This week’s program is titled A Pack of Summer Songs. The change of seasons has always been a fertile subject for composers and musicians. This week’s program collects some favorites from writers as talented as Putnam Smith and Guy Clark to selections as lovely as Early Summer Morning by The Social Band. Of course there are some surprises including tunes by Brian Wilson, Sylvester Stewart and Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde. So grab a glass of your favorite beverage, put the speakers in the window and head out on the patio to enjoy an hour of Summer tunes.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle /
        Smithsonian-Folkways

Gerald Ross / “Honeysuckle Rose” / Swing Ukulele / Uke Tone
John Hartford / “Long Hot Summer Days” / Mark Twang / Flying Fish
Guy Clark / “Homegrown Tomatoes” / Keepers / Sugar Hill
Chris Brashear / “Green Summertime” / Heart of the Country / Dog Boy

O’Brien Party of 7 / “In the Summertime” / Reincarnation-The Songs
        of Roger Miller / Howdy Skies
Dana and Suasan Robinson / “Farmer’s Market A-Z” / American
        Hornpipe / Threshold
The Social Band / “Early Summer Morning” / Those Stars / Self-Produced
Annalivia / “New Mown Meadow” / The Same Way Down / Self-Produced
Gerald Ross / “California Girls” / Ukulele Hit Parade / Uke Tone

Putnam Smith / “I Think It’s Almost Summertime” / Goldrush / Itchy Sabot
Evie Ladin / “Float Downstream” / Float Downstream / Evil Diane
Big Medicine / “Tom Bigbigbee River” / Pine to Pine / Yodel-Ay-Hee
Pilot Mountain Bobcats / “Honeysuckle” / Lady of the Lake / Yodel-Ay-Hee

Deanna Bogert / “Hot Fun in the Summertime” / Just A Wish
        Away / Blind Pig
Chad & Jeremy / A Summer Song” / A Golden Classics Edition /
        Collector’s Choice

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
        Smithsonian-Folkways