His moving renditions of "Frankie" and "Spike Driver Blues" were included in Harry Smith's American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey's development of the American Primitive Guitar genre
" All of the tracks embody the love and humor inherent in Ani's music
these songs are not actually taken from Garland's films
Lopez runs the spectrum of lyrical subjects
Gabe Barham (drums)
GET CLOSE 09/27/2011 His moving renditions of "Frankie"The Pretenders: Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar); Robbie McIntosh (guitar); T. M. Stevens (bass); Blair Cunningham (drums). Additional personnel: Shankar (violin); Pat Seymour, Bernie Worrell, Wix, Bruce Brody, Tommy Mandel, Rupert Black (keyboards); Bruce Thomas, T. M. Stevens, Chucho Merchan, John McKenzie, Malcolm Foster (bass); Martin Chambers, Simon Phillips, Mel Gaynor (drums); Steve Jordon (drums, percussion); Carlos Alomar (percussion,