THE SONGS OF THE ALMANAC SINGERS


THE ALMANAC SINGERS, 1942: BESS HAWES, PETE SEEGER, MILLARD LAMPELL, WOODY GUTHRIE, ARTHUR STERN, SIS CUNNINGHAM (from left to right)

SONGS FOR JOHN DOE (Almanac Records Album 102), early May 1941

Pete Seeger, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; JOSH WHITE, vocal/guitar; SAM GARY, vocal

TALKING UNION (Keynote Album 106), Jul 1941

PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; JOSH WHITE, guitar/vocal; SAM GARY, CAROL WHITE, BESS LOMAX HAWES, vocal

SONG FOR BRIDGES/BABE O' MINE (Keynote K 304 A/B)

PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; WOODY GUTHRIE, guitar/vocal/harmonica

DEEP SEA CHANTEYS AND WHALING BALLADS
(General Album G-20), recorded July 7, 1941.

WOODY GUTHRIE, guitar/harmonica/vocal; PETER HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; LEE HAYS, vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo/recorder

PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED OUTTAKE, released 1996:

SOD-BUSTER BALLADS
(General Album G-21), recorded July 7, 1941.

WOODY GUTHRIE, guitar/harmonica/vocal; PETER HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; LEE HAYS, vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo/recorder

PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED OUTTAKE, released 1996:

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT (Keynote Album 111), 1942

AGNES 'SIS' CUNNINGHAM, accordion/vocal; MILLARD LAMPELL, vocal; BALDWIN 'BUTCH' HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; BESS LOMAX HAWES, vocal/mandolin; PETE SEEGER, banjo/vocal; ARTHUR STERN, vocal; EARL ROBINSON, director

BOOMTOWN BILL/KEEP THAT OIL A-ROLLIN' (Keynote 5000 A/B), Jun 1942

WOODY GUTHRIE, guitar/vocal/harmonica, PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; BALDWIN "BUTCH" HAWES, vocal; ARTHUR STERN, vocal

ANTI-FASCIST SONGS OF THE ALMANAC SINGERS (MIMEOGRAPHED SONGBOOK, c. 1942)

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