If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

by If I Had A Song: Songs Of Pete
If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

by If I Had A Song: Songs Of Pete

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Overview

Few songwriters encapsulate the political awareness, ecological activism, anti-war sentiment, the embracing of traditional musical forms and yearning for global peace of the folk movement than Pete Seeger. His music has affected millions, and on If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2 many of his disciples pay tribute to the songs Seeger has written or, at the very least, made popular. This release is actually the second in a trilogy of tribute albums from Appleseed Recordings that began with Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger and will continue with a third disc in 2002. On this release, artists like Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, Arlo Guthrie, Eric Andersen, Dar Williams, Toshi Reagon, John Wesley Harding, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Steve Earle, Moxy Fruevous, and Corey Harris pay homage to this legendary songwriter with mixed results. Some of the performances are truly inspired, such as Dar Williams and Toshi Reagon's impassioned "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" and Eric Andersen's earthy "Snow, Snow." Steve Earle chooses a likely subject in "Walking Down Death Row," performing it with his usual gruff earnestness, and it's fun to hear an older Seeger and Arlo Guthrie harmonizing like they did twenty years ago on 1982's Precious Friend. Unfortunately, as was the case with the first tribute album, some of the tracks are a little weak, such as John McCutcheon and Corey Harris rap version of "Talking Union," and (surprisingly) Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy's off the cuff version of "If I Had a Hammer." None of the songs are as great as the originals, but, Seeger himself states in the liner notes, "the world is full of cooks changing old recipes to fit new stomachs" and "lawyers changing old laws to fit new citizens," and since this is a textbook definition of the folk music process rolling onward, it is a success. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date: 10/09/2001
Label: Appleseed Records
UPC: 0611587105523
Rank: 167647

Tracks

  1. Guantanamera
  2. If I Had a Hammer
  3. Words, Words, Words
  4. Walking Down Death Row
  5. Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
  6. 66 Highway Blues
  7. Talking Union
  8. Maple Syrup Time
  9. Snow, Snow
  10. Little Boxes
  11. Last Train to Nuremberg
  12. You'll Sing to Me Too
  13. This Old Car
  14. Old Devil Time
  15. The Emperor Is Naked Today-O
  16. Well May the World Go

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Minus 5   Primary Artist
Pete Seeger   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Mapgpie   Primary Artist
John Wesley Harding   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Moxy Fruevous   Primary Artist
Joel Rafael Band   Primary Artist
Larry Long   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Kate & Anna McGarrigle   Primary Artist
Dave Carter   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar,Vocals
Tracy Grammer   Primary Artist,Violin,Vocals,Mandolin
Steve Earle   Primary Artist
Joan Baez   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eric Andersen   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Billy Bragg   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Corey Harris   Primary Artist,Vocals,Slide Guitar
Jackson Browne   Primary Artist,Vocals
Toshi Reagon   Primary Artist,Vocals
John McCutcheon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dar Williams   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Guardabarranco   Primary Artist
Anna McGarrigle   Primary Artist,Vocals,Tambourine,Guitar (Electric)
Reggie Harris   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Kate McGarrigle   Primary Artist,Drums,Vocals,Button Accordion
Kim Harris   Primary Artist,Vocals
Arlo Guthrie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Magpie   Primary Artist
Eliza Carthy   Primary Artist,Violin,Vocals
Andres Sanchez   Guitar
Jorge Strunz   Guitar
Scott McCaughey   Vocals,Tambourine,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String)
Joel Zifkin   Violin
Alberto Salas   Piano
Amanda Vincent   Keyboards
Joel Pena   Tres
David Matheson   Piano,Vocals
Geoffrey Jones   Vocals
Jeff Berkley   Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Veslemoy Solberg   Vocals (Background)
Carl Johnson   Guitar (Acoustic)
Katia Cardenal   Vocals
Fiddlin' Pete Watercott   Violin
Brian Melick   Percussion
Jorge Caleron   Bass
Jian Ghomeshi   Drums,Vocals
Mark Dann   Bass
Robert Jospe   Drums,Percussion
Peter Buck   Bass,Guitar (12 String)
Greg Artzner   Guitar,Vocals
Michel Pepin   Guitar (Acoustic)
Mike Ford   Guitar,Vocals
Daniel Thonon   Hurdygurdy
Murray Foster   Bass,Vocals
Nancy Ives   Cello
Joel Rafael   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Will Rigby   Drums
Bo Ramsey   Slide Guitar
Bill Rieflin   Drums
Terry Leonino   Vocals
Kevin McCormick   Fretless Bass
Kenny White   Organ
Billy Peterson   Bass
J.T. Brown   Bass
Chris Von Sneidern   Vocal Harmony
Dawn Buckholz   Cello
Jonas Fjeld   Bass,Drums,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Debbie Duncan   Vocals
John Ramberg   Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)
Luis Conte   Percussion
Peter Ostroushko   Mandolin

Technical Credits

Jorge Caleron   Producer
Salvador Cardenal   Composer
Billy Oskay   Engineer,Producer,Mixing
David Glasser   Mastering
Larry Long   Arranger,Executive Producer
Lee Hays   Composer
Scott McCaughey   Producer
Sam Erickson   Photography
Tom Heron   Engineer
C. Taylor Crothers   Photography
Nels Israelson   Photography
Javier Ramirez   Mixing
Ken Schles   Photography
Hector Angulo   Lyric Editing
Irene Young   Photography
Andrew Goetz   Photography
Dane Lanken   Photography
Michael Wilson   Photography
Carla Leighton   Design,Package Art Direction
Millard Lampell   Composer
Elde Stewart   Photography
Jim Musselman   Producer,Photography,Executive Producer
Jose Marti   Poetry
Carol Hodge   Photography
Pete Seeger   Composer,Adaptation,Consultant,Lyric Adaptations
Joseito Fernandez   Composer
Peter Buck   Feedback,Producer
Reggie Harris   Arranger,Producer
Michel Pepin   Mixing,Engineer
Anna McGarrigle   Producer
Woody Guthrie   Composer
Guardabarranco   Producer
Malvina Reynolds   Composer
Henry Diltz   Photography
Dave Carter   Producer
Joel Rafael   Producer
Tracy Grammer   Producer
Kate McGarrigle   Producer
Paul Dieter   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Terry Leonino   Producer
Steve Mckinstry   Mastering
Bill Lane   Assistant Engineer
Billy Peterson   Producer
Bobby Read   Engineer
Corey Harris   Lyric Adaptations
Chris Andersen   Producer
Jackson Browne   Producer
Ben Wisch   Producer
Twangtrust   Mixing,Producer
Jonas Fjeld   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
John McCutcheon   Lyric Adaptations
David Seitz   Producer
Patrick Earle   Assistant Engineer
John Wesley Harding   Producer
Magpie   Performer
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