1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jesse James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. O Mary Don't You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On the Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A Courtin'
14. Buffalo Gals
15. How Can I Keep From Singing
American Land Edition Additional Songs:
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How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
17. Bring 'Em Home
18. American Land
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The Performers
This site documents 1270 artists or artist combinations who have recorded at least one of the songs appearing on "The Seeger Sessions. This page documents the approximately 40 artists who have recorded at least 3 of those songs. Sort by artist, or by number of songs, by clicking on the column header. Columns marked 1-15 correspond to the album track numbers; any item in green means that the artist has recorded it.
| Artist | No.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Seeger | 14 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | includes 3 different versions of "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" (including "Here's to Cheshire") | |
| Arlo Guthrie | 6 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "How Can I Keep From Singing" and "Jacob's Ladder" with Pete Seeger | |||||||||
| Burl Ives | 6 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Cisco Houston | 5 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "John Henry" and "Buffalo Gals" in support of Woody Guthrie | ||||||||||
| Great American String Band | 5 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | "Jesse James" and "Mr. Froggie Went A Courtin'" with The Jones Brothers; "John Henry" with Benny Martin;" "Shenandoah" with Maggie Griffin | ||||||||||
| Woody Guthrie | 5 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | "Jesus Christ" (for "Jesse James"); "John Henry" with Cisco Houson; "Frog Went A-Courtin'" with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry | ||||||||||
| Bob Dylan | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "Gospel Plow" (for "Eyes On the Prize"); "We Shall Overcome" as part of ensemble | |||||||||||
| Dan Zanes | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "King Kong Kitchie" (for Froggie) | |||||||||||
| Golden Gate Quartet | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder") | |||||||||||
| Harvey Reid | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Hit Crew | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Oscar Brand | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "The Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah") | |||||||||||
| Paul Austin Kelly | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| The Kingston Trio | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "Don't You Weep, Mary" (for "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep"); "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah") | |||||||||||
| The Robert DeCormier Chorale | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder"), in support of Charlton Heston | |||||||||||
| The Sons of the Pioneers | 4 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder") | |||||||||||
| Austin Harmon | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | field recordings | ||||||||||||
| Bill Ramsey | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Doc Watson | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Earthlings Washboard Band | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Ed McCurdy | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Eric Weissberg | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | instrumentals; "John Henry" and "Buffalo Gals" with Marshall Brickman | ||||||||||||
| Fiddlin' John Carson | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "John Henry Blues" (for "John Henry") | ||||||||||||
| Fields Ward | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "Old Dan Tucker" with Wade Ward; "Jesse James" with The Bogtrotters String Band; "John Henry" with Wade Ward and The Bogtrotters String Band | ||||||||||||
| Garrison Keillor | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "Climbing Jacob's Ladder" and "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" (for "Jacob's Ladder"); "I Will Be Allright / I Will Overcome / We Shall Overcome" (for "We Shall Overcome") | ||||||||||||
| Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Hylo Brown | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Joe Glazer | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "We Shall Overcome" with The Elm City Four | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Maynor | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Larry Groce | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Lesley Schatz | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Luther Bryant | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | field recordings | ||||||||||||
| Odetta | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Ollie Gilbert | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | field recordings; "Uncle Rat" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'") | ||||||||||||
| Paul Robeson | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Roger McGuinn | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| The Bogtrotters String Band | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | in support of Fields Ward and/or Wade Ward | ||||||||||||
| The Clancy Brothers | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "Mrs. McGrath" with Tommy Makem; various combinations of Clancy brothers and/or Clancy children with and without Tommy Makem for "Frog in the Well" (for "Froggie Went A-Courtin'") | ||||||||||||
| The Weavers | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "Across the Wide Missouri" (for "Shenandoah") | ||||||||||||
| Uncle Dave Macon | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "Life and Death of Jesse James" (for "Jesse James"); "Death of John Henry (Steel Driving Man)" (for "John Henry") | ||||||||||||
| Van Morrison | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | "The Ballad of Jesse James" (for "Jesse James"); "Shenandoah" with The Chieftans | ||||||||||||
| Veggie Tales | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Wade Ward | 3 |
Y | Y | Y | with Fields Ward and/or The Bogtrotters String Band |
