Song for Patty by Sammy Walker

Broadside Records – BR 5310

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
101 Song for Patty (5:56)
102 Ragamuffin Minstrel Boy (2:45)
103 My Old Yearbook (6:38)
104 Little New Jersey Town (4:27)
105 I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore (2:16)
106 Closin' Time (3:46)
201 A Simple Hour Operation (5:23)
202 The Ballad of Johnny Strozier (5:17)
203 Funny Farm Blues (3:05)
204 Testimony of a Dying Lady (4:38)
205 Catcher in the Rye (4:40)
206 Bound for Glory (4:04)
[Credits]
Sammy Walker (guitar/vocals) Phil Ochs (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Phil Ochs, Photographer: Jolly Robinson
[Notes]
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, "I can't think of hardly anyone who has had as much influence on my own singing and songwriting as Woody." This is Walker's enduring record of that influence.