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July 22, 2000

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Jerry Jeff Walker: Gypsy Songman Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song Tried and True CD 6161 (512-477-0036)

  3. Si Kahn: Hear That Sound Been a Long Time SLICED BREAD CDSB71202 (PO Box 606, Blue Bell, PA 19422)

  4. Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert: Singing With You (Jeff Langley/Near) Simply Love Calico Tracks CTM 0003 (PO Box 236, Ukiah, CA 95482)

  5. Maxine Sellers: I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About (Beck) Folksongs PrestigeFolklore 140321

  6. Arlo Guthrie: City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman) The Best Of Arlo Guthrie Warner Bros. 3117-2

  7. Jack Hardy: The 20th Century The Passing 1 800 PRIME CD PCD061

  8. Carrie Newcomer: When It's Gone, It's Gone The Age of Possibilities PHILO 116711 226-2

  9. Hazel Dickens: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Ruth Kitchen) It's Hard To Tell the Singer From the Song ROUNDER 821610226 2

  10. Still on the Hill : Gone, Gone, Gone (A.Ginsberg/K.Mulhollan) Still Pingleblobber 0001 (PO Box 1000, Gravette, AR 72736 or email)

  11. John Greenway: The Psycotherapy Song (trad) The Cat Came Back Prestige/International 13011

  12. Severn Darden: Vienna 1885 The Sound of My Own Voice Mercury OCM 2202

  13. The Gateway Singers: The Ballad of Sigmund Freud (March/Glasser/Lazar) The Gateway Singers at the Hungry I Decca DL 8671

  14. Original Cast: I Fell Out of Love With Sin Today (Michael Smith/Jamie O'Reilly) Scarlet Confessions (Folkstage - 6/10/00) WFMT recording

  15. Judy Henske: Salvation Army Song (trad/Henske) Judy Henske ELEKTRA EKL-231

  16. The Weavers: Sinner Man (trad/Weavers) Wasn't That a Time VANGUARD VCD4-147/50

  17. David Roth: Cutter of Stone Irreconcilable Similarities WIND RIVER WR4011-CD (877-365-5372)

  18. Bobby Watt - Oliver Schroer: Men of Stone / A Discontented Wind (Holmes Hooke/Schroer) Caught By The Tale Holmespun HMCD001

  19. Anne Briggs: The Stone Cutter Boy (trad) A Collection Topic TSCD504

  20. Nancy Walker: Get Married, Shirley The Broadway Bombshell Sings Show Stoppers Stet SOT-2002

  21. Greg Brown: Marriage Chant Covenant RED HOUSE RHRCD148

  22. Lou & Peter Berryman: Talkin' At The Same Time House Concert Cornbelt CR 12 (608-257-7750)

  23. The Kossoy Sisters: I Never Will Marry (trad) Bowling Green Tradition TLP 1018

  24. The Dunster Dunces: Please, Darling Don't Ask Me To Marry You Yet (Albrecht/Ogden Nash) private pressing

  25. Carly Simon: That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (Simon-Jacob Brackman) Carly Simon ELEKTRA EKS-74082

  26. Original Cast: Marry Me A Little (Sondheim) Marry Me a Little RCA Victor 7142-2 RG

  27. Original Cast: Ten Commandments of Love (Harvey & The Moonglows) Scarlet Confessions (Folkstage 6/10/00) WFMT recording

  28. Bill Cosby: New Husbands Kill Things My Father Confused Me Capitol ST-11590

  29. Double Indemnity: A Toast To Love and Marriage (trad/Carl Asch) Cows in the Castle Bedlam no# (609-652-5506)

  30. Jerry Jeff Walker: Mr. Bojangles Gypsy Songman Tried and True CD 6161

  31. Original London Cast: I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner/Loewe) My Fair Lady Columbia SK 60539

  32. David Bromberg: Mr. Bojangles (J.J.Walker) The Player: A Retrospective Columbia Legacy CK65263

  33. Jerry Jeff Walker: David and Me David and Me Tried and True CD 6161

  34. Jerry Jeff Walker: Little Bird Gypsy Songman Tried and True CD 6161

  35. Mike Breen: Past Lives Past Lives Basilbone BBR-CD1002

  36. Tom Russell: Navajo Rug (Ian Tyson-Russell) Cowboy Reel PHILO CDPH 1146

  37. Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant Massacree The Best of Arlo Guthrie Warner Bros. 3117-2

  38. Carrie Newcomer: This Too Will Pass The Age of Possibility PHILO 116711 226-2

  39. Bryan Bowers: Crossing the Water (Bill Staines) Friend for Life FLYING FISH 18964-0675-2

  40. Pat Humphries: Swimming To the Other Side Same Rain Moving Forward MFM360 (1 Edmarth Place, Hastings, NY 10706)

  41. Anita Silvert: All Roads Converge Midwest Girl Balancing Act BAM-003 P.O. Box 512, Yardley, PA 19067 (215-369-0220) or email

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

Jerry Jeff Walker, Si Kahn, Holly Near, Still On the Hill, David Roth, Greg Brown, Lou & Peter Berryman, Mike Breen, Carry Newcomer, Bryan Bowers

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Scarlet Confessions with Jamie O'Reilly, Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Paul Amandes at The Lunar Cabaret, 2827 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, July 23 at 7 and 9, Monday, July 24 at 8. *highly recommended* rw 312-458-0822 (reservations suggested, seating is limited)

Arlo Guthrie at Fermilab in Batavia, Saturday, July 29 at 8. 630-840-ARTS

Tom Russell at the Byron Colby Barn of Prairie Crossing, in Grayslake, Saturday, August 12 in a live "Folkstage" concert. Call 840-548-5400 for reservations.

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