The Weavers on Tour

by The Weavers

The Weavers on Tour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:01
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Harold Leventhal, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during their massive comeback following McCarthy-era blacklisting, this triumphant live album blends highly accessible vocal harmonies with traditional roots material. The widely varied, internationally sourced acoustic repertoire effectively laid the commercial groundwork for the impending folk revival of the 1960s.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, traditional, storytelling, live

Tracklist

  1. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2:31)
  2. On Top of Old Smokey (2:24)
  3. Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill (2:16)
  4. Fi-Li-Mi-Oo-Re-Ay (2:28)
  5. Over the Hills (1:00)
  6. Clementine (2:54)
  7. The Frozen Logger (2:09)
  8. The Boll Weevil (2:31)
  9. Talking Blues (2:24)
  10. I Don't Want to Get Adjusted (1:29)
  11. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) (2:26)
  12. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (3:38)
  13. Wreck of the John B (2:23)
  14. Two Brothers (The Blue and the Gray) (2:27)
  15. Ragaputi (2:13)
  16. Wasn't That a Time (2:08)
  17. Go Tell It on the Mountain (2:32)
  18. Poor Little Jesus (1:41)
  19. Mi Y'malel (1:53)
  20. Santa Claus Is Coming (It's Almost Day) (1:19)
  21. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (1:12)

Credits

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