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December 13, 2003

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71

  2. Totte Bergstrom: Learning To Fly (Tom Petty) Totte Bergstrom Folk Era FE1433CD

  3. Rodney Crowell: Still Learning To Fly Fate's Right Hand DMZ/Epic EK 89082

  4. Eleni Kelakos: I Will Fly EEK! ER-84756

  5. Johnsmith: I Will Fly Traveler Blue Pine 83707 45892-2

  6. Leela & Ellie Grace: Echoes Of the Ancients (L.Grace) Leela & Ellie Grace GraceFamily no#

  7. The Arrogant Worms: Rocks and Trees Semi-Conducted Arrogant Worms AW-2002

  8. Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi Hits Reprise 9 46326-2

  9. Leela & Ellie Grace: Song That Bird Sings (Carla Sciaky) Leela & Ellie Grace GraceFamily no#

  10. Ben Arnold: Soar self 36492 91982

  11. Bob Newhart: Merchandising the Wright Brothers Something Like This . . . Warner-Rhino R2 76742

  12. Oscar Brand: The Masters of the Air Up In the Air Elektra EKL-198

  13. John Hartford: Steam Powered Aereo Plane Aereo Plain Rounder CD 0366

  14. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: Come Take a Trip In My Airship Flying Fish FF 70425

  15. Stan Freberg: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 2 Rhino R2 72476

  16. Loudon Wainwright III: Plane, Too Album II Atlantic SD8291

  17. Bohola: The Pretty Girls / When First Unto This Country / Lady On the Island (trad/arr.-adapt. Keane-Cleland-Broaders) Bohola Shanachie 78048

  18. The Tannahill Weavers: Fair Gallawa' (trad) Arnish Light Green Linnet GLCD 1226

  19. Ekstrom & Quinn: If I Were a Boy Scout The Front Page Follies self (email)

  20. Bill Cosby: My Boy Scout Troop When I Was a Kid UNI 73100

  21. Tom Lehrer: Be Prepared The Remains of Tom Lehrer Rhino R2 79831

  22. Tricia Alexander: When All Thy Names Are One (Bob Zentz) Grace Rampur SR 108 (email)

  23. Greg Greenway: My Good Name Live Face SOH003

  24. Leela & Ellie Grace: In My Name (You Shall Love) (L.Grace) Leela & Ellie GraceFamily no#

  25. Priscilla Herdman - Anne Hills - Cindy Mangsen: The Frozen Logger (Jas.Stevens) / Proper Cup of Coffee (trad/add.verses Hills-Mangsen) Voices of Winter Gadfly 235

  26. Dare To Breathe: Coffee Calling (David Moore / Mark Dietrich) Bright Morning Stars DareToBreath DT 00003

  27. Stephen Lee Rich: Caffeine Facing Monday Pachanga PR-3227

  28. Ekstrom & Quinn: Everything's Changed The Front Page Follies self

  29. Pete Morton: The Government Wall Swarthmoor Harbourtown HARCD 044

  30. Joan Baez: Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle) Dark Chords On a Big Guitar Koch KOC-CD 8622

  31. Peter, Paul & Mary: Leaving On a Jet Plane (John Denver) Around the Campfire Warner Bros. 9 46873-2

  32. Tom Paxton: I Lost My Heart On a 747 Peace Will Come Reprise 2096

  33. Bill Cosby: Planes Revenge Warner Bros. 1691-2

  34. The Arrogant Worms: Worst Seat On the Plane Idiot Road ArrogantWorms AW-1001

  35. Tom Paxton: Is This Anyway To Run an Airline Outward Bound Elektra EKS-7317

  36. Paul Metsers: Need For Wings Pacific Pilgrim Sagem SGM 379

  37. Susan Werner: Flying Dreams (Folkstage - May 1, 1999) WFMT Recording

  38. Carrie Newcomer: Toward the Horizon Betty's Diner - The Best of Carrie Newcomer Philo 11671-1245

  39. Greg Klyma: One Foot In the Grave (The Ballad of the Self-Abusers) (Passalacqua/Klima) Not a Complicated Guy Homemade Pie HPP013

  40. Bob Gibson w/ Shel Silverstein: Killed By a Coconut (Silverstein) Makin' a Mess of Commercial Success Asylum 61697-2

  41. Rory Block: Look What the Lord Has Done (trad) Last Fair Deal Telarc CD-83593

  42. Judy Collins: Oh, Had I a Golden Thread (Pete Seeger) Whales & Nightingales Elektra 75010-2

  43. Kim Robertson: All Things Bright and Beautiful (Mrs.Cecil Frances Alexander, PD) Searching For Lambs Gourd GM 132

  44. Leela & Ellie Grace: Streets Of Gold (R&L Williams) Ellie & Leela Grace GraceFamily no#

  45. Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2

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

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RICH'S PICKS:

*Leela & Ellie Grace, Rodney Crowell, The Tannahill Weavers, Tricia Alexander, Greg Greenway, Rory Block, Kim Robertson, Ekstrom & Quinn, Joan Baez

CD of the Week - Leela & Ellie Grace

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

The 10th Annual benefit concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation takes place at the Two Way Street Coffeehouse, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Sunday, December 14 at 2. It features Natural Bob & Mickey Holdsworth, Swing Blvd., Darwin & Marv, Tricia Alexander, Mark Dvorak, Small Potatoes. 847-540-5527

Sons of the Never Wrong at the Abby Pub, 3420 W. Grace (at Elston), Chicago, Thursday, December 18 at 8, in their annual free Christmas concert Thursday, December 18 at 8. 773-478-4408

The Old Town School of Folk Music presents Bohola in its annual Irish Christmas concert, Saturday, December 20 at 7. 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago. 773-728-6000

Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith and friends perform Michael Smith's The Gift of the Magi the following dates:
Sunday, December 21 at 6:30 and 8:30: Fitzgerald's Sidebar, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn. 708-788-2118

Ekstrom & Quinn perform in a house concert on Lake Street in Wilmette, Sunday, December 28 at 7. For further information and reservations call 312-371-2284.