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Fast Folk Musical Magazine (September 1985, Vol. 2, No. 7): Cafe Lena 25th Anniversary

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Fast Folk Musical Magazine (September 1985, Vol. 2, No. 7): Cafe Lena 25th Anniversary

According to its Web site, Caffè Lena, which opened in 1960 in Saratoga Springs, NY, is widely recognized as the oldest continually running coffee house in the United States. It has served as an important venue for American folk music and emerging and established folk musicians. In 1985, Fast Folk Musical Magazine traveled to Saratoga Springs to record the cafè’s 25th anniversary concert. Performers provided a rainbow of folk music styles ranging from a cappella to instrumental and from traditional to modern. Headlining the concert was Pete Seeger, who led a sing-along of “Somos El Barco/We Are the Boat.” The brothers Happy and Artie Traum on acoustic guitars sang “The Hungry Dogs of New Mexico,” the St. Regis String Band performed a spirited “Texas Gals (Grey Cat on a Tennessee Floor),” and the a cappella group Crossover sang the traditional English folk song “Byker Hill.” The liner notes include an extended article on Caffè Lena and song lyrics.

Track Listing

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Michael Cooney
04:46
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102
St. Regis String Band
02:30
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103
Michael Jerling
02:22
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104
Tom Mitchell
04:42
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105
Carla Sciaky
05:36
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106
Joan Kosby and Paul Mercer
03:38
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201
Happy and Artie Traum
05:16
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202
Margaret MacArthur
03:32
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203
Jem Moore
04:46
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204
Crossover
01:58
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Pete Seeger
07:28
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206
Lena Spencer
02:54