Roots and Branches

Describing Lorre Wyatt, Pete Seeger said the following:

"Lorre Wyatt’s songs share a quality with the finest of traditional folk songs: they are at once timely and timeless. They grow on you and with you and become part of your life. I predict that many of Lorre’s songs will be sung – humanity willing! – by our grandchildren’s grandchildren.”

This is Wyatt's first album, originally released on Folk-Legacy in 1985. It is a collection of traditional and original songs, all performed with inventive arrangements and a vocal delivery that is both gentle and impassioned. The tracks discuss a range of topics, including labor, sailing, and renewable energy. Joining Wyatt's skillful fingerstyle guitar are accompanying vocal harmonies, bass, banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, concertina, bouzouki, and flute that work to provide the album with a rich depth of sound.

Track Listing

101	Mingulay Boat Song	Lorre Wyatt	03:36
102	Islay Reaping Song	Lorre Wyatt	03:00
103	Peach Picken' Time in Georgia	Lorre Wyatt	03:12
104	The L and N Don't Stop Here Anymore	Lorre Wyatt	03:42
105	The Chemical Worker's Song	Lorre Wyatt	02:03
106	Der Yid Der Schmid	Lorre Wyatt	03:28
107	Let It Be Your Lullabye	Lorre Wyatt	03:51
108	Old Time Nutrition	Lorre Wyatt	03:04
109	I Could Not Find My Baby-O	Lorre Wyatt	04:48
110	Keep on the Sunny Side	Lorre Wyatt	02:39
111	No Nukes for Me	Lorre Wyatt	02:42
112	Once a Boat Has Broken from the Shore	Lorre Wyatt	02:21
113	The Laird O' Drum / The Hare in the Corn	Lorre Wyatt	04:38
114	Somos El Barco / We Are the Boat	Lorre Wyatt	03:36