Presenting/In Person (2003)

About this title: The New Christy Minstrels took ensemble folk music to its logical conclusion. Many vocal groups utilized three or four participants, allowing for multiple lead singers and smooth harmony. The New Christy Minstrels consisted of 14 players, creating something akin to a choral group capable of handling complex arrangements of overlapping male/female harmonies. Presenting captures the group's youthful, happy sound in all its glory, with upbeat versions of "This Land Is Your Land" and "Oh! Shenando." While jaunty folk fare like "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" prove a comfortable fit for the group's ... read more

Tracks:

1. This Land Is Your Land [Guthrie]
2. Deep Blue Sea
3. Don't Cry, Suzanne [Wadsworth]
4. The Cotton Picker's Song
5. That Big Rock Candy Mountain
6. Oh! Shenando
7. Whistle [Sparks]
8. Railroad Bill
9. Californio
10. I Know Where I'm Goin'
11. Springfield Fair [Sparks/Woods]
12. In the Pines
13. Wellinbrook Well [Wadsworth]
14. Nine Hundred Miles
15. Denver [Sparks]
16. (The Story Of) The Preacher and the Bear [Sparks]
17. Liza Lee [Sparks]
18. The Dying Convict [Sparks]
19. Susan Jane [Hays]
20. The Invalids
21. Fire [Sparks]
22. Louisiana Lou [Wyle/Olofson]
23. You Know My Name [Podell/Schorr]
24. Golden Bells
25. Bits and Pieces (Medley): Historical Chatter on Capital Punishment [Podell/Ramos/Miller]
26. Saints' Train [Podell/Woods/Sparks]
27. Dance Me a Jig [Wood]

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