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

101	Bright Morning Star	Peter and Mary Alice Amidon	02:20
102	Angeline the Baker	Sara Grey, John Dildine, Howie Mitchell, Lynn Hickerson, Joe Hickerson	05:16
103	The Lamoille River Song	Sandy and Caroline Paton	02:50
104	Wings to Fly (Crow)	Cindy Kallet	02:20
105	Sundown	Rick Lee and Lorraine Lee Hammond	01:47
106	Barbara Allen	Hedy West	05:20
107	Poor Elijah	Jerry Rasmussen	01:58
108	Little Birdie	Frank Proffitt	03:21
109	Turning Toward the Morning	Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett	05:23
110	Reel du Poteau Blanc / The Woodchopper / The Golden Wedding / The Green Meadows Reel	Skip Gorman	03:19
111	Music from Brittany	David Paton	03:45
112	Oak, Ash, and Thorn	John Roberts and Tony Barrand	02:43
113	The Alabama	The Boarding Party	03:48
114	For All the Good People	Sandy Paton, Caroline Paton, Dave Para, Cathy Barton, Ed Trickett, Harry Tuft	03:08
115	Precious Memories	Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, Ottie "Coot" Greene	03:44