The Song Parlor
With Host John Patterson
Playlist, August 23, 2014:
Labor Day Thoughts, Activities & Memories
Opening
Nashville Bluegrass Band, “Holiday Picking,” American Beauty (Sugar Hill 3887 -www.sugarhillrecords.com)
I. The Holiday: “Enjoy Yourself”
1. The Red Clay Ramblers, “Barbeque,” Rambler (Sugar Hill 3798 -www.sugarhillrecords.com)
2. Carlene Carter, “I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow,” Carter Girl (Rounder 11661-91842 -- www.rounder.com)
3. Lissa Schneckenburger, “Harmony,” Song (Footprint 2008 – www.lissafiddle.com)
4. The Quiet American, “Worth A Million,” Songs From A Rocking Chair
(www.quietamericanmusic.com)
5. Hot Soup, “Tain’t No Sin to Dance Around In Your Bones,” On Stage (Souper Music
050 – www.HotSoupTrio.com -- unfortunately this CD, recorded live at the Kennedy
Center Millenium Stage in 2001, now seems to be out of print and is no longer listed on
the group’s web site)
6. Wild Asparagus, “Speed the Plow/Enjoy Yourself,” Live At the Guiding Star Grange
(Wild Asparagus 007 – www.wildasparagus.com -- Box 602 Belchertown, MA 01007)
7. Jim Photoglo, “Try Me Tomorrow,” Halls of My Heart (Grifftone Records –
www.grifftone.com)
8. Bumper Jacksons, “Ragtime Millionaire,” Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In
(http://www.bumperjacksons.com/)
II. Work (etc.) & Change(s)
1. The Squirrel Hillbillies, “Wooly Old Days,” Goody Shoes
(www.squirrelhillbillies.com)
2. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, “Livin’ In America,” I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both
Hands (www.cahalenandeli.com)
3. David Greenberg & Harpeth Rising, “Truck Stop Mama, The End of the World
(www.harpethrising.com)
4. Geoff Bartley “Everything’s 4 Sale,” Mercy For the Dispossessed (Magic Crow
Records 1007 – www.geoffbartley.com)
5. Brooks Williams, “Carry On,” New Everything (Red Guitar Blue Music 2013 –
www.brookswilliams.com
6. Rosalie Sorrels, “Bury Me In My Overalls,” The Long Memory (Red House 83 -http://www.redhouserecords.com -- 800-695-4687)
7. Brother Sun, “The House That Jack Built,” Some Part of the Truth (Brother Sun 002 –
www.brothersunmusic.com
8. Ari & Mia Friedman, “Hymn,” Land On Shore (www.ariandmiamusic.com)
III. Joe (Hill) to Pete (Seeger)
1. Paul Robeson, “Joe Hill,” Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
(Smithsonian Folkways 40166 – www.folkways.si.edu -- 888-FOLKWAYS)
2. Hazel Dickens, “The Rebel Girl,” Don’t Mourn – Organize! Songs of Labor
Songwriter Joe Hill (Smithsonian Folkways 40026 -- www.folkways.si.edu -- 888FOLKWAYS)
3. Jeff Cahill, Mark Ross & Robin Oye, “The Preacher and the Slave,” Rebel Voices
(Flying Fish 70484 -- www.rounder.com)
4. Pete Seeger, “Casey Jones (the Union Scab),” If I Had A Hammer: Songs of Hope &
Struggle (Smithsonian Folkways 40096 – www.folkways.si.edu -- 888-FOLKWAYS)
5. Ed Trickett, “Joe Hill’s Will,” Echoes On the Evening Tide (Azalea City 9901 –
www.azaleacityrecordings.com)
6. Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends, “We Shall Not Be Moved,”
Tomorrow’s Children (Appleseed 1123 – www.appleseedmusic.com)
7. Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt, “A More Perfect Union,” A More Perfect Union
(Appleseed 1130 – www.appleseedmusic.com)
IV. Weavers’ Lives & Work In England & Scotland
(+ A Bit of Advice from Robert Burns)
1. Barry Coope, Jim Boyes & Lester Simpson, “The River Flows,” Where You Belong: A
Song Cycle For Belper (No Masters 15 -- – www.nomasters.co.uk -- while this fine
recording no longer seems to be listed among the group’s albums currently available
through the No Masters web site, it is still available from various on-line sources, and see
also http://www.coopeboyesandsimpson.co.uk/)
2. Gordeanna McCulloch, “The Shuttle Rins,” In Freenship’s Name (Greentrax 123 -http://greentrax.com/music)
3. Ewan MacColl, “The Four Loom Weaver,” World Library of Folk and Primitive
Music, Volume I: England (Rounder 1741 -- www.rounder.com)
4. Maddy Prior & Tim Hart, “Serving Girls Holiday,” Summer Solstice (Shanachie
79046 -- http://shanachie.com/genres/irish-celtic -- unfortunately this fine album no
longer seems to be available directly from Shanachie, but it may be available from other
on-line sources.)
5. Brian Peters, “The Cotton Lords of Preston,” Gritstone Serenade (Pugwash 008 -www.brian-peters.co.uk/)
6. Janet Russell, “St. Peters Fields,” Bright Shining Morning? (Harbourtown 026 -http://www.harbourtownrecords.com/)
7. JuneTabor, “Speak Easy,” Apples (Topic TSCD 568 -- www.topicrecords.co.uk)
Close
Beoga, “August 27th,” Beoga (Compass 7 4465 2 – www.compassrecords.com -- 800757-2277)
John Patterson
The Song Parlor
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Burlington, VT 05401
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