Festival & Anthology recordings
Songs Of The Working People
1988 - Flying Fish 483 LP
Side OneFree Amerikay in medley with Jefferson and Liberty- Chorus: Earl, Pete
Bennington Rifles - Pete
Greenland Fisheries - Ronnie, Chet, Pete and Chorus
Buffalo Skinners - Alan
Step By Step - Ronnie, Chet, Earl
John Henry - Odetta and Ronnie
Side Two
No Irish Need Apply - Tommy and Chorus
Life is a Toil - Ronnie, Lorin
Follow the Drinkin' Gourd - Chet, Mama Pat, Michelle
No More Auction Block - Chet, Mama Pat, Michelle & Chorus
Jimmy Crack Corn - Earl, Mama Pat, Michelle
Farmer is the One - Steve with Bill
Seneca Canoe Song with words of Chief Seattle - Earl, Narrator and Chorus
Credits
Vocals: Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Odetta, Alan Lomax, Chet Washington, Tommy Makem, Steve Stanne, Earl Robinson, Mama Pat and Michelle Bayard
Assisted by Lorin Grean, Bill Griffin
Additional Solo and Choral: Mama Pat and Michelle Bayard
The chorus utilizes at various times nearly every person in the cast above.
Instrumentation
Earl Robinson: Piano, Harpsichord
Pete Seeger: Banjo
Randy Cobb: Acoustic And Electric Guitar
Dominique Camardella: Organ
Dennis Fetchet: Fiddle Lorin Grean: Recorder
Bill Griffin: Nylon String Mandolin
Mitch Kashmir: Harmonica Randy Tico: Bass
Mike Shapiro: Drums, Percussion
Katryn Price: Hammered Dulcimer
Perry Robinson: Clarinet
Steve Stanne: Dobro
Production, arrangements, piano, singing and harpsichord: Earl Robinson
Executive Producer: Richard Bullock
Basic tracks recorded at Sound Ideas, NYC.
Co-producer: Bob Golden, Engineer: Jim Anderson
Co-production, arranged and mixed by Dan Protheroe at Santa Barbara Sound, Santa Barbara, CA
Cover illustration: Mick Wiggins
Cover concept: James McCaffery
Art direction: Jennifer Berman
Angel: Jessie Lloyd O'Connor
