Label: Vanguard
Reissued 8/2/2024
The 1963 Newport Folk Festival was the biggest event of its kind, with over 70 participating musicians and an audience of over 37,000 patrons. Originally released via Vanguard Records, this is one of six LPs released to document the best of that festival. This LP includes performances by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Jackie Washington, Bob Davenport, Judy Collins, Theodore Bikel, Dave Van Ronk, Jean Redpath, Jean Carignan, and Pete Seeger.
Track listing:
- My God Is a Rock in the Weary Land – Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
- The Buzzard Lope – Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
- One Man's Hand – Jackie Washington
- Bill Bailey – Jackie Washington
- With My Pit Boots On – Bob Davenport
- Greenland Whale Fisheries – Judy Collins and Theodore Bikel
- Little Star – Theodore Bikel
- Copias – Theodore Bikel
- The Buzzard Lope – Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea
- Island SingersOne Man's Hand – Jackie WashingtonBill
- Bailey – Jackie Washington
- Candy Man – Dave Van Ronk
- Hold On – Dave Van Ronk
- The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre – Jean Redpath
- Song of the Seals – Jean Redpath
- Le violon montée n vièle – Jean Carignan
- Le reel du diable – Jean Carignan
- Le reel de Rimouski – Jean Carignan
- Cripple Creek / Old Joe Clark / Leather Britches – Pete Seeger
- This Land – Festival Finale