Name: Best Of The Vanguard Years
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Best Of The Vanguard Years

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Album: Best Of The Vanguard Years
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction - Pete Seeger	More Info...
2)	Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton	More Info...
3)	Bottle Of Wine - Tom Paxton	More Info...
4)	The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton	More Info...
5)	Talking Pop Art - Tom Paxton	More Info...
6)	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation - Tom Paxton	More Info...
7)	The Willing Conscript - Tom Paxton	More Info...
8)	Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton	More Info...
9)	Pandora's Box - Tom Paxton	More Info...
10)	Birds On The Table	More Info...
11)	Talking Watergate	More Info...
12)	There Goes The Mountain	More Info...
13)	Cotton Eye Joe	More Info...
14)	You Can Eat Dog Food	More Info...
15)	You're So Beautiful	More Info...
16)	Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende	More Info...
17)	Born On The Fourth Of July	More Info...
18)	Presbyterian Boy	More Info...
19)	Day In The Country, A	More Info...
20)	Anita O.J.	More Info...
21)	Winter Song	More Info...
22)	Death Of Stephen Biko, The	More Info...
23)	Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes	More Info...
24)	Phil	More Info...
25)	Not Tonight, Marie	More Info...

Album: Best Of The Vanguard Years
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction - Pete Seeger	More Info...
2)	Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton	More Info...
3)	Bottle Of Wine - Tom Paxton	More Info...
4)	The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton	More Info...
5)	Talking Pop Art - Tom Paxton	More Info...
6)	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation - Tom Paxton	More Info...
7)	The Willing Conscript - Tom Paxton	More Info...
8)	Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton	More Info...
9)	Pandora's Box - Tom Paxton	More Info...
10)	Birds On The Table	More Info...
11)	Talking Watergate	More Info...
12)	There Goes The Mountain	More Info...
13)	Cotton Eye Joe	More Info...
14)	You Can Eat Dog Food	More Info...
15)	You're So Beautiful	More Info...
16)	Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende	More Info...
17)	Born On The Fourth Of July	More Info...
18)	Presbyterian Boy	More Info...
19)	Day In The Country, A	More Info...
20)	Anita O.J.	More Info...
21)	Winter Song	More Info...
22)	Death Of Stephen Biko, The	More Info...
23)	Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes	More Info...
24)	Phil	More Info...
25)	Not Tonight, Marie	More Info...

Performer Notes

This is part of Vanguard's Vanguard Sessions Series.
Includes liner notes by Todd Everett.
Personnel: Tom Paxton (vocals, acoustic guitar); Eric Weissberg (guitar, dobro, banjo, mandolin); Steve Goodman (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Gary Mure (drums); Angel Aallende, Ray Mantilla (percussion); Nancy Lee Baxter (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Todd Everett.
Photographers: David Gahr; Sherry Rayn Barnett.
Although he's since become best known as a children's folk singer, with album after album of songs for kids to his credit, when Tom Paxton first appeared on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early '60s, his wry, often very funny, satirical songs were definitely aimed at adults. 2000's BEST OF THE VANGUARD YEARS is a much less comprehensive collection than the title might indicate; the singer/songwriter only recorded three albums for the venerable folk label, 1963's live NEWPORT BROADSIDE, 1977's NEW SONGS FROM THE BRIARPATCH and 1978's HEROES. This is a fine collection regardless. The 1963 tracks, recorded at one of the most legendary editions of the long-running Newport Folk Festival, are early Paxton at his best, from a sterling "Ramblin' Boy" (backed by Pete Seeger on banjo) to the scathing and hilarious talking blues "Talking Pop Art" and "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation." Of the later tracks, most of which feature the great Steve Goodman on guitar, the celebratory "Did You Hear John Hurt?" and the vituperative "Anita O.J." are the highest of the many high points.