Precious Friend


Precious Friend is a record by Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger with Shenandoah and a Warner Bros. recording.
Precious Friend was recorded in 1981 at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Pine Knob Music Theatre, Greek Theatre and Concord Pavilion. It is a compilation of songs from when Guthrie and Seeger toured together. Some of its most famous songs are: "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", made famous by The Weavers, "If I Had a Hammer", and a multi- religious "Old Time Religion".
Arlo also has a few "songs" that are more just him telling stories and thinking out loud. Pete has one too. The song Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down is based on his Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to clean up the Hudson River in the 1960s and beyond. They also perform three of Woody Guthrie's songs.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Wabash Cannonball"
  2. "All My Life's a Circle"
  3. "Hills of Glenshee"
  4. "Ocean Crossing"
  5. "Celery-Time"
  6. "Run, Come See Jeruselum"
  7. "Sailin' Up Sailin' Down"
Side Two
  1. "How Can I Keep from Singing"
  2. "Old Time Religion"
  3. "Pretty Boy Floyd"
  4. "Ladies Auxiliary"
  5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
  6. "Precious Friend, You Will Be There"
Side Three
  1. "Do Re Mi"
  2. "Tarentella"
  3. "The Neutron Bomb Story"
  4. "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler"
  5. "St Louis Tickle"
  6. "Wimoweh "
  7. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
Side Four
  1. "Garden Song"
  2. "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"
  3. "Raggedy Raggedy"
  4. "In Dead Earnest"
  5. "If I Had a Hammer"
  6. "Amazing Grace"