Brothers and Sisters

Pete Seeger

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Brothers and Sisters Review

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This double-CD best-of features the great folk music proselytizer and working class organizer Pete Seeger performing solo, with the folk group the Weavers, and with the legendary post-war group the Almanac Singers, on a variety of original and traditional folk and union material. Songs include Seeger's own composition, the classic "If I Had a Hammer," the Weavers' heavily orchestrated version of the African song "Wimoweh," and the Almanac Singers' heartfelt rallying cry, "Union Maid." The set provides a fascinating snapshot of the 20th century post-war American folk and political scenes, as well as a depiction of the musical commercialization of the originally radically left-wing Weavers.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	If I Had a Hammer Lee Hays / Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger	01:56	Amazon
2	Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger	02:08	Amazon
3	Skip to My Lou Traditional	Pete Seeger	03:11	Amazon
4	Deep Blue Sea Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:15	Amazon
5	Down in the Valley Traditional	Pete Seeger	03:45	Amazon
6	Study War No More Traditional	Pete Seeger	03:14	Amazon
7	Oh, Mary Don't You Weep Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:33	Amazon
8	Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream Ed McCurdy	Pete Seeger	02:30	Amazon
9	Beans, Bacon & Gravy Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:57	Amazon
10	River My People Pete Seeger / Traditional	Pete Seeger	03:08	Amazon
11	Listen Mr. Bilbo Adrienne Claiborne / Bob Claiborne	Pete Seeger	02:03	Amazon
12	Paddy Works on the Railroad Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:25	Amazon
13	Pegg and Awl Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:26	Amazon
14	The Big Rock Candy Mountain Harry McClintock	Pete Seeger	03:07	Amazon
15	Hard Times in the Mill Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:15	Amazon
16	The Fox Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:04	Amazon
17	The Buffalo Skinners Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:46	Amazon
18	Wayfaring Stranger Traditional	Pete Seeger	01:15	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Wimoweh Ronnie Gilbert / Lee Hays / Fred Hellerman / Solomon Linda / Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger feat: The Weavers	03:03	Amazon
2	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Huddie Ledbetter	Pete Seeger	03:01	Amazon
3	On Top of Old Smokey Pete Seeger / Traditional	Pete Seeger feat: Terry Gilkyson	02:44	Amazon
4	So Long (It's Been Goog to Know Yuh) Woody Guthrie	Pete Seeger	03:23	Amazon
5	Around the World Pete Seeger / Traditional	Pete Seeger	02:34	Amazon
6	Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Gordon Jenkins / Spencer Ross	Pete Seeger	02:45	Amazon
7	Suliram (Indonesian Lullaby)	Pete Seeger	02:56	Amazon
8	Bay of Mexico Tom Geraci	Pete Seeger feat: Sonny Terry	02:45	Amazon
9	Follow the Drinking Gourd	Pete Seeger	03:05	Amazon
10	Jig Along Home Woody Guthrie	Pete Seeger	02:57	Amazon
11	Hard, Ain't It Hard Woody Guthrie	Pete Seeger feat: The Weavers	03:06	Amazon
12	Cindy Woody Guthrie	Pete Seeger	02:30	Amazon
13	Round, Round Hitler's Grave Woody Guthrie / Millard Lampell / Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger feat: Almanac Singers	02:50	Amazon
14	Solidarity Forever Ralph Chaplin / Pete Seeger / David Welsh	Pete Seeger feat: Almanac Singers	02:54	Amazon
15	Wich Side Are You On Florence Reece	Pete Seeger feat: Almanac Singers	02:09	Amazon
16	Union Maid Woody Guthrie / Millard Lampell	Pete Seeger feat: Almanac Singers	02:16	Amazon
17	The Sinking of the Reuben James Woody Guthrie / Millard Lampell / Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger feat: Almanac Singers	03:08	Amazon
18	Wasn't That a Time Lee Hays	Pete Seeger	03:00	Amazon