Courage (April 2010)

courage
Label: Strictly Country Records
All songs written by Si Kahn
Liner notes by Kathy Mattea

 Otis Is Flying
Stones in the Furrow
Sail Away
Peace Will Rise
Molly Maguire
Shoulders
On This Old Farm
Custodian
Ireland Of My Dreamss
Hutto
Washington Square
Going Up the Mountain
Playing the Old Songs
Clarence Kailin
Hunter
Abe Lincoln Walks Tonight

Musicians:

Si Kahn: (Lead vocals)
Jens Krüger: (All instruments, harmony vocal on Going Up the Mountain)
Kathy Mattea: (Harmony vocals on Otis Is Flying, On This Old Farm, Going Up the Mountain, Playing the Old Songs, Clarence Kailin)
Anja Krüger: (Harmony vocal on Going Up the Mountain)
Jody Call: (Oodoo on Otis Is Flying)

Get your ticket!

April 14th will be a very special show.  My dear friend of over 50 years, Si Kahn, turns 80-years-old on April 23rd and I’m throwing a Si Kahn 80th Birthday Party.  Besides being a frequent partner-in-crime, Si and I co-wrote five consecutive Grammy-nominated albums, toured our Signs of the Times tour (with sign language artist, Susan Freundlich). Not incidentally, Si is the godfather of my son Peter.  I was the first person to record a Si Kahn song, even before his incredible debut album New Wood.  So, I’ll reprise that first song, along with lots more of his great music.  But, most wonderfully, there will be over a dozen artists, including Billy Bragg, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tom Chapin, Jane Sapp, Holly Near, and Kathy Mattea, who’ll be chiming in with tales about Si and singing some of his classic songs.  This will be an incredible evening and a chance to not only hear some great music, but honor the guy I declared, “The best damn songwriter in the South…in his spare time!” back in 1975. 

Even if you’re not able to watch the celebration live, your ticket will allow you to view a recording of the full event for the next two weeks.

100% of ticket sales will go to support the official launch at the concert of the Si Kahn Living Legacy, a new non-profit project that will make available in perpetuity those of Si’s songs, stories, song cycles for children and adults, poems, unpublished books, musicals, and other creative works that have never before been available to the public, and ultimately keep them alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.

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