Songs Of Pete Seeger (1998) (Springsteen/Browne/Raitt/Near )

Product Summary Label: Appleseed Recording UPC: 00611587102423 Release Date: 3/17/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60236858 Item#: MRFH6S Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Tommy Sands/Dolores Keane/Vedran Smailovic ~ Various Artists 2. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jackson Browne/Bonnie Raitt ~ Various Artists 3. Water Is Wide, The - John Gorka ~ Various Artists 4. Of Time And Rivers Flowing - Richie Havens ~ Various Artists 5. My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage - Ani DiFranco ~ Various Artists 6. Turn, Turn, Turn - Bruce Cockburn ~ Various Artists 7. Festival Of Flowers - Tish Hinojosa ~ Various Artists 8. Step By Step - Sweet Honey In The Rock ~ Various Artists 9. Blessed Be The Nation - Studs Terkel ~ Various Artists 10. My Father's Mansions - Billy Bragg/Eliza Carthy ~ Various Artists 11. Sailing Down My Golden River - Greg Brown ~ Various Artists 12. Goofing Off Suite - Tony Trischka Band ~ Various Artists 13. These Three Are On My Mind - Kim Harris/Reggie Harris/The Magpies ~ Various Artists 14. How Can I Keep From Singing? - Cordelia's Dad ~ Various Artists 15. All Mixed Up - Peter, Paul & Mary ~ Various Artists 16. Empty Pocket Blues - Ronnie Gilbert/Robin Flower/Libby McLaren ~ Various Artists 17. Get Up And Go - Tom Paxton ~ Various Artists 18. Old Riley - John Stewart ~ Various Artists 19. If I Had A Hammer - Nanci Griffith & Friends ~ Various Artists 20. Wimoweh - The Weavers ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen ~ Various Artists 2. Bells Of Rhymney - Roger McGuinn ~ Various Artists 3. Oh Had I A Golden Thread - Judy Collins ~ Various Artists 4. False From True - Guy Davis ~ Various Artists 5. Letter To Eve - Indigo Girls ~ Various Artists 6. Waist Deep In The Big Muddy - Dick Gaughan ~ Various Artists 7. All My Children Of The Sun - Tim Robbins ~ Various Artists 8. Living In The Country - Martin Simpson ~ Various Artists 9. One Grain Of Sand - Odetta ~ Various Artists 10. Old Father Hudson-Sailing Down Dirty Stream - Casey Neill ~ Various Artists 11. Torn Flag, The - John Trudell ~ Various Artists 12. Doublin' - Si Kahn/The Freight Hoppers ~ Various Artists 13. To Everyone In The World - Cathy Fink ~ Various Artists 14. Over The Hills - Tommy Makem ~ Various Artists 15. I Come And Stand At Every Door - Anne Hills ~ Various Artists 16. My Rainbow Race - Donovan ~ Various Artists 17. Quite Early Morning - Holly Near ~ Various Artists 18. Oh, Sacred World - Studs Terkel ~ Various Artists 19. And I Am Still Searching - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Producers include: Rod McVey, David Seitz, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Ysaye M. Barnwell. Engineers include: Column Sands, Paul Dieter, David Seitz, Bob Doidge, Tom Tucker. Includes liner notes by Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Jackson Browne, Jim Musselman, Bruce Cockburn. Contains a 28-page booklet for each disc. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. Pete Seeger's gift to American music cannot be overstated. Using basic, often biblical themes, he created and interpreted a body of work which is ingrained in the American national consciousness, and helped to further define the American musical tradition. Appleseed Recordings head Jim Musselman undertook the task of creating a tribute to Seeger, bringing together some of the finest contemporary musicians, folk and otherwise, to interpret some of Seeger's songs. A standout track is "My Father's Mansions," contributed by British folk/rock troubadour and Woody Guthrie historian Billy Bragg and violinist Eliza Carthy. Seeger disciple Ani Difranco offers a disarmingly tender, delicate reading of "My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage." The most unusual track on the album, the Indigo Girls' take on "Letter To Eve" features processed vocals, elaborate percussion and production tricks. Seeger's standards are well represented: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" is given a poignant treatment by Tommy Sands and Vedran Smilovic; Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt sing "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," and Nanci Griffith performs "If I Had A Hammer" along with a band of notable Seeger devotees.   Technical Info Release Date : 03/17/1998 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 1024 Label : Appleseed Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00611587102423   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (3/23/98, pp.92-93) - "...sensitive interpretations by Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, Dick Gaughan, and actor Tim Robbins transcend folkie dogma to make an eloquent case for Seeger's stature as a cultural hero." - Rating: B    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray