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Live From the Old Town School, Volume 1: Family Music

1. “Stewball” - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 6/1/2003 (3:55).

2. “Tiny’s Tempo” - Andrew Bird, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 9/15/2000 (6:06).

3. “The Titanic” - Rory Block, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/16/2001 (2:32).

4. “Wake Up Little Sparrow” - Catherine Hall Parrish, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/30/2004 (2:37).

5. “When The Saints Go Marching In” - Mahalia Jackson, 1956 (3:31).

6. “The Cuckoo” - Ella Jenkins, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/30/2004 (2:34).

7. “Red River Valley” - Ella Jenkins, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/30/2004 (1:51).

8. “Came Out the Wilderness” - Ella Jenkins, 3/20/1982 (3:17).

9. “Witch Upon a Hill” - Ted Johnson, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building 10/10/1964 (1:49).

10. “The Fox” - Jon Langford, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 2/17/2002 (3:10).

11. “Freight Train” - Taj Mahal, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 1/13/2002 (3:39).

12. “The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife” - Win Stracke, North Avenue, 4/15/1962 (3:07).

13. “Methodist Pie” - Win Stracke, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (3:12).

14. “I Am A Pilgrim” - Merle Travis, University of Chicago, 10/28/1966 (2:34).

15. “The Frog’s Wedding” - Trian, University of Chicago, 2/3/1989 (5:19).

16. “Three Is The Magic Number” - Jeff Tweedy, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 2/17/2002 (3:44).

17. “Polly Wolly Doodle” - Dan Zanes, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/4/2001 (2:39).

18. “Something Happens” - Peter Case, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 4/27/2001 (2:48).

19. “Delicate Balance” - Tom Dundee, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (3:01).

20. “15 Minute Intermission” - Elaine Moore, Cathy Cowan, Carol Kagy, Auditorium Theater, 12/1/2007 (1:29).

21. “Old Mr. Rabbit-T’ain’t a Gonna Rain No More” - Horton Barker, WFMT Studios 1961 (3:13).

22. “Old Blue, Guy & Candie Carawan” - George & Gerry Armstrong’s, 8/13/1978 (2:32).

23. “Little Red Caboose” - Odetta, Francis Parker School, 10/2/1970 (1:57).

24. “Home on the Range” - Odetta, Francis Parker School, 10/2/1970 (4:57).

25. “Maple Syrup Time” - Pete Seeger, Navy Pier, 9/3/1977 (5:18).

26. “Young Women Who Swallowed a Lie” - Pete Seeger, Navy Pier, 9/3/1977 (4:09).

27. “Midnight Special” - Merle Travis, University of Chicago, 10/28/1966 (2:47).


Live From the Old Town School, Volume 2: New Folk

1. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” - Joan Baez, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/3/2000 (3:40).

2. “Dear Old Greenland” - Andrew Bird, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/15/2000 (3:52).

3. “Two Heroes (Are Better Than One)” - Peter Case, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 4/27/2001 (5:40).

4. “Sis Draper” - Guy Clark, Shawn Camp, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/29/2002 (4:13).

5. “I Don’t Worry About a Thing” - Jim Craig, Rick Veras, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (2:49).

6. “Apple Doll” - Steve Dawson, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/2006 (4:08).

7. “Temporary” - Steve Dawson, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/2006 (4:31).

8. “The Dying Soldier” - Steve Dawson, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 12/09/2007(3:42).

9. “The Medicine Show” - Mike Dunbar, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 11/30/1986 (4:24).

10. “Fiddle Tune Medley-Ruben You Can Play Your Banjo” - Mark Dvorak, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/25/1998 (6:00).

11. “Streets of Old Chicago” - Mark Dvorak, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (3:42).

12. “Jerusalem” - Steve Earle, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 12/7/2003 (4:23).

13. “Goodbye” - Steve Earle, Welles Park, 7/24/1999 (4:53).

14. “Simple Man” - Steve Earle, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 12/7/2003 (3:26).

15. “Goodbye Cruel Girl” - Robbie Fulks, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/19/2006 (4:03).

16. “Georgia Hard” - Robbie Fulks, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/19/2006 (4:03).

17. “Cigarette State” - Robbie Fulks, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/12/1999 (4:10).

18. “Rock Bottom” - Robbie Fulks, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/19/2006 (2:47).

19. “The Twentieth Century is Almost Over” - Steve Goodman,
WFMT Studios, 9/26/1992 (4:38).

20. “Wrong Road Again” - John Hartford, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 10/18/1986 (2:32).

21. “In Tall Buildings” - John Hartford, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 10/18/1986 (3:24).

22. “Where’s the Money” - Dan Hicks, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/15/2000 (4:14).

23. “Canned Music” - Dan Hicks 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/15/2000 (5:44).

24. “Days Of 49” - Fred Holstein, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (5:38).

25. “All The Good People” - Fred Holstein, WFMT Studios, 9/26/1992 (4:39).

26. “Roll me on the Water” - Bonnie Koloc, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (4:39).

27. “Tubby Brothers” - Jon Langford, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/21/1998 (2:37).

28. “Homburg” - Jon Langford, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/21/1998 (3:44).

29. “Colours, Donovan” - 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 1988 (3:08).

30. “Mellow Yellow” - Donovan, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 1988 (3:11).

31. “Boat up the River” - Tim O’Brien, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2005 (2:50).

32. “Hard Travelin’” - Tim O’Brien, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/1/2003 (3:48).

33. “With a Memory Like Mine” - Tim O’Brien, Darrell Scott,
4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/5/2001 (5:07).

34. “Music Tree” - Tim O’Brien, Darrell Scott, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/5/2001 (3:39).

35. “Singin’ Through the Hard Times” - Utah Phillips, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/4/2003 (2:43).

36. “I’ve Got to Know” - Utah Phillips, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/4/2003 (3:01).

37. “No Hole in My Head” - Malvina Reynolds, Francis Parker School, 4/17/1970 (2:41).

38. “Bury Me in My Overalls” - Malvina Reynolds, Francis Parker School, 4/17/1970 (2:17).

39. “Wild Mountain Thyme” - Claudia Schmidt, Somebody Else’s Troubles, 6/5/1976 (3:11).

40. “Trouble Will Find You” - Josh White, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/28/2000 (3:52).

41. “I’m Going Back to North Carolina” - Ginni Clemmens, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 1975 (3:39).

42. “Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues” Ginni Clemmens, (2:18).


Live From the Old Town School, Volume 3: Trad Folk

1. “John Barleycorn” - Martin Carthy, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 3/17/1979 (2:21).

2. “Motherless Child (USA)” - Frank Hamilton, Valucha De Castro, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (2:06).

3. “Pretty Saro” - Horton Barker, WFMT Studios, 1961 (2:07).

4. “Irene Goodnight” - Andrew Bird, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/15/2000 (6:07).

5. “C.C. Rider” - Andrew Bird, 909 W. 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/15/2000 (4:56).

6. “Big Road Blues” - Rory Block, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 3/16/2001 (2:31).

7. “Glory of Love” - Big Bill Broonzy, WFMT, 9/26/1992 (2:27).

8. “Midnight Special” - Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Northwestern University, 10/25/1956 (3:41).

9. “Don’t Ever Bob Your Hair Girl” Fleming Brown, Ray Tate,
North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building 4/15/1962 (2:49).

10. “Cripple Creek-Worried Man Blues-Beans, Bacon, and Gravy”
- Guy & Candie Carawan, George and Gerry Armstrong’s, 8/13/1978 (2:54).

11. “May Be the Last Time” - Guy & Candie Carawan, George and Gerry Armstrong’s, 8/13/1978 (2:20).

12. “Siege of Delhi” - Martin Carthy, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 3/17/1979 (4:47).

13. “Willie’s Lady” - Martin Carthy, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 3/17/1979 (7:52).

14. “Stag O Lee” - Cephas and Wiggins, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 11/16/1986 (5:30).

15. “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” - Cephas and Wiggins, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 11/16/1986 (4:54).

16. “Scarboro Fair” - Margaret Christl, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 9/30/1978 (3:52).

17. “Hard Travelin’” - Rambling Jack Elliott, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/6/2003 (2:43).

18. “Grand Coolie Dam” - Rambling Jack Elliott, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/6/2003 (3:42).

19. “Walkin’ Blues” - John Hammond, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 2/27/2004 (4:49).

20. “Just a Closer Walk” - Mahalia Jackson, 1956 (4:52).

21. “Move on Up” - Mahalia Jackson, 1956 (3:29).

22. “All My Trials” - Ted Johnson, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (2:52).

23. “Come On In My Kitchen” - Michael Miles, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 1/1/2000 (1:57).

24. “Peg and Awl” - Bruce Molsky, Bill Frisell, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/17/2003 (5:26).

25. “Strawberry Fields Forever” - Odetta, Francis Parker School, 10/2/1970 (3:13).

26. “Sporting Life Blues” - Tom Paley, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 4/15/1977 (3:47).

27. “Ramblin’ Boy” - Tom Paxton, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 12/31/2003 (3:27).

28. “The Cruel Sister” - John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/3/2009 (4:27).

29. “The Wedding Dress” - John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/3/2009 (2:47).

30. “The Cuckoo” - Jean Ritchie, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 4/5/1981 (2:33).

31. “Fair Nottamun Town” - Jean Ritchie, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 4/5/1981 (3:01).

32. “Roll the Union On” - Pete Seeger, People’s Church, 5/17/1986 (4:35).

33. “Come on in my Kitchen” - Jon Spiegel, Staff Sampler, 10/1988 (2:55).

34. “Saint James Infirmary” - Dave Van Ronk, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/12/2000 (3:57).

35. “Blue Eyed Jane” - Doc Watson, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 12/4/1987 (3:20).

36. “Bye Bye Blues” - Doc Watson, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 12/4/1987 (2:19).

37. “Midnight Special” - Weavermania, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 5/12/2000 (3:26).


Live From the Old Town School, Volume 4: World

1. “Lullaby (Usnijze mi)” - Grazyna Auguscik, (8:04).

2. “Soul Migration” -Grazyna Auguscik, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 4/26/2003 (8:59).

3. “Yemaya” - Conjunto Cespedes, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 2/5/2000 (1:50).

4. “La Loma de Belen” - Conjunto Cespedes, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 2/5/2000 (6:19).

5. “Jarabi” - Toumani Diabate, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/14/2008 (7:03).

6. “Voy La Hacer Feliz” - Joaquin Diaz, Welles Park, 6/16/2000 (3:01).

7. “Vamos a Bailar” - Joaquin Diaz, Welles Park, 6/16/2000 (5:25).

8. “Nueve Viento” - Lila Downs, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/29/2000 (4:40).

9. “Ofrenda” - Lila Downs, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 9/29/2000 (3:06).

10. “Greetings, Tar Drum Lesson” - Hamza El Din,
4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 10/12/2003 (8:35).

11. “Dans Notre Village (France)” - Frank Hamilton, Valucha De Castro, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (1:35).

12. “Ken Yov Du (Israel)” - Frank Hamilton, Valucha De Castro,
North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (2:20).

13. “The Frog Song (Brazil)” - Frank Hamilton, Valucha De Castro, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (0:41).

14. “Vranjanka (Serbia)” - Frank Hamilton, Valucha De Castro, North Avenue, Immigrant State Bank Building, 4/15/1962 (2:23).

15. “Puerto Rico Mi Tierra Natal” - Los Pleneros de la 21, University of Chicago, 11/25/1989 (5:26).

16. “Fiesta Campesina” - Los Pleneros de la 21, University of Chicago, 11/25/1989 (5:24).

17. “El Buscapie” - Mono Blanco, Welles Park, 7/24/1999 (3:59).

18. “La Bamba” - Mono Blanco, Welles Park, 7/24/1999 (6:19).

19. “Cape Clear” - Laurence Nugent, 909 W. Armitage Avenue, 2/1/1997 (3:59).

20. “Tiene Dja” - Oumou Sangare, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/5/2000 (6:44).

21. “Woula Bara Diagna (A Long Way Away)” - Oumou Sangare, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, 11/5/2000 (8:52).

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