Top Almanac Singers Albums
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State of Arkansas
[2011]
[2011]
The Original Talking Union and Other Union Songs
[2004]
[2004]
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Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho The Dodger Song The Golden Vanity Dear Mr President Ballad Of October 16 Talking Union Away Rio Songs For Bridges Haul Away Joe Union Maid Hard Ain't It Hard House Of The Rising Sun Get Thee Behind Me Satan Blow The Man Down The Strange Death Of John Doe Which Side Are You On Babe O'mine All I Want The Weaver's Song
Related Information for Almanac Singers
The Almanac Singers were a group of folk musicians who achieved brief popularity in the early 1940s. Members Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie began playing together informally after Seeger and Hays had been playing at left-wing political functions for a time. Mainstream national success began after the American Youth Congress meeting in Washington D.C. in February of 1941. Others who sang with the group at various times included Sis Cunningham, (John) Peter Hawes and his brother (Baldwin) Butch Hawes, Bess Lomax Hawes (wife of Butch), Cisco Houston, and Arthur Stern.Politics and music remained closely intertwined with the members' political beliefs, which were far-left and occasionally led to controversi... read more
