Fifty years ago / Joe Glazer (2:35) -- Babies in the mill / Dorsey Dixon (2:41) -- The ghosts of Bay View / Larry Penn (2:00) -- Saturday night / Darryl Holter (3:32) -- Frozen in time (3:11) ; So long partner (1:18) ; Willie the scab (2:14) / Larry Penn -- Which side are you on / Florence Reece (2:23) -- Cowboy days / Larry Penn & tradition (4:40) -- The wreck of the Carl D. Bradley / Larry Penn (5:07) -- Love and the shorter work week / Darryl Holter (1:37) -- Putting the blame / Tom Juravich (2:21) -- So long it's been good to know ya / Woody Guthrie ; additional lyrics by Darryl Holter (3:26) -- Union maid / Woody Guthrie (2:46).
Track Information:
101 Fifty Years Ago / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
102 Babies in the Mill / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
103 Ghosts of Bay View / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
104 Saturday Night / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
105 Frozen In Time / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
106 So Long Partner / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
107 Willie the Scab / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
108 Which Side Are You On / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
109 Cowboy Days / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
110 Wreck of the Carl D. Bradley / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
111 Love and the Shorter Work Week / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
112 Putting the Blame / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
113 So Long It's Been Good to Know Ya / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
114 Union Maid / Larry Penn, Darryl Holter. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FP-COLL-CT-1948-7
Collector.1948
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Silver Spring, MD Collector 1989
General:
Commercial
booklet donated by Darryl Holter, 10/09. Cookie Man Music: C-M-LHS (in booklet: CM-WHS). Originally released on cassette (Collector Records 1948-C) in 1989. Compact disc. Accompanied by song lyrics and short historical narratives for each song ([32] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.). The history of the struggles of workers in Wisconsin, is replete with examples of outrageous working conditions and violence directed towards strikers, countered by the courage and determination of the union workers, often strikers. This history is chronicled by Larry Penn and Darryl Holter singing songs of their own composition, as well as songs by Woody Guthrie and others. Joe Glazer said of Larry Penn: "[He] is walking in the footsteps of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie." However, Larry (born in 1941) did not always aspire to be a folk musician. A truck driver for 40 years, he started playing folk music after stumbling upon an old Lead Belly recording. Darryl Holter, originally from Minneapolis, first became a union organizer while a student at the University of Minnesota. He is still musically active - a CD he recorded in 2010 was reviewed in SingOut magazine.
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Girl on the greenbriar shore --Up on the Blue Ridge mountain --Rock salt and nails --Ramshackle shack -- Teardrops falling in the snow --Bluegrass truck driver --Cabri waltz --The singer --Drivin' nails in my coffin --No school bus in heaven --Ashes of love.
Track Information:
101 Girl On The Greenbriar Shore / Guitar,Fiddle,Mandolin.
102 Up On The Blue Ridge Mountain / Guitar,Fiddle,Mandolin.
103 Rock Salt And Nails / Guitar,Fiddle,Mandolin.
104 Ramshackle Shack / Guitar,Fiddle,Mandolin.
105 Teardrops Falling In The Snow / Guitar,Fiddle,Mandolin.
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Extent:
1 Sound recording
sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1975 June 27
Contents:
Saul Broudy--White line fever--Truck driver's queen--Kenworth, Hayes or Mack--Act naturally; Lew London-- I get the hungries; Saul Broudy--Blue endless highway--Widow maker; Air transportation songs-- Saul--Silver wsings--Plane wreck at Los Gatos (Deportees)
General note:
DPA number 75.553.03
Local Numbers:
FP-1975-7RR-0370
General:
CDR copy
75.553.03
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1975.
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Transportation Song Swap: Bodie Wagner, Saul Broudy, Mickey Clark, Jim Ringer, Lewis London, Andy Wallace; Louis Killen, Andy Wallace, John Benson, Jeff and Gerret Warner
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Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Working Americans Program 1975 Washington, D.C. Search this
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Extent:
1 Sound recording
sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1975 July 5
Contents:
Bodie Wagner--Truck driving man (updated); Mickey Clark- Roll your own cowboys; Jim Ringer- Smoke along the track; Saul Broudy-- The truck driver's song; Lewis London- Eastbound freight train; Andy Wallace- Old black choo choo; Jeff and Gerret Warner- Eight more miles to Louisville-; Lou Killen, et.al- A way Rio; Lou Killen- Off to sea once more; Saul Broudy- White line fever (frag.)
General note:
DPA number 75.559.01
Local Numbers:
FP-1975-7RR-0405
General:
CDR copy
75.559.01
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1975.
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Type:
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Introduction:
The Working Americans program explored and celebrated work-related traditions, looking at Americans not as people from a certain area of the country or from a particular culture, but in terms of how they made their living and what they needed to know to do their jobs. Each occupation has its own traditions and its own body of skills. In the Working Americans section, Festival-goers could meet and talk with members of many unions and organizations while they demonstrated the particular know-how essential to their varied tasks and while they shared, in the workshop areas, the particular tales and jokes that grow out of the nature of the work they do.
The Folklife of Transportation Workers Project celebrated the lore, lifestyles, and occupational skills of the American workers who operate, maintain, and regulate the nation's transport system. The airline pilot's complex take-off procedure, the flight attendant's responsibility for safety in the cabin, the railroader's ability to calculate and make complicated box-car switches could be found here; as well as bus and taxi drivers' tales of ways to handle over-demanding passengers, truck driving songs, and seafarers' yarns. Transportation workers keep the nation's economic lifeblood moving. They also harbor a rich lore, replete with heroes, tall tales, and songs, that was demonstrated within this program.
June 16-27, Workers Who Extract and Shape. Presentations included glass bottle blowing, glass engraving and horseshoe making.
July 1-11, Workers Who Build. This program celebrated the skills and folklore of the building and construction trades. Participants demonstrated building crafts such as carpentry, tile and terrazzo skills, and even the casting of plaster masks of visitors' faces.
July 14-25, Workers Who Clothe Us. Participants celebrated the skills and folklore of workers in the garment trades, with demonstrations of clothes design, bonnaz (machine embroidery), leather work, and industrial loom work.
July 28-August 8, Workers in Communications, Arts & Recreation. This theme celebrated the skills and folklore of the print and broadcast media, telephone communications, and performing arts. Members of the Graphic Arts International Union demonstrated newspaper printing, four-color printing, and book binding. Members of the United Paperworkers International Union demonstrated papermaking, and members of various performing arts groups gave workshops.
August 11-22, Workers in Professional & Technical Skills, Transportation. Presentations celebrated the skills and folklore of professionals who work in health and medical fields, the tobacco industry, and the print and copying industry. Demonstrations included hospital workers demonstrating operating room techniques, cigar rolling, pharmacists making compounds, and body repairmen working on cars. The Transportation area presented the occupational culture of the men and women who work in the various modes of transportation, including the railroads, metropolitan and long-distance buses, taxicabs, trucks, ships, and stations of the Coast Guard. In the Transportation area, the skills of railroad men, airline pilots, truck drivers and seamen were featured.
August 25-September 6, Workers Who Feed Us, Transportation. Participants celebrates the skills and folklore of people involved with various aspects of production, preparation, and distribution of food. Hotel and restaurant workers demonstrated decorative ice carving, specialty table settings, wine stewarding, and cold food decoration. The Transportation area presented the occupational culture of those who work in the various modes of transportation, including skills demonstrations by airline, railroad and metropolitan transit workers, as well as by Coast Guardsmen who showed ornamental rope work and knot tying.
Shirley Askew served as Program Coordinator, with Robert McCarl as Folklorist, Robert Porter as Field Research & Presentation Specialist, and Susan Donahue as Assistant Program Coordinator. Peter Seitel was Project Coordinator for the Transportation program, assisted by Jack Santino.
Sponsors included the AFL-CIO and its Affiliates, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Department of Transportation.
Transportation fieldworkers:
John Drake, Elaine Eff, Jan Faul, Archie Green, Alice Lacy, Worth Long, Luis Kemnitzer
Presenters:
Benny Ambush, Karen Byrne, Debbie Dixon, Steve Hagberg, Marta Schley, Barbara Schwartz
Participants:
Workers Who Extract and Shape Products
Members of the following unions:
United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers International Union
Thomas F. Miechur, President
Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada
Harry A. Tulley, President
American Flint Glass Workers Union
George M. Parker, President
International Union of Journeymen Horseshoers of the United States and Canada
Duke Bonde, Jr., President
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Floyd E. Smith, President
Molders and Allied Workers Union
Anton J. Trizna, President
American Federation of Musicians
Hal C. Davis, President
The Music Performance Trust Funds
Kenneth E. Raine, Trustee
Saul Broudy
Andy Cohen
Larry Hanks
Fred Holstein
John Kolstad
Lew London
Faith Petrick
Utah Phillips
Mark Ross
Jane Voss
Bodie Wagner
Pop Wagner
Workers Who Build
Members of the following unions:
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen
Thomas F. Murphy, President
United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Roy L. Brown, President
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
William Sidell, President
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles H. Pillard, President
International Union of Operating Engineers
J.C. Turner, President
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John H. Lyons, President
Laborers' International Union of North America
Angelo Fosco, President
International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers
Kenneth M. Edwards, President
Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association of the United States and Canada
Joseph T. Power, President
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
Martin J. Ward, President
Sheet Metal Workers International Union
Edward J. Carlough, President
Workers Who Clothe Us
Members of the following unions:
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Murray H. Finley, President
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
Sol C. Chaikin, President
International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union
Ben Feldman, President
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Furriers Division
Joseph Belsky, President
Workers in Communications, Arts and Recreation
Members of the following unions:
Actors' Equity Association
Theodore Bikel, President
Communications Workers of America
Glenn E. Watts, President
Graphic Arts International Union
Kenneth J. Brown, President
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Kenneth Harvey, President
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Edward M. Lynch, President
International Association of Fire Fighters
William H. McClennan, President
American Guild of Musical Artists
Cornell MacNeil, President
American Guild of Variety Artists
Penny Singleton, Executive-President
Hebrew Actors' Union
Herman Yablokoff, President
Workers in Professional and Technical Skills and Services
Members of the following unions and organizations:
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Murray H. Finley, President
The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
Jerry A. Johnson, Ph.D., President
James J. Garibaldi, Executive Director
Ronald Stone, OTR; President
Virginia Occupational Therapy Association
Silbyl Levine, OTR; President
District of Columbia Occupational Therapy Association
International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, Local 1650
Bill Hampton
Kenneth Green
Lloyd Mann
Lloyd Crindlebaugh
F.E. Wood
Bill Hoppe
H.L. Norton
G.F. Roady
M.R. McCutchen
L.C. Leeds
Eddie Glaszczak, Platte City, Missouri
Bill Hoffman, Liberty, Missouri
B.J. Wilson
J.J. Kunrod
John McKim
Harry Powell
B.L. Yardley
N.C. Mosley
Gary Mason
S.M. Ballew
Tracy Bales
Wally Hayward
Dick Lincoln
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
B.B. Thomas
B.M. Byrd
O.L. Williams
E.B. Dollar
G.L. Bridgeman
Charles Hughes
Ed Irby
Transport Workers Union, Maintenance, Local 514
R.N. Smythe
P.O. Young
H.V. Highberger
C.R. Burke
J.S. Lowe
B.L. Lamb
S.W. Hathcock
P.E. Corn
A.B. Williams
J. Shade
R.H. Stanley
W.D. Myers
A.D. Sorenson
J.L. Locut
W.C. Popejoy
R.J. Barker
B.M. Maris
S.H. Walden
R.C. Sagar
M.D. Harrell
B.L. Ewing
J.L. Guynn
T.R. Hopper
C.E. Quinn
K.L. Anderson
Truckers
Jim Ringer
Ray Bieri
Jack Hamilton
George Gordon
Edgar Graves
James Marshall
Artie Marshall
William Peoples, III
Margaret Brooks
Bernice McDonald
Doris Miller
Ed Miller
Lee Voorhies
Richard Voorhies
Timmy Voorhies
Dale Setzer
Harry Bavdakian
Sea Chanteys
Louis Killen
Gerret Warner
Jeff Warner
John Benson
Jeff Davis
John Roberts
Maintenance of Way
Simon Shaw
Al Marshall
Bob Dudley
Roy Johnson
Clifton Anderson
Robert Dudley
Henry Hawkins
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Locals 1395, 43, 468, 364, 175
C. Lightfoot
G. Butcher
S. Miedzienowski
W. Palmer
J. Palumbo
M. Walston
P. Lawson
W. Hardin
C. Green
S. Siadys
F. Burke
H. Lewin
Coast Guard
BMC C.D. Haywood
QM1 G.H. Hornbeck
BMC D.B. McMichael
ASM T.A. Hallmark
BM1 L.L. Proud
QM2 J.W. White
MK2 B.G. Borato
MK1 S.J. Halloran
Allied Pilots Association
Capt. Jenks
Jim Foringer
Capt. N. Schweitzer
W.J. Rogers
Capt. (Hap) Hazard
Al Voras
Transportation Workers Union Flight Attendants, Local 552
Karen Hill
Marti O'Rourke
Dee Dee Dougherty
Tootie Higgs
Judy Marek
Ed Gold
Ed Pagan
Linda Welker
Gussie Utting
Roy Brayton
Carol Peisinger
Fran Bollero
Carolyn Green
Mary Jo Kerr
Janet Piersan
United Transportation Union
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1976 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
