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September 23, 2000

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

  2. John Gorka: St. Caffeine After Yesterday Red House RHR 121

  3. David Hamburger: A Little Caffeine Fast Folk Volume 7, No. 1 Fast Folk FFCD 701

  4. David Massengill: Wake Up The Return Plump 5903-2 (800-PLUMP-CD)

  5. The Limeliters: Wake Up, Dunia (E.Sheldon/F.Chesca) Folk Matinee RCA Victor LSP-2547

  6. Si Kahn: I'm Not Gonna Go To Sleep Good Times & Bedtimes Rounder CD 8027

  7. Tom Paxton: Leave This Bush In Texas (Old Town School 9/9/00) WFMT recording

  8. Capitol Steps: Son of a Bush (Chapin/Newport-Strauss) It's Not Over 'Til the First Lady Sings! Capitol Steps CSCD-1020 (800-733-STEP)

  9. John Gorka: Branching Out I Know Red House RHR18

  10. Beginish: The Taylor's Barndance (Paul McGrattan) Beginish Tara TARACD 4009

  11. Matapat: La pipe cornue / Le capitaine (Bourque / trad) Matapat Borealis BCD110

  12. Connie Kaldor: If I Was To Tell You Small Café Philo CDPH 1205

  13. Annette Bjergfeldt: Tell Me Lifetime Member of the Human Race Myrrhmaid 9801

  14. Sons Of the Never Wrong: Secrets (B.Roper) One If By Hand Gadfly 268 (888-9GADFLY)

  15. Tom Dundee: What's What Tom Dundee Flyte FR302CD (email)

  16. Judy Cook: The False Young Man (trad) Far From the Lowlands Creative Engineering CEIJC02 (301-776-4314 or email)

  17. Niamh Parsons: In My Prime (trad/arr.Parsons, et.al) Green Linnet GLCD 1203

  18. Anne Briggs: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme A Collection Topic TSCD504

  19. Tom Paxton: Internet For Dummies (Old Town School - 9/9/00) WFMT recording

  20. Red Grammer: Soul Man In a Techno-World private pressing

  21. Mark Graham: A Mighty Fortress Is Out Brain Inner Life no label (206-722-1972)

  22. Eric Bogle: The Road to El Dorado Endangered Species Greentrax CDTRAX196 (email)

  23. Original Cast: Eldorado (Bernstein/Wilbur) Candide Sony SK 48017

  24. Sam Shaber: El Dorado Sam-Pler Brown Chair no#

  25. Kim & Reggie Harris: Oh Freedom Steal Away Appleseed APR1022

  26. Paul Robeson: No More Auction Block (trad) The Peace Arch Concerts Folk Era FE1442CD (630-637-2303)

  27. Len Chandler: To Be a Man To Be a Man Columbia CS 9259

  28. Connie Kaldor: Relax Out of the Blue Coyote CEGCD 1015

  29. Les Barker: My snails have not yet arrived Up the Creek Without a Poodle Mrs Ackroyd DOG012

  30. Burnt Taters: Slowpoke (King/Chilton/Redd) Strange but True! Planetary 9022 (804-340-0729)

  31. Ken Nordine: Overture To Autumn (3:15) Grandson of Word Jazz Snail SR-1003

  32. Anne Hills: First Day of Autumn Bittersweet Street Redwing RWMCD 5402

  33. Sally Rogers: Fall Is Here (Charlie McGuire) In the Circle of the Sun Thrushwood 002

  34. Kat Eggleston: Autumn First Warm Wind Waterbug WBG0041

  35. David Mallett: Autumn This Town Vanguard VCD-79466

  36. Ralph McTell: Autumn Love Grows Mays TG004

  37. Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: Autumn Harvest Home Angel 7243 5 56720 2 5

  38. Peggy Seeger: Autumn Wedding (Seeger/Seeger-Scott) Love Will Linger On Appleseed APR1039 (610-701-5755)

  39. Bill Staines: Autumn Waltz Going To the West Red House RHRCD 56

  40. Sam Shaber: Bare Sam-Pler Brown Chair

  41. Mabel Mercer: Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) (Prevert/Kosmo/Mercer) Songs by Mabel Mercer Atlantic ALS 402

  42. Claudia Schmidt: Stop to Rest Wings of Wonder Red House RHRCD 144

  43. Barenaked Ladies: Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel Maroon Reprise 9 47814-2

  44. New Lost City Ramblers: Wreck On the Highway (Roy Acuff) American Moonshine & Prohibition Folkways FH 5263

  45. Sons Of the Never Wrong: Dead on the Highway (Folkstage 8/19/00) WFMT recording

  46. Sandy Denny: Farewell, Farewell (Richard Thompson) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Hannibal HNBX5301

  47. Artisan: Farewell Song (Brian Bedford) Dancing With Words Boing 0007

  48. Claudia Schmidt: Livingstone's Farewell Wings of Wonder Red House RHRCD 144

  49. 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:

Claudia Schmidt, Sons of the Never Wrong, Artisan, Peggy Seeger, Niamh Parsons, Eric Bogle

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Sam Shaber at the Uncommon Ground coffee house, 1214 W. Grace, Thursday, September 28. 773-929-0415

Tom Dundee at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Friday, September 29 at 8:45. 630-969-9720

Beginish at the Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace, Chicago, Friday, September 29. 773-478-4408

Connie Kaldor in an Acoustic Renaissance Concert at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, 11 W. Maple, Saturday, September 30 at 8. 708-802-0236

Kat Eggleston, and Kathy Cowan in a Hogeye Folk Arts concert, at the Lake Street Church, Lake & Chicago Avenues, Evanston, Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 PM

Special Notice: On Friday, October 20 at 8p.m., Glenn Yarbrough and the Limeliters will appear as a double bill at Center East, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts - 9501 Skokie Boulevard, in Skokie. (847) 679-9501

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