Thanksgiving Gratitude
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for November 21, 2020
Thanksgiving Gratitude with Michele Flannery
Resistance Revival Chorus, “This Joy,” This Joy (Righteous Babe)
Yo la Tengo, “Be Thankful for What You Got,” Little Honda (Matador)
Fairport Convention, “Now Be Thankful,” 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Fairport Convention (UMG)
Bing Crosby, “I’ve Got Plenty to Be Thankful For” (1942), Best of Bing Crosby: the Old Groaner (Mondo Tunes)
Bettye LaVette, “Thankful n’ Thoughtful,” Thankful n’ Thoughtful (Anti)
Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra, “I’m Thankful,” The Best of Quantic (Tru Thoughts)
New Set
Sam Amidon, “Hallelujah,” Sam Amidon (Nonesuch)
Doc Watson featuring Merle Watson, “I Am a Pilgrim,” The Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Richard Thompson, “Where’s Home?” Electric (New West)
Tom Brosseau, “Tell Them How You Feel,” The Prairie (self-released)
Lambchop, “For Which We Are Truly Thankful,” How I Quit Smoking (Merge)
Mountain Man, “Simple Gifts,” single (self-released)
Alasdair Roberts, “The Seasons,” Fretted and Indebted (Infinite Grayscale)
Jad Fair, Tenniscoats, and Norman Blake, “Thank You,” Raindrops (Joyful Noise)
Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, and Ros Stephen, “What a Wonderful World,” For the Ghosts Within (Domino)
New Set
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson, “Have a Feast Here Tonight” (Rabbit in a Log), Off the Record, Vol. 2: Live Duet Recordings 1963–1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, “Y’all Come,” All the Good Times Are Past & Gone (Acony)
Fay Victor, “Last Night’s Dinner,” Barn Songs (Northern Spy)
The King Khan & BBQ Show, “What’s for Dinner?” What’s for Dinner? (In the Red)
Rufus Thomas, “Mashed Potatoes,” Walking the Dog (Rhino)
Sarah Vaughan, “Gravy Waltz,” Sarah Sings Soulfully (Parlophone)
The Damned, “Turkey Song,” The Chiswick Singles and Another Thing (Ace)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, “ ’Tater Pie,” Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years (Mercury)
Cracker, “Sweet Potato,” Kerosene Hat (Virgin)
Golden Smog, “Pecan Pie,” Down by the Old Mainstream (Ryko)
The Four Clefs, “I Like Pie, I Like Cake,” The Human Orchestra (Bluebird)
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry, “I Want Some of Your Pie” (1939), Guitar Blues (Conqueror)
Dizzy Gillespie, “Rutabaga Pie,” Soul Time (HDJ)
Jack Payne and His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, “Make Yourself a Happiness Pie,” Songs the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Taught Us (Lightning Tree)
New Set
Big Star, “Thank You Friends” (Demo) Complete Third (Omnivore)
Brigid Mae Power, “I’m Grateful,” The Two Worlds (Tompkins Square)
Scrabbel, “Thank You for Being a Friend,” Bea Arthur EP (self-released)
The Kinks, “Days,” Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Pye)
Roosevelt Sykes, “Thanksgivin’ Blues,” Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 2 (1930–1931)
New Set
The Hot 8 Brass Band, “We Goin’ Make It,” Tombstone (Tru Thoughts)
Music played under announcements:
John Renbourn, “My Sweet Potato,” Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte (Warner)