We recently lost Tom Rapp to cancer. He and his band, Pearls Before Swine, stretched the ears of many listeners in the late ’60s into the mid ’70s. This week we’ll feature some of his music, along with performers and bands that followed his lead including Judy Henske & Jerry Yester, Fraser & Debolt, The Incredible String Band, Roy Harper, Dr Strangely Strange and many more. So expand your musical horizons as we pay tribute to Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn / “Tic-Tocative” / Stepping Stones / Vanguard
Pearls Before Swine / “Morning Song” / One Nation Underground / Get Back
Pearls Before Swine / “City of Gold” / City of Gold / BGO
Pearls Before Swine / “Come to Me” / …Beautiful Lies You Could Live In / BGO

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester / “Raider” / Farewell Aldebaran / Omnivore
Sandy Bull / “Carmina Burana Fantasy” / Vanguard Visionaries / Vanguard
Fraser & DeBolt / “Gypsy Solitaire” / With Ian Guenther / Columbia
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn / “Red Favorite” / Stepping Stones / Vanguard

The Incredible String Band / “How Happy I Am” / The Incredible String Band / Elektra
The Incredible String Band / “Witches Hat” / The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter / Elektra
Tyrannosaurus Rex / “Stacey Grove” / Prophets, Seers & Sages The Angels of the Ages / A+M
Roy Harper / “Sophisticated Beggar” / Sophisticated Beggar / Ome Media
Dr Strangely Strange / “…On the West Cork Hack” / Kip of the Serenes / Progressive Line
Pentangle / “Rain and Snow” / Reflection / Castle
Donovan / “Guinevere” / Sunshine Superman / EMI
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways