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timeless folk songs sung the way the are supposed to be sung by Fred and his audiences, with 6 and 12-string guitar and banjo
Genre:
Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date:
2001
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1. Hold Back The Days |
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2. Old Chicago |
4:13 |
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3. The Telling Takes Me Home |
4:04 |
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4. Interview Excerpt |
0:40 |
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5. Days of 49 |
5:16 |
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6. Streets of London |
4:28 |
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7. Interview Excerpt |
1:16 |
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8. Down By The River |
2:48 |
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9. Touch Me |
2:14 |
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10. Hobo Songs |
3:57 |
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11. I Remember Loving You |
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12. Nevada Jane |
3:47 |
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13. Maggie May |
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14. Amsterdam |
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15. Interview/Blue Mountain |
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16. The Windmill Song |
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17. Sonny |
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18. Interview Excerpt |
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19. The Silver Run |
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20. The Man Who Sings |
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21. I Believe (Hymn Song) |
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22. Night Rider's Lament |
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23. Here's To You Rounders |
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24. Dona Dona |
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25. Safe In The Harbor |
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26. Thanksgiving Eve |
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27. The Alice Wentworth |
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28. The Rock & The Egg/Magic Penny Medley |
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29. Interview Excerpt |
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30. One For The Money |
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31. Nancy Spain |
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32. This Little Light of Mine |
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33. Rock Me To Sleep |
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34. If Wishes Were Fishes |
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35. Hobo Lullaby(with Utah Phillips) |
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36. For All The Good People |
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Fred Holstein has been singing - and has had audiences singing with him - in Chicago's folk music clubs since the 1960's. "Fred Holstein: A Collection" is a double CD with 32 songs recorded over the years, from Fred's two LP albums from 1977 and 1983, to live performances including songs from the closing night of Holstein's folk club on Lincoln Avenue, New Year's Eve 1987, as well as a 1996 radio interview.
Here is some of what Ray Nordstrand had to say about Fred:
"Fred Holstein introduced thousands of good people to the best of folk music when he belted out his honest, timeless songs at legendary clubs like the Earl of Old Town and Holstein's. And he continues to greet friends with infectious enthusiasm at the Abbey Pub and Sterch's. Always Fred keeps his listeners involved, entertained, and a little bit richer. His genius is picking out the finest songs and delivering thir stories the way they should be sung..."
and Utah Phillips:
"...so all you walkers and talkers, singers, humdingers and all-night flingers standing by the on ramp with your thumb out and a mouth full of words - a little piece of advice; sometimes the song is not enough. There's the craft, see? The sitting down and earning your money part. Well, tilt your thumb Fred's way, because there is craft you won't find in any college or book or cowboy fantasy. Sitting in a Fred Holstein audience is like going to school, and if this is your trade, listen and learn..."
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<3 Fred
author: Brett
Love love love this. The only negative thing I came away with from this record is that I discovered Fred's music only after he had passed. Rest in peace to a great folkster.
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Amazing
author: Don Albertson
I saw Fred a few times at Amazing Grace and in later years at Somebody Else's Troubles. Fred introduced me to songs by Utah Phillips and the first time I heard John Prine's "Hello In There" was when Fred sang it and told the story of singing that at Chelsea House where there were two old people who had just gotten married. He followed it up with Pete Seeger's song about how do I know my youth has been spent (my get up and go done got up and went). Fred was the person who said that "Some people aren't smart enough to sing, they just sit back growin' calluses on their ass and thinking they can let George do it. When they find out what George did they aren't happy."
I have a cassette tape I pirated of Fred at Amazing Grace (preceded by Sam Leopold) in 1973 or so. I'm glad to have these 2 CD's to add although I think the version of Streets of London he did live was better.
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collection
author: fred
marvelous!
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Thank you!
author: Bruce Reeves
Having left Chicago and the USA some 35 years ago, really the only thing I miss is the halcyon nights at the Earl. These recordings bring warm memories back to me ... I will never ever forget Fred and his moving performances. Thank you for making these available.
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