The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is The Folkways Legacy of Sam Gesser.
In 1951, Samuel Gesser of Montreal – who died in 2008 at age 78 – became the Canadian distributor for Folkways Records. Early on, Sam pointed out to Moses Asch, the owner of Folkways, that there wasn’t any Canadian music in its catalog. “What are you going to do about that?” Asch asked him. Sam responded by finding Canadian folk music and folk music performers to record.
Between 1952 and 1964, Folkways released more than 100 LPs of Canadian folk music (and at least a couple of albums of Canadian poetry) produced or commissioned by Sam – all of which remain available through Smithsonian Folkways. The songs, tunes and poem on this show are drawn from just a few of those LPs.
A tribute to Sam on the Smithsonian Folkways website is available at this link.
https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-2010-tribute-samuel-gesser/old-time-american-folk/music/article/smithsonian
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| The Squid-Jiggin’ Ground Alan Mills - Folk Songs of Newfoundland - Folkways
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| The Boys of the Island Alan Mills - Songs of the Maritimes: Lumberman Songs and Songs of the Sea - Folkways
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| Peter Rambley (Peter Amberley) Wade Hemsworth - Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods - Folkways
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| Lots of Fish in Bonavist’ Harbour Ken Peacock - Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland - Folkways
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| I’m Going to Get Married Mrs. Edward Gallagher - Folk Music from Nova Scotia - Folkways
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| Micmac Indian War Song William Paul, Martin Sack & John Knockwood - Folk Music from Nova Scotia - Folkways
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| Pendu/The Hangman's Reel Jean Carignan with Pete Seeger - Old Time Fiddle Tunes Played by Jean Carignan - Folkways
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| Le Papier D’Éping Karen James - Through Streets Broad and Narrow - Folkways
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| Monsieur Le Curé Jacques Labrecque - Folk Songs of France and French Canada - Folkways
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| J’ai Tant Dansé Hélène Baillargeon & Alan Mills - Songs of French Canada - Folkways
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| Pis Ôte-Toé Donc Madame Beavan - Songs of French Canada - Folkways
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| Les Vieux Leonard Cohen - Six Montreal Poets - Folkways
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| Reel du Bon Vieux Temps Jean Carignan - Songs and Dances of Quebec - Folkways
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| Hogan’s Lake O.J. Abbott - Lumbering Songs from the Ontario Shanties - Folkways
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| Johnny Doyle Joe Kelly - Lumbering Songs from the Ontario Shanties - Folkways
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| Maggie Howie Geraldine Sullivan - Folk Songs of Ontario - Folkways
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| The Murder of F.C. Benwell Lamont Tilden - Folk Songs of Ontario - Folkways
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| Cree Greeting Song (Shaking Hands Song) William Peaychew - Indian Music of the Canadian Plains - Folkways
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| The Northern Trappers Rendezvous The Loewen Orchestra - Songs and Ballads of Northern Saskatchewan and Northern Manitoba - Folkways
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| O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Herbert Sills - Folksongs of Saskatchewan - Folkways
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| A Poor Lone Girl in Saskatchewan Anne Halderman - Folksongs of Saskatchewan - Folkways
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| The Oda G. Stanley G. Triggs - Bunkhouse and Forecastle Songs of the Northwest - Folkways
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| Pretty Peggy O Barry Hall - The Virtuoso 5-String Banjo played by Barry Hall - Folkways
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| The Klondike Gold Rush Alan Mills - Canada's Story in Song - Folkways
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| Girl's Game Angutnak & Matee - The Eskimos of Hudson Bay - Folkways
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| Our Ukraine Paul Konoplenko--Zaporozetz - The Kozba - Folkways
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| Gey Ich Mir Shpatzirin Raasche - Jewish Folk Songs of Europe - Folkways
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| Mary-Anne Karen James - Through Streets Broad and Narrow - Folkways
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| Brave Wolfe Alan Mills - Canada's Story in Song - Folkways
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| The Ghost Lover Karen James - Karen James - Folkways
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| V’la l’Bon Vent Wade Hemsworth - Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods - Folkways
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| Un Canadien Errant Alan Mills - Canada's Story in Song - Folkways
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| Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship Karen James - Karen James - Folkways
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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4:03 PM, June 28th, 2022