Chesapeake Born

Tom and Mark Wisner

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Maryland-based songwriter and educator Tom Wisner’s (1930–2010) first album for Folkways also marks the label’s first documentation of the culture of the Chesapeake Bay. According to Wisner’s liner notes, “[t]he songs on this recording were given to me while I was becoming more aware of myself and my relationship to the Chesapeake Bay and her people.” With songs and singing by both Tom and his son Mark Wisner, the album features vocal contributions by Theresa Whitaker, guitars by Marty Dutcher, and Bill Caldwell on guitar and banjo. Three songs are a cappella. The handwritten liner notes include lyrics and dedications for each song, biographies of the musicians, and four drawings by Wisner.

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101	Native Land	Tom and Mark Wisner	3:30
102	Made of Water	Tom and Mark Wisner	1:31
103	Winter Mornin' Sea	Tom and Mark Wisner	2:52
104	Wild River	Tom and Mark Wisner	4:11
105	Lazy Floating Feather	Tom and Mark Wisner	1:41
106	Susquehanna Down	Tom and Mark Wisner	4:32
201	Clear Water Remembered	Tom and Mark Wisner	2:48
202	Blowed and Torn	Tom and Mark Wisner	2:17
203	Spring Lightnin' Thunder	Tom and Mark Wisner	3:06
204	Southern Maryland River	Tom and Mark Wisner	4:00
205	Dredgin' is My Drudgery	Tom and Mark Wisner	2:31
206	Chesapeake Born	Tom and Mark Wisner	4:22

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