It's more than a Festival...It's a lifestyle.
For four decades the Philadelphia Folk Festival has set the pace for traditional and contemporary folkmusic, establishing an event for tens of thousands of folk music fans - 3 generations of them - to enjoy their music, share their excitement as they discover new talent and old timers with the chops and the tunes that strike all the right chords.
This is the first Philadelphia Folk Festival album to be released in over 22 years and it's only right that it's making its debut just as this internationally renowned Festival celebrates it's 40th year. Also, it's no coincidence that the album was produced by a prominent member of this Festival family, folk radio legend Gene Shay, who produced the 1977 Philadelphia Folk Festival album for Flying Fish and has been MC of the Festival's evening concerts since the very beginning.
4-Hours of Music, plus video footage
and a booklet thick with memories
Here on 4 CDs is a look at the many sides of folk music through the eyes of a smiling banjo. A look back to hear Pete Seeger singing ballads at the very first Festival in 1962, a look forward to catch the excitement of Great Big Sea and Nickel Creek pushing that proverbial envelope - with over 4 hours of rare and exceptional performances by Richard Thompson, Nanci Griffith, Mississippi John Hurt and David Bromberg, John Prine, Taj Mahal, Arlo Guthrie and over fifty more great artists. All of these great performances in one special memento!
In one superb anthology, the Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary, the mood, the crowd, the joys that are the essence of the Festival are in sync with the music... meant to be shared and savored time and time again.
To complete the package the set includes six videos that add to the strength of this release, giving a variety of glimpses of the Festival, it's attendees and the all-volunteer organization that has made it an essential weekend for thousands of people every year. Plus, the set includes a 58-page book with music notes, artist profiles and history of the Festival in both stories and rare photos.
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DISC ONE
1 Scots Piping - Bruce Martin
2 Walk A While - Fairport Convention
3 Green, Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk
4 If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis
5 Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Doc & Merle Watson
6 Kokomo Blues - Bonnie Raitt
7 Talkin' Fishin' Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
8 Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton
9 Ain't No Tellin'... - Mississippi John Hurt
1O Irish Dance Medley - De Dannan
11 Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese - Pete Seeger
12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Bonnie Dobson
13 Panama Limited -Tom Rush
14 City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
15 Sharon - David Bromberg band
16 Farewell Toast/Boatman - Mike Cross
DISC TWO
1 These Are The Days - Michael Cooney
2 Hoedown - Mad Pudding
3 No Love Today - Chris Smither
4 Watchin' The River Go By - John Hartford
5 Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin
6 Wild Goose Chase - Roger Sprung
7 Hit Or Miss - Odetta
8 Society's Child - Janis Ian
9 Hello In There - John Prine
10 From a Distance - Nanci Griffith
11 Georgia State Patrol... - Gamble Rogers
12 I'm Alright - Loudon Wainwright III
13 When I'm Gone - Mollie O'Brien
14 Ciorcirlia - Harmonia
15 People My Age - John Gorka
16 Le Jig Francais - BeauSoleil
DISC THREE
1 Going Up - Great Big Sea
2 My Father's House - Eric Bibb
3 Tanglewood Tree - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
4 My Heart In Rio - Oscar Lopez
5 Old Dominion - Eddie From Ohio
6 Ode To A Butterfly - Nickel Creek
7 Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal
8 Simple Gearle - Stacey Earle
9 Rawhide - Ricky Skaggs Band
10 This Town Is Wrong - Katryna & Nerissa Nields
11 Minnie The Moocher - Moxy Früvous
12 Olympic Reel - Natalie MacMaster band
13 The Golden Apples of the Sun - Judy Collins
14 Bee's Wing - Richard Thompson
15 St. Mary Of Regrets - Susan werner
16 Alturas - Inti Illimani
17 You Jacobites By Name - Tempest
DISC FOUR
1 Beg To Differ - Patty Larkin
2 Ring-Around-A-Rosie Rag - Arlo Guthrie
3 Darcy Farrow - Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
4 I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
5 Devil's Dream/Sailor's Hornpipe - Bill Keith & Jim Rooney
6 I Blinked Once - Steve Forbert
7 El Pajarillo - Irene Farrera
8 Drag Queens In Limousines - Mary Gauthier
9 Goodnight Irene - Steve Goodman
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