Track Listing

1. Goodnight Irene
2. This Land Is Your Land
3. (Last Night I Had the) Strangest Dream
4. Study War No More
5. On Top of Old Smoky
6. Aunt Rhodie
7. Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore
8. So Long (It's Been Good to Know You)
9. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #202534 in Music
• Released on: 1997-09-30
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A joy to listen to -- this is what the USA was built on!
This CD contains the classic Weaver songs that many times were hits not only for themselves, but for others. Pete Seeger's soaring harmonies and Ronnie Gilbert's powerful melodies will make you close your eyes and lean back, just to drink it all in. This CD evokes that magic time when music had a profound effect on politics and society -- for which the Weavers were blacklisted. Both longtime Weaver's fans and new ones, just discovering them, will enjoy this collection.

Classic songs...done better by others
Yes, I know the Weavers are a legendary folk group. Yes, I know that their catalog of songs reads like a top 40 list of all-time folk greats.

However, not having been very familiar with the Weavers' sound (I was only familiar with the legend that built up around them), I bought this album thinking it would be a terrific collection. If you have never heard the Weavers before, my caveats are:

1. Pete Seeger never could sing very well. His voice is hard to listen to many times. He is a great songwriter, but lousy singer.

2. The production is (I guess, predictably, given the time period) not very polished. A lot of these sound like they were recorded in a barn or something.

3. Songs like Guantanamera and the other well-known tunes were done a whole lot better by other performers. The Weavers might have been the first to record some of these, but they were not the best, in my opinion.

Still, the record exudes a simple (albeit homely) charm, in spots.