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A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records

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A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records

The songs on A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records offer a small sample of the vast catalog of Folk-Legacy Records, which was started by Sandy and Caroline Paton and their friend Lee Haggerty in 1961. It became an influential label in the 1960s folk revival as well as a community center for those artists and friends who gathered at the label's Connecticut headquarters to share in the creation and performance of folk music. While the label is rooted in traditional music, Folk-Legacy and its artists never shied away from innovation, recording contemporary and political songs as well as fresh versions of old-time classics. The 15-track compilation includes the skillful old-time banjo picking of Hedy West on “Barbara Allen”, the wistful harmonies of the Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett trio on “Turning Toward the Morning”, and Frank Proffitt’s rendition of the old-time standard “Little Birdie”.

Track Listing

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Peter and Mary Alice Amidon
02:20
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102
Sara Grey, John Dildine, Howie Mitchell, Lynn Hickerson, Joe Hickerson
05:16
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103
Sandy and Caroline Paton
02:50
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104
Cindy Kallet
02:20
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105
Rick Lee and Lorraine Lee Hammond
01:47
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106
Hedy West
05:20
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107
Jerry Rasmussen
01:58
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108
Frank Proffitt
03:21
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109
Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett
05:23
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110
Skip Gorman
03:19
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111
David Paton
03:45
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112
John Roberts and Tony Barrand
02:43
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113
The Boarding Party
03:48
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114
Sandy Paton, Caroline Paton, Dave Para, Cathy Barton, Ed Trickett, Harry Tuft
03:08
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115
Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, Ottie "Coot" Greene
03:44