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Gay and Straight Together

Various Artists
Gay and Straight Together Gay and Straight Together is a landmark compilation with live recordings of both gay and straight songwriter-activists including Malvina Reynolds’s daughter Nancy Schimmel and feminist songwriter Kristin Lems. Produced by children’s music performer and Folkways artist Ginni Clemmens for Open Door Records, the album was released in 1981. Songs in various styles can be heard on the album, including uplifting sing-along anthems such as “Carry It On,” country-flavored “Piney Creek Woman,” humorous social satires like “Lezzie Queer,” and the pure, genre-defying inventiveness of “Weird.” The song lyrics are featured in the liner notes.

Track Listing

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Song for His 'n' Hers Jeffrey C. Jones 07:15
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102
Pancake Blues Kitty Barber 03:04
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103
Love Somebody Ginni Clemmens 03:08
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Piney Creek Woman Nancy Schimmel, Giovanni Balteri, and Kathy Glaser 02:36
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105
Penguin Walk Rag Lori Noelle 01:44
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106
Weird Vivian Davis, John Salewski, and Skip Harstirn 03:41
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201
How Nice Kristin Lems 03:40
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202
Surprise Paula Walowitz 02:40
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203
Lezzie Queer Judith Carsello 05:31
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204
If You Got Gayness Charlie Murphy 03:43
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Carry it On Dev Singh 03:41
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206
Lately I See Trisha Alexander 01:26
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Dirty Old Woman Merle Markland 02:02
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Old Woman Miss Saffman's Ladies Choir 02:29