Fourth of July; Save the Country
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for July 4, 2020
Hour 1: Fourth of July
First Set
Richard Thompson & Eliza Carthy, “The Coo Coo Bird,” The Harry Smith Project, 4:05 Shout Factory
Martin Simpson & Wu Man, “The Coo-Coo Bird,” Music for the Motherless Child, 7:12 Water Lily Acoustics
Second Set
David Lindley & Wally Ingram, “National Holiday,” Twango Bango II, 6:24 (self-produced)
Patty Larkin, “Dave’s Holiday,” Tango, 2:41 High Street Records
David Roth, “The Star Spangled Banner and Me,” Big Times in a Small Town: The Vineyard Tapes, 4:41 Philo
Jimi Hendrix, “Star-Spangled Banner” (excerpt), Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur’s Farm, Rhino Records
Third Set
Phil Ochs, “The Power and the Glory,” All the News That’s Fit to Sing, 2:16 Elektra
Paul Simon, “American Tune,” Best of Paul Simon, 3:45 Columbia
Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car,” Tracy Chapman, 5:00 Elektra
Fourth Set
Jennifer Berezan, “State of the Union,” Borderlines, 4:52 Flying Fish
Neil Young, “Rockin’ in the Free World,” Freedom, 3:38 Reprise
Richard Shindell, “Born in the USA,” South of Delia, 3:06 (self-produced)
Roy Bailey & Martin Simpson, “Collateral Damage,” Not in Our Name, 5:36 (self-produced by David Ferrard)
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for July 4, 2020
Hour 2: Save the Country
First Set
Jakob Dylan, “Evil Is Alive and Well,” The Best of WoodSongs, Volume Three, 3:40 PoetMan Records USA
Ry Cooder, “Brother Is Gone,” Election Special, 4:57 Nonesuch
Second Set
Laura Nyro, “Save the Country,” New York Tendaberry, 4:28 Columbia
Rhiannon Giddens & Bhi Bhiman, “Freedom Highway,” Freedom Highway, 4:47 Nonesuch
David Lindley & Wally Ingram, “I Am a Patriot,” Twango Bango Deluxe, 6:57 (self-produced)
Ry Cooder, “Take Your Hands off It,” Election Special, 3:40 Nonesuch
Third Set
Sarah Vowell, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” (from This American Life) 15:43
Chris Thomas King, “What Would Jesus Do?” Rise, 4:05 21st Century Blues Records
Closing
Laura Nyro, “American Dove,” Spread Your Wings and Fly, 4:45 Columbia/Legacy