Mostly Folk Playlist, July 15, 2012

Host: Terry Hayden

People who will be performing in the area (about 6:00-6:30)
Hello Stranger | Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi | All Around the Mountain (Adirondack Folklife School, July 26-27)
Long Journey | Dry Branch Fire Squad | Long Journey (Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival July 19-22)
Are You Tired of Me My Darling | Fairview Avenue | Fairview Avenue (Schoharie River Day Saturday, July 21)>
Any Way I Do | Tracy Grammer | Flower of Avalon (Falcon Ridge Folk Festival July 27-29)
Tá Sé 'na Lá | Cathie Ryan | Somewhere Along the Road (Great American Irish Festival July 27-29)
Quiet Early Morning | Holly Near | Early Warnings (Caffe Lena Wednesday, July 25; Falcon Ridge Folk Festival July 27-29)

Woody Guthrie (about 6:30-6:40)
Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie | My Dusty Road
I'm Gonna Join the One Big Union (You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union) | Woody Guthrie | My Dusty Road

Songs about communal singing and dancing (about 6:40-6:55)
Music Made By Hand | Tom Chapin | Join the Jubilee
Boys in the Choir | Tom Chapin | Let the Bad Times Roll
Alice | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Tannery Pond Reel | Dan Berggren, John Kirk, and Christopher Shaw | North River, North Woods
Old Town Hall | David Stone | Colours of Cape Breton

Songs to sing along with (about 6:55-8:00)
Twelve Gates to the City | HARP | A Time to Sing, Disc 2
Jacob’s Ladder | HARP | A Time to Sing, Disc 1
We Shall Overcome | The Freedom Singers | Folk
Woke Up This Morning | Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie | Guide My Feet
Give Light | Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie | Guide My Feet
Waters of Babylon | McBride, Lussen, and Wooden | Full Circle
Don’t Let the Rain Come Down | Serendipity Singers | Serendipity / The Many Sides of the Serendipity Singers
Beans in My Ears | The Serendipity Singers | Serendipity/The Many Sides Of
The Mary Ellen Carter | Schooner Fare | Alive
M.T.A. | Kingston Trio | Capitol Collectors Series
Robin Hood | Woods Tea Company | Standing Room Only
Everyday | Buddy Holly | Greatest Hits
Yellow Submarine | The Beatles | Yellow Submarine
Michael Row the Boat Ashore | The Weavers | The Weavers: Best of the Vanguard Years
Goodnight Irene | The Weavers | The Weavers: Best of the Vanguard Years

Gonna Get Through This World

Today while preparing for my radio show, I listened to Wonder Wheel by The Klezmatics.  One song from the album has stayed with me: "Gonna Get Through This World."  Like all the songs on this album, it was written by Woody Guthrie.  I like the sound of it, and I like the way it starts out as getting through hardship, and then as strength builds over the course of the song, it becomes not only surviving, but also contributing to something larger than oneself.

Lyrics are at 
http://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Gonna_Get_Through_This_World.htm.