Sing Out for Seva (1999)

About this title: Sing out for Seva is a charity album for the Seva Foundation that compiles highlights from the foundation's benefit concerts in Berkeley, California, over the years. All 12 featured artists are somehow associated with West Coast folk- and blues-rock, if not part of the Grateful Dead or Crosby, Stills & Nash themselves. Consequently, the album has a nice, laid-back feel, which compensates for the lack of any real surprises. The only unexpected turns are Bob Weir's cover of "K.C. Moan" and Mickey Hart's "Luna," but that's to the album's benefit, since these songs fit nicely next to staples by ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Dylan]
2. Darkest Hours
3. Southland of the Heart [Cockburn]
4. Wasteland
5. Can't Help Falling in Love [Creatore/Peretti/We]
6. I Am the Light of This World [Kaukonen/Davis]
7. Luna
8. A Night on the Town
9. Shadow of Doubt [Nicholson]
10. K.C. Moan [Traditional]
11. Box of Rain [Hunter/Lesh]
12. Wooden Ships [Crosby/Kantner/Stil]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.