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Gay and Straight Together

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Gay and Straight Together
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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 7:15
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102
Pancake Blues Kitty Barber 3:04
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103
Love Somebody Ginni Clemmens 3:08
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104
Piney Creek Woman Nancy Schimmel, Giovanni Balteri, and Kathy Glaser 2:36
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105
Penguin Walk Rag Lori Noelle 1:44
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106
Weird Vivian Davis, John Salewski, and Skip Harstirn 3:41
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201
How Nice Kristin Lems 3:40
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202
Surprise Paula Walowitz 2:40
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203
Lezzie Queer Judith Carsello 5:31
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204
If You Got Gayness Charlie Murphy 3:43
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205
Carry it On Dev Singh 3:41
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206
Lately I See Trisha Alexander 1:26
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207
Dirty Old Woman Merle Markland 2:02
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208
Old Woman Miss Saffman's Ladies Choir 2:29

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW08580, FS 8580

Year(s) Released

1980

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

American Folk; Struggle & Protest

Country(s)

United States

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Andreus Feininger - Photographer (Cover)
 Ronald Clyne - Designer
Download Liner Notes