Threads (2002)

13th

Label: double time music

All songs written by Si Kahn, except “Wings of Gold” by Si Kahn and John McCutcheon
Liner notes by Dick Pleasants

 High Cotton
Stitch and Sew
Down on the Merrimack River
Field by Field, Row by Row
Cotton Mill Blues
We Are Strong
In the Spinning Mill
My Old Times
Wings of Gold
Moose Lodge
Blue Jeans for You, Brown Lung for Me
We Go On
Dancing in the Kitchen

Musicians:

Si Kahn (vocals, guitar)
Jens Krüger (five-string banjo, guitar banjo, guitars, dobro, mandola, mandolin, accordion, percussion, synthesizer, harmony vocals, arrangements)
Uwe Kruger (lead guitar on “Stitch and Sew,” rhythm guitar and harmony vocals on “In the Spinning Mill”)
Joel Landsberg (resophonic bass, double bass)
Angela Wyrsch (harmony vocals)
Kathrine Ramseier (violin on “We Are Strong”)

In Honor of Si’s 80th Birthday Today, April 23,

Please Join Us in Launching the Si Kahn Living Legacy

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, John McCutcheon

The goal of the Si Kahn Living Legacy is to build awareness of, support for, and public access to the amazingly large body of Si’s creative work that no one except Si has ever seen, and ultimately to keep it alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.  Si has been recognized internationally as one of the most important English language social justice songwriters, connecting his cultural work and social activism like so many before him, including Pete Seeger (with whom he worked, toured, and recorded) and Woody Guthrie.  

Nora Guthrie and others started the Woody Guthrie Archives long after Woody’s passing. As Si turns the corner to his 80th birthday, it’s a perfect time to think ahead, to gather, catalog, and make available those of his songs, stories, book manuscripts, poems, and other creative works that have never before been seen or heard by anyone except Si. The time to do this is now, while he’s healthy, still actively creating, and available as a friendly resource to the Living Legacy’s growth and development. 

It of course takes funding to build and maintain a major project like this. Your contributions are tax-deductible, as the project is managed by and part of the 501(c)3 non-profit Generations: Music for Justice (EIN 87-1647310).

Let’s do this together, recognizing the importance of Si’s life not just as an organizer and musician, but as a humane, generous, deeply kind person, who has spent his entire life trying to make this tired world a kinder, gentler, more just place for all of us.