December 26, 2021

Hootenanny Tonight!

Folkways Records – FN 2511
Folkways Records – FN 2511

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Cowboy's Gettin' Up Holler: Pete Seeger (0:30)
A02 Muleskinner Blues: Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, and Jerry Silverman (3:33)
A03 Great Gettin' Up Morning: Leon Bibb, Laura Duncan, and Betty Sanders (2:11)
A04 Varsovienne: Earl Robinson (4:59)
A05 The Rich Man and the Poor Man: Bob and Louise DeCormier (3:03)
A06 Talking Union: Pete Seeger (3:01)
A07 Dance Me a Jig: Elizabeth Knight and Jerry Silverman (3:03)
A08 Le Cycle du Vin: Sylvia Kahn and Jean Hart (2:47)
A09 Wimoweh: Pete Seeger (1:48)
B01 Dark as a Dungeon: Bob DeCormier and Pete Seeger (2:43)
B02 Children's Peace Song: Jackie Berman (2:13)
B03 Home in that Rock: The Jewish Young Folksingers (2:19)
B04 Hamentashen: The Jewish Young Folksingers (1:49)
B05 Riding the Dragon: Betty Sanders (1:15)
B06 California Blues: Sonny Terry (3:09)
B07 Depression: Les Pine (5:20)
B08 Every Night When the Sun Goes In: Elizabeth Knight and Al Moss (3:55)
B09 Told My Captain: Leon Bibb (2:30)
B10 America the Beautiful: Pete Seeger (2:19)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Irwin Silber
[Notes]
Sing Out! defines hootenanny as 'a riproaring party, a wing-ding, a blow-out." Recorded at two hootenannies in New York City in 1954, the performances on this album fit the description! Participants include Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry, Leon Bibb, Sylvia Kahn, and many others.

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