The "Chrismas In The Trenches" song is reason enough to get this one (here's a more detailed post on my blog about it :

Track Listing

1. Calling All the Children Home
2. Hours After/Lonesome John/Reel à Bouche/Leather Britches
3. Stole and Sold from Africa
4. Black Sea
5. Old Brown's Head Light
6. Joe Hill
7. Going, Going, Gone
8. High Hearts
9. Cut the Cake
10. Reasons to Believe
11. Where Were You When
12. Yesterday's Fools
13. Christmas in the Trenches
14. Copper River Bounce/Money Musk
15. Water Is Wide

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137635 in Music
• Released on: 1992-02-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

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Customer Reviews

Everyone should have this in their collection!
I first heard John at a performance on a football field in Fredericksburg, Va. It was after sunset. Boys were tossing balls, girls were doing cartwells, fire flies were creating a light show and most of us were on blankets with a picnic. This artist made us feel like we were all one big family. He got us to sing and laugh like the children on the field. He is magical, human and down-to-earth. The collections on this album show his diverse ability to draw pictures of different live events.(Stole and Sold From Africa, Christmas in the Trenches). His political humor should be taken to heart inside our capital's beltway. (Going, Going, Gone) He's given our family a new singing tradition at birthdays. (Cut the Cake). Bring John McCutcheon's music into your home and you will bring new light to your life.

There's nothing like John McCutcheon live
I've listened to John McCutcheon since our college coffeehouse days in the mid-1970s. I have to say he just gets better all the time. This is my favorite of his 25-plus albums because it captures the flavor of his live shows--his wonderful musicianship on a number of instruments, his rich signing voice, his warmth in interacting with the audience, and his wonderful storytelling.

The set shows the many sides of John McCutcheon. "Calling All the Children Home" and "Christmas in the Trenches" are two of his best-known compositions. A couple instrumental cuts exhibit his virtuoso hammer dulcimer playing. He sings a couple traditional folk songs ("The Water is Wide" and "Joe Hill") and collaborates with his pal Tom Chapin. He even sneaks in a couple topical songs for which he is famous.

Live at Wolf Trap
I have loved John McCutcheon ever since I was about seven or eight. His music is terrific and I have been to three of his concerts. This album is a must for anybody who knows John McCutcheon. Calling All the Children home is such a wonderful track and John almost always seems to start his shows off with it. Another one of my favorite songs on this album is Christmas in the Trenches. I understand that John McCutcheon does a lot of benefit concerts....