Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry - Carnegie Hall (1957) [Complete LP]

This album was released in 1958 on Folkways Records, catalogue number FA 2412. It is still available on CD and streaming.Show more

It features recording from a concert by Pete Seeger (1919-2014) and Sonny Terry (1911-1986) at Carnegie Hall on 27 December 1957. Both Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry were signed to Folkways Records at the time this concert was recorded.

The audio here was taken from a 1950's US pressing of the original Folkways LP.

Track List:

1. Goofin' Off Theme, Kum Ba Ya, O What A Beautiful City 0:00
2. Coal Creek March, Pay Day At Coal Creek, Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line, Arkansas Traveller 7:08
3. Fox Chase, Right On That Shore, Pick A Bale Of Cotton 15:56
4. Rozhenkes Mit Mandlen, In Tarrytown, Clean-O, Ladies Auxiliary 20:28
5. The Bells Of Rhymney, Reuben James, The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. Down By The Riverside 29:43
6. Passing Through 45:03

Here are some links to more information about Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pete-Seeger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Terry

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sonny-Terry

https://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/sonny.html