Home (1979)

02h
Original Release: 1979
Label: Flying Fish Records
All songs written by Si Kahn
Currently Out of Print

used, and often, new copies
can be found online

Spinning Mills of Home
Queen of the Cowboy Cafe
Motherless Child
300 Miles From Hazard
If I Live
Goodbye Monday Blues
When the Morning Breaks
Diamond on the Rails
Goodbye Joe
Slip Away
Seeds of Children
Union in My Soul
Xmas/No Place Like Home
People Like You

Musicians:

Si Kahn (vocals, guitar)
John McCutcheon (fiddle, harmony vocals, dulcimer, banjo)
Sonny Houston (bass)
Rich Kirby (harmony vocals, mandolin, banjo)
Howard Levy (harmonica)
Claudia Schmidt (harmony vocals)
Phyllis Boyens (harmony vocals on “Slip Away”)
Rebecca Bryant (harmony vocals on “Slip Away”)

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that will make available in perpetuity those of Si’s songs, stories, song cycles for children and adults, poems, unpublished books, musicals, and other creative works that have never before been available to the public, and ultimately keep them alive and easily accessible after he’s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.