Sammy Walker - Broadside Ballads, Vol. 8: Song for Patty - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sammy Walker recorded Songs from Woody's Pen in 1979, twelve years after Woody Guthrie died due to complications from Huntington's disease. Though the original recordings of these songs date back more than 30 years, Walker sings them in a traditional folk-revivalist manner reminiscent of Guthrie's social conscience and sense of humor. Speaking of Guthrie, Sammy Walker said, InchI can't think of hardly anyone who has had as much influence on my own singing and songwriting as Woody.Inch This is Walker's enduring record of that influence. Liner notes include track listing, information on Guthrie's Folkways releases and Sammy Walker on Woody Guthrie's lasting music and influence. Album Tracks 1. Grand Coulee Dam, the 2. Pastures of Plenty 3. Talking Dust Bowl 4. Deportees (Plane Wreck at los Gatos) 5. Vigilante Man 6. Rambling Round 7. Jackhammer John 8. 1913 Massacre 9. Tom Joad 10. Philadelphia Lawyer 11. Pretty Boy Floyd

Released in 1972, after many of it's artists had risen to international acclaim, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 6 contains previously unreleased songs that appeared in the folk publication Broadside Magazine, founded in 1962. With a lineup that includes Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan), Peter La Farge, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 6, is unique not only for it's varied talent but also because of it's source-the songs were mainly recorded during impromptu performances at Broadside's New York apartment throughout the 1960s with little more than guitar and vocals. One of the exceptions is InchDrums,Inch Peter La Farge's last public performance in Greenwich Village before his death in 1965. Contains the tracks InchTrain A-Travelin',Inch InchOnly Time Will Tell,Inch InchDreadful Day,Inch InchTate's Hell,Inch InchMoon Song,Inch InchHunger and Cold,Inch InchDrums,Inch InchThe Ballad of Emmett Till,Inch and InchThe Ballad of Jesse James,Inch which were not featured on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988. Liner notes include sheet music, lyrics, photos, and track histories. Album Tracks 1. Long Time Troubled Road 2. Train A-Travelin' 3. Only Time Will Tell 4. Dreadful Day 5. I'm Goin' to Get My Baby Outa Jail 6. Tate's Hell 7. A Very Close Friend of Mine 8. Moon Song 9. Train for Auschwitz 10. Hunger and Cold 11. Changing Hands 12. Drums 13. The Ballad of Emmett Till 14. The Ballad of Donald White 15. Ballad of Jesse James

First released in 1963, and later reissued by Smithsonian Folkways to commemorate the folk publication Broadside Magazine, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 features artists such as Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan), Peter La Farge, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger. With topical songs that vary in subject from civil rights to Vietnam and the nuclear arms race, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 is at once a staunch and elucidating account of a generation at odds with the world around it. Recorded in Broadside's cramped New York apartment, the album is spontaneous and intimate in approach and features vocals, guitar, banjo, and drums. Contains the tracks InchThe Ballad of Old Monroe,Inch InchFaubus Foibles,Inch InchI Will Not Go Down Under the Ground (Let Me Die in My Footsteps),Inch InchOnly a Hobo,Inch InchTalking Devil,Inch InchAin't Gonna Let Segregation Turn US Around,Inch and InchI Can See a New Day,Inch which are not on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988. Liner notes include lyrics, photos, newspaper articles, sheet music, and writing by Gordon Friesen. Album Tracks 1. Blowin' in the Wind - New World Singers 2. Ballad of Old Monroe - Pete Seeger 3. John Brown - Blind Boy Grant 4. As Long As the Grass Shall Grow - Peter la Farge 5. The Ballad of William Worthy - Phil Ochs 6. Benny Kid Paret - Gil Turner 7. Faubus Follies - Peter la Farge 8. I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground (Let Me Die in My Footsteps) - Happy Traum 9. Only a Hobo - Blind Boy Grant 10. Talking Devil - Blind Boy Grant 11. Ain't Gonna Let Segregation Turn Us Around - Freedom Singers 12. Go Limp - Matt McGinn 13. Bizness Ain't Dead - New World Singers 14. The City Defense Sign - Mark Spoelstra 15. I Can See a New Day - New World Singers