Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes (2-LPs)

by Various Artists

Third in Numero's series of privately issued folk from America's back roads, "Lonesome Heroes" is the male companion to "Ladies From The Canyon". Features 17 tracks by the likes of: Jim Schoenfeld, Jim Ransom, Tim Ward, Richard Smyrnios, Tucker Zimmerman, Kieran White, Les Moore, Rob Carr, Jack Hardy, George Cromarty, Jay Bolotin, Tony Trosley, Roger Lewis, David Kaufmann, John Villemonte, Bob Brown, and Robb Kunkel. "It goes beyond the music.. the presentation, the notes: it all harkens back to a day when someone actually gave a rat's ass for turning people on to something valuable."- William Ackerman.