New Wood (1974)

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Original Release: 1974
CD Release: September 1994
Label: Philo Records
All songs written by Si Kahn
Currently Out of Print

used, and often, new copies
can be found online

 Gone Gonna Rise Again
Backroom Lady
Like Butter Loves Bread
Brookside Strike
Better Half of You
Talking Politician
New Year’s Eve
Mervin Barr
Truck Driving Woman
Blue Ribbon for the Boys at the Bar
Lawrence Jones
First Time at a War
Moonshine Man
Aragon Mill
Rack ‘Em Up Eddie
Curtains of Old Joe’s House
Sunrise

Musicians:

Si Kahn (lead vocals, guitar, harmony vocals, fiddle)
John McCutcheon (Appalachian dulcimer, mandolin, harmonica, guitar, banjo, harmony vocals, chorus)
Jon Sundell (autoharp, guitar, banjo, harmony vocals, chorus)
Rich Kirby (mandolin, guitar, harmony vocals, chorus)
Jimmy Baird (electric bass)
Jack Wright (electric bass, chorus)
Tom Bledsoe (chorus)

Buy your ticket now, watch as many times as  you want for the rest of April!

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that will make available in perpetuity those of Si’s songs, stories, song cycles for children and adults, poems, unpublished books, musicals, and other creative works that have never before been available to the public, and ultimately keep them alive and easily accessible after he’s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