Peter Yarrow is best known as one-third of the '60s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. However, too few people are aware that he also had some success as a solo artist and that he has four solo albums to his credit. This one is his best, in my humble opinion, and is in fact my all-time favorite of everything in my collection. An album with a Depression era theme, it has one of the most unique interpretations of the song Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime? that I have ever heard.
The song begins with a melancholy air and a slow tempo that conveys the feeling of desperation
that was the Great Depression. As he begins thinking about happier times ("Once in khaki suits /
Gee, we looked swell / Full of that Yankee-doodle-de-dum") the tempo picks up with a distinctive
drum roll, and the song becomes more light-hearted. Then as the reality of his situation sets in,
the song once again assumes the same slow and sad feeling it began with. Listen to it if you get a
chance and you'll see what I mean.
| Folk & Folk-Rock Collection | |||
| Artist Name | Album Title | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Ashdown | The Age Of Mouse | CD | |
| Hoyt Axton | Greenback Dollar | LP | |
| The Brothers Four | Greatest Hits | CD-R | |
| The Brothers Four | Greatest Hits | CD-R | |
| J.J. Cale | Shades | CD | |
| Coleske | Coleske | CD | |
| Coleske | Coleske Sing Simon & Garfunkel | CD | |
| Coleske | Faith In Love | CD | |
| The Corrs | Home | CD | |
| Jim Croce | Jim Croce: The Definitive Collection (Disc 1) | CD | |
| Jim Croce | Jim Croce: The Definitive Collection (Disc 2) | CD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Acoustic - Disc 1 | CD-R | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | The Acoustic Concert | DVD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Acoustic - Disc 2 | CD-R | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | C.S.N. (Disc 1) | CD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | C.S.N. (Disc 2) | CD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | C.S.N. (Disc 3) | CD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | C.S.N. (Disc 4) | CD | |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash | LP | |
| John Denver | Back Home Again | LP | |
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