 Dust Bowl Refugee Cisco Houston 1962 Woody Guthrie
7 I Ain't Got No Home Cisco Houston 1960 Woody Guthrie
8 John B. Sails Cisco Houston 1954 Cleveland Simmons Group
9 John Hardy Cisco Houston 1958 Eva Davis
10 Make a Pallet Down on Your Floor Cisco Houston 1958
11 Mule Skinner Blues Cisco Houston 1960 Jimmie Rodgers
12 My Gal Cisco Houston 1962
13 Old Dan Tucker Cisco Houston February 1960
14 Passing Through Cisco Houston 1965 Dick Blakeslee
15 Pastures of Plenty Cisco Houston 1961 Woody Guthrie
16 Pretty Boy Floyd Cisco Houston 1961 Woody Guthrie
17 St. James Infirmary Cisco Houston 1958 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
18 Stagolee Cisco Houston 1954
19 Stewball Cisco Houston 1953
20 Streets of Laredo Cisco Houston 1962
21 This Land Is My Land Cisco Houston 1962 Woody Guthrie
22 Tom Joad Cisco Houston 1962 Woody Guthrie - Eva Davis
23 Trouble in Mind Cisco Houston 1953 Thelma La Vizzo
24 Way Out There Cisco Houston February 1960 Sons of the Pioneers
25 Worried Man Blues Cisco Houston 1953 The Carter Family - Ollis Martin
26 Wreck of the '97 Cisco Houston 1953 Henry Whitter

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 900 Miles and Other R.R. Songs Cisco Houston 1953 Folkways
2 Cisco Houston Sings Cisco Houston 1958 Folkways
3 The Cisco Special! Cisco Houston February 1960 Vanguard
4 Cowboy Ballads Cisco Houston 1953 Folkways
5 The Folkways Years 1944-1961 Cisco Houston 1994 Smithsonian Folkways
6 Hard Travelin' Cisco Houston 1954 Folkways
7 I Ain't Got No Home Cisco Houston 1962 Vanguard
8 Passing Through Cisco Houston 1965 Verve Folkways
9 Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie Cisco Houston 1961 Vanguard
10 Songs of the Open Road Cisco Houston 1960 Folkways

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