Larry Penn - Discography

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The Whiskey's Gone	Stickin' With The Union	Quill Me a Lullaby
When Steam Was King	Still Feel Like Rollin'	The Gandy Dancers
Railroad Queens of the Past	Westbound	Rose Tattoo
The Casey Jones Whistle	Doggerel	May Day at The Pabst

May Day at The Pabst

A double C-D featuring Utah Phillips and Larry Penn. "Recorded Live" at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ~ May Day, 2006

Larry's set...

I've Been Workin' On The Railroad
It's Just A Rose
So Long Partner
The Spike
Pretend We're Married
Come Bugle Blow
Sins Of The Father
Been On The Job Too Long
The Ghosts Of Bay View
Rondinellie's Castle
Time To Go

Utah's set...

Railroading On The Great Divide
It's Only A Wee-Wee
I Will Not Obey
The Preacher And The Slave
Ship Gonna Sail
Halleljah, I'm A Bum
So Long It's Been Good To Know You

Spiced with stories as only Utah can tell them, and concluding with a fine duet of Solidarity Forever

The set ~ $15.00 CM-07

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Queens of the Past

"What a fine CD. Great renditions of beauteously vivid tales."

..... Art Thieme

Queen Of The Short Line Railroads ~ I've Been Workin' On The Railroad ~ Run Kate Shelley Run ~ Danville Girl ~ J. Gould's Daughter ~ The Code ~ Tuscan Red Rose ~ On The Way To Omaha ~ The Chessie Kitten ~ Pheobe Snow ~ Railroad Wife ~ A Railroad Life For Me ~ Once Upon The Katy Railroad Line ~ Julia Bullette

Railroad Queens Of The Past CM-04

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A Ride On The Westbound

"I bought your cd from you at Britt this year, and everynite I put it on when I climb in bed."

..... a Fan

A Ride On The Westbound (Lord Open Road) ~ Danville Girl ~ Casey Jones ~ Bob's Train Ride ~ Watching Lake Michigan Roll ~ Down By Maco Station ~ The Bannockburn (May Day) ~ John Henry ~ Little Stream Of Whiskey ~ Ambrosia ~ Once Upon A Katy R.R. Line ~ Potato Man ~ Sing Me A Railroad Song ~ A Cannon For Washington Square ~ Go To Bed Kid

A Ride On The Westbound CM-02

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Recorded Live:
at "Cross Currents 30yr. Anniversary Concert" Kansas City MO. on 14, October 2000 featuring: U.Utah Phillips ~ Mark Ross ~ Bruce Brackney ~ Bob & Diana Suckiel ~ Kuddie ~ Larry Penn

The Rose Tattoo

"Every song, every poem, every story is not to be missed. They remind us of the old days on the railroad, and fellow workers of days gone by. ~ Anyone interested in our side of American history, anyone who enjoys folk stories and songs, will want to give this a listen"
...Industrial Worker - November 2001

~ Hood River Roll On ~ J.Gould's Daughter ~ Hell Bound Train ~ This Train ~ Way Out There ~ Ghost Story ~ The Kettle Valley Line ~ End of Train Device ~ Spare Change Artists* ~ Donna Devine* ~ Slo Motion Shorty* ~ Dawdlin Bill* ~ Two Bums* ~ Time To Go ~

*Gaffing stories complimented by "Hallelujah I'm A Bum"

The Rose Tattoo

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"When the melody starts going around in your head, you'll never get it out" ...Folknick
The Whiskey's Gone - Put Your Arms Around Me Babe - Biff's Riff - Old Time Aeroplanes - Mabelo - I'm a Little Cookie - Maquiladoras - Take It The Way It Comes - On My Grandma's Patchwork Quilt - Why Don't A Tow Truck Haul Toes - Rondinellie's Castle - Little Piece Of The "Q" - Gypsy Nocturne - It's Time To Go
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Originally produced for the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin from the singing of Larry Penn, Marianne Mohrhusen, and Mark Dvorak. This combination of traditional and original tunes comes with a reader friendly libretto to expand your traveling music pleasure...

When Steam Was King

"Penn's voice has the gritty texture of railroading itself"
...Trains Magazine

Wabash Cannon Ball - John Henry - Run Kate Shelly Run - End Of The Train Device - Waiting For A Train - Mulligan Stew - The Alphabet - Engine 143 - No Self Respecting Hobo - A Spike - Hobo's Lullaby - Railroad Wife - Old 901

Cookie Man Music Co. CM-91

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The marketing plan was to reach the truckers with one side and the railroad workers with the other. The Teamsters wouldn't buy it because of the train songs, and the Rails wouldn't have it for the trucks. The songs will stand though, and after ten years out of print, it's good to be back on the road...

"he practically compels the audience to smell the smoke laden, oil heavy atmosphere"
...Transport Fleet News

Still Feel Like Rollin'

Been Rolling So Long - East Chicago Run - 548 - Old Corn Binder (And A Load Of Steel) - A Trucker's Song (Gypsy Nocturne) - On My Grandma's Patchwork Quilt - End Of The Train Device - Come Bugle Blow - A Railroad Life For Me - No Self Respecting Hobo - Tucson Red Rose - The Spike

Collector Records 1943C

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Stickin' with the Union is accompanied by a 34 page booklet that includes lyrics, photographs, illustrations, and a short discussion of the historical genesis of each song. Some might call it the "folk process"... Available in Cassette or CD

"it's a comforting and reassuring thing to hear Penn and Holter singing their songs of a vision shared"
...Milwaukee Weekly

Fifty Years Ago - Babies In The Mill - Ghosts Of Bay View - Saturday Night - Frozen In Time - So Long Partner - Willie The Scab - Which Side Are You On - Cowboy Days - The Wreck Of The Carl D. Bradley - Love And The Shorter Work Week - Putting The Blame - So Long It's Been Good To Know Ya - Union Maid

Collector Records 1948C

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A Dozen Railroad Songs and Some Poetry

With musical notation edited by Milwaukee's master musician, Patty Stevenson...

CONTENTS

Time To Go

Run, Kate Shelly, Run

Tuscan Red Rose

End of Train Device

Come, Bugle, Blow (Milwaukee Road)

A Railroad Life For Me

Queen Of The Short Lines (V&T)

Little Ah Sid

John Allen's Railroad

On The Way To Omaha

Old 901

No Self-Respecting Hobo

3 Short Railroad Tales

Breakfast With Fry Pan Jack

I Still Play With Trains

Chessie

Grimy Box Car

Abandonment

A Spike

Quill Me A Lullaby

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46 poems on various topics, with a blue collar bent.....

Gone To The Doggerel

Any songwriter worthy of the salt has this drawer full of unfinished work saved, in hopes that somehow the Muse will reconsider: stuff that died on the vine before the light of day; stuff that never got the right tune; stuff that was never honest in the first place.

Pete Seeger knew this, of course, when he asked what I did with mine. "Make poems out of them," he said, "that's what Woody Guthrie did!"

The current nationwide interest in poetry, suggests it is time to test the wisdom of Pete Seeger's advice. But, if it is not, at least there will be this little monument to myself.
L.Penn

Gone to the Doggerel

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The Gandy Dancers... A railroad buff's answer to the Limberjack

A double jacking motion mounted on oak rails that extend to 15 inches, and work the 5 1/4 inch maple "Terriers" with birch mauls. They'll drive spikes just as fast as the section boss wants them to!
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The Casey Jones Whistle

Whistle is
6" long by
1 1/4" wide by
1" high

"Gee That Sounds Great"

The Casey Jones Whistle

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Contact:

LARRY PENN
or
Cookie Man Music Co.
3955 South First Place
Milwaukee, WI 53207-4307
414-483-7306
E-Mail: Cookeman@execpc.com

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