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From The First Gay Album, 1974
Singer-songwriter Steven Grossman performs live in 1974
Steven Grossman's album "Caravan Tonight," the first album by an openly gay singer-songwriter on a major label with songs about gay people's experiences, was released by Mercury Records in 1974. It's long out of print, and Grossman sadly passed away in the nineties without ever getting wide recognition. Here's a clever song from it called "Out":
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The whole abum is now available free online at:
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REMEMBERING A GREAT GUITARIST AND FRIEND
LINDA COHEN, 1947-2009
I just found out that my old friend from Philadelphia, Linda Cohen, passed away from cancer in January. We hadn’t been in touch in a long time, but I remember her very fondly. She was a brilliant guitarist and composer and a kind, open, generous and patient person – a great teacher, too. Here is one of her last performances, with Michael Kac at the Tin Angel in Philly.
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Linda’s last recording is an album made with Michael, “Naked Under The Moon.” To learn more, visit view link
I just found out that my old friend from Philadelphia, Linda Cohen, passed away from cancer in January. We hadn’t been in touch in a long time, but I remember her very fondly. She was a brilliant guitarist and composer and a kind, open, generous and patient person – a great teacher, too. Here is one of her last performances, with Michael Kac at the Tin Angel in Philly.
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Linda’s last recording is an album made with Michael, “Naked Under The Moon.” To learn more, visit view link
Steve Goodman: Penny Evans
Steve Goodman performs his a cappella "Ballad Of Penny Evans," a song from the viewpoint of a soldier's wife widowed by the Viet Nam war, live in 1975. Steve was a sweet guy, and his songs were often uplifting or funny, but he really went for the gut in this one.
Melanie: Beautiful People
Feeling down today, and I can't think of anything more uplifting than this song. As far as I'm concerned, this was the ultimate flower child anthem.
Ralph McTell: Streets Of London
Ralph McTell sings his simple, haunting "Streets Of London" on German TV in 1975 -- and for some reason the word DISCO keeps appearing in huge letters on the screen and in the background. It's disconcerting, but it's still wonderful to hear the song again. Ralph wrote about the homeless long before Phil Collins did his "Another Day In Paradise," and a lot more poignantly (not that Phil didn't do well too).
Tom Paxton: Whose Garden was This?
Tom Paxton singing my favorite ecology-themed song, a song I've performed myself. The person who posted it on YouTube combined it with Ingmar Bergman footage of Liv Ullman (don't know what film it's from).
Midlife Blues by Jack Veasey
Here's an original song of mine. I'm singing, and the guitarist playing with me is Dave Snyder. It's from a CD we did as a duo called "Build A Fire".
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To hear more songs, visit my MySpace music page:
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To hear more songs, visit my MySpace music page:
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I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
Phil Ochs sings the quintessential protest song, "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore," on German TV in the sixties.
Married In London
This is a very funny topical song about gay marriage performed live by Janis Ian. A fan made a video of it for Youtube. At the end of the song (which is only a minute and a half long) the video explains how to get a free download of the song from Janis.
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