The Newport Folk Festival takes place at Fort Adams State Park in Newport Rhode Island, a beautiful setting and a favourite of many acts. This gem saw stunning performances by John Hiatt, Laura Nyro, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, John Lee Hooker, BB King all captured & broadcast by KGNU-FM.
Disc 1
01 Radio Intro [0:48] 02 John Hiatt - Memphis in the Meantime [4:41] 03 John Hiatt - talk [0:27] 04 John Hiatt - Have a Little Faith in Me [4:36[ 05 John Hiatt - It'll Come to You [8:29] 06 John Hiatt - Lipstick Sunset [5:08] 07 Leon Redbone - Think of Me Thinking of You [3:47] 08 Leon Redbone - My Blue Heaven [3:29] 09 Theodore Bikel - Turquoise Rings [3:22] 10 Cormack McCarthy - Milltown [3:45[ 11 Richard Julian - Gravedigger [3:08] 12 Christine Lavin - Sensitive New Age Guys [4:52] 13 Buckwheat Zyzdeco - Walkin' to New Orleans [8:24] 14 Buckwheat Zyzdeco - Hot Tamale Baby [7:19]
Disc 2
01 Northern Lights - City on the Hill [3:33] 02 Laura Nyro - The Wild World [4:05[ 03 Laura Nyro - Dancers Sweepers Bookkeepers (Women Of The One World) > Emmie [5:34] 04 Laura Nyro - Stone Soul Picnic [3:52] 05 Laura Nyro - Monkey Time > Eli's Comin' > Band Introduction [4:17] 06 Cheryl Wheeler introduction [0:13] * 07 BB King - Explains why he named his guitar Lucille [1:14] 08 BB King - Let the Good Times Roll[ 3:12] 09 BB King - Darlin' You Know I Love You [9:23] 10 BB King - When it All Comes Down [7:31] 11 Clancy Brothers - introduction [0:43] 12 Clancy Brothers - The Jug of Punch [3:53] 13 Robby O'Connell - Kilkelly Ireland (written by Steve Jones) [7:05] 14 Odetta - introduction [0:21] 15 Odetta - Rambler Gambler [3:20]
* Cheryl Wheeler's song "Arrow" is officially released and not included
Disc 3
01 John Prine - Illegal Smile [3:52] 02 John Prine - talks [0:15] 03 John Prine - Sam Stone [3:52] 04 John Prine - The Way the World Goes 'Round [4:18] 05 John Prine - Paradise [3:39] 06 John Lee Hooker - Face to Face [6:13] 07 John Lee hooker - Mable [3:51] 08 John Lee hooker - Hey Hey [4:45] 09 Emmylou Harris - One of These Days > Band Introduction [4:13] 10 Emmylou Harris - Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down [3:40] 11 Emmylou Harris - Save the Last Dance for Me [3:26] 12 Pete Seeger - Introduction [0:53] 13 Pete Seeger - Give Me That Old Time Religion > talk [4:35] 14 Pete Seeger - Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down [3:13]
