Paxton: “Perceptive…clever…right up there with The Beatles and Bob Dylan” NEW YORK TIMES
McCutcheon: “The multi-instrumentalist wonder, a master at leading into a song with a story” THE SUN
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon release Together
Two prolific masters of Folk Music in one very special night! Musicians, storytellers and cultural icons, they celebrate the release of Together, their brand new album of jointly written songs!
Folk music legends and dear friends get Together for their first joint album due out 10/13/23!
What happens when two of folk music’s most beloved and prolific songwriters join forces? Songs about history, the news, baseball, cowboys, America, love, the remembered, the forgotten. From the stirring “Ukrainian Now” to the hilarious “Same Old Crap,” the immigrant story of “In America” to the heart stopping finale “Together,"“ each song shines - as would be expected of this partnership.
John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton have been pals for decades, but it was COVID and Zoom that turned them into a songwriting team. Every Monday at 2PM they’d tell jokes, reminisce about old friends, and, of course, talk lots of sports. Eventually one would say, “Well, guess we better write a song, huh?” And off they’d go, two old warhorses pulling the plow. Now, a hundred songs later, they’ve gathered fourteen for their first joint recording, the aptly titled Together.
**GOLD CIRCLE TICKETS INCLUDE PRIORITY SEATING & 6:30 PM MEET & GREET TOM PAXTON & JOHN McCUTCHEON ONSTAGE.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement honoree Tom Paxton has been a force in the folk music world since the 1960’s, penning songs made famous by Peter, Paul, & Mary, the Kingston Trio, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, and more. His song “Last Thing on My Mind,” is “one of the best damn songs ever written,” declares McCutcheon.
John McCutcheon is a part of the generation of folksingers that grew up singing Tom Paxton songs. His own impressive catalog of songs spans forty-four albums, six Grammy nominations, numerous awards and accolades and the citing of his song “Christmas in the Trenches” as “one of the 100 essential folk songs,” by Folk Alley.
Together, they have seeded the folk music landscape with hundreds of songs, sung by thousands for decades. With the album Together they add another bunch of great new ones to the repertoire of our time. And, given the bounty of those Monday afternoons, this is only the beginning.
1 Ukrainian Now
2 This Campfire
3 Do the Work
4 Invisible Man
5 Same Old Crap
6 In America
7 Letters from Joe
8 The Fan
9 Complete
10 Everything
11 Life Before You
12 Christmas in the Desert
13 Prairie Star
14 Together
Hear songwriters Paxton & McCutcheon sing their poignant and beautiful “Ukrainian Now” in person on Friday, October 27th; meanwhile, here it is sung by an all-star folk cast:
Can’t resist adding this beautiful cut: