Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

Reception

Music journalist Richie Unterberger notes that the album of traditional music, released at the peak of the duo's commercial success as a rock and roll act, was unexpected and "ahead of its time". Rolling Stone, which awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, noted that not even Elvis Presley "had the nerve to do an album as rootsy" as this one.

Track listing

1. "Roving Gambler" (Terry Gilkyson) – 3:41
2. "Down in the Willow Garden" (Charlie Monroe, traditional) – 3:04
3. "Long Time Gone" (Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional) – 2:26
4. "Lightning Express" (Bradley Kincaid) – 4:53
5. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmy Long) – 3:09
6. "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" (traditional) – 2:41
7. "Barbara Allen" (traditional) – 4:41
8. "Oh So Many Years" (Frankie Bailes) – 2:37
9. "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor) – 3:38
10. "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)" (Bob Miller) – 3:01
11. "Kentucky" (Karl Davis, credited to Henry Prichard) – 3:10
12. "Put My Little Shoes Away" (Samuel N. Mitchell, Charles E. Pratt) – 3:21

Produced by Archie Bleyer

Personnel

Legacy

In 2013, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and jazz singer Norah Jones recorded a remake of the album, titled Foreverly. It was released on November 25, 2013.