Through a Window

Through a Window is the seventh album by Patrick Sky, recorded in 1985.

Side A

 * 1." San Francisco Bay Blues"
 * I'll never forget Jesse Fuller playing his Foot-Della [sic] (a string-bass operated by the foot) at the Gaslight in New York. He played a 3-hour set and had to be dragged offstage.
 * 2. "Ramblin' Boy"
 * Tom Paxton's best.
 * 3. "Separation Blues"
 * My own contribution. I'm told it's a popular camp song.
 * 4. " Dark as a Dungeon"
 * Although this song was written much earlier it was important to me when I was involved in raising money for the Hazard miners. There is no better mining song.
 * 5. Mississippi John Hurt's "Candy Man"
 * His style of fingerpicking influenced me more than any other player. Candy Man — what a metaphor!
 * 6. "Blowin' in the Wind"
 * When this song first hit the airwaves it shocked everyone. The anthem of the sixties.

Side B

 * 1. Reverend Gary Davis "Candy Man"
 * The Reverend's style of fingerpicking along with Merle Travis' set the standard.
 * 2. ""Don't Think Twice"
 * The great Dylan song was heavily influenced by our mutual friend, Paul Clayton — collector and singer; his logging camp songs were gems.
 * 3. "Ballad of Ira Hayes"
 * The plight of the Native Americans was never more poignantly expressed.
 * 4. "Freight Train"
 * Is there anyone who plays a guitar that does not know Libba Cotten's Freight Train?
 * 5. "Louise"
 * Paul Siebel still remains one of my favorite songwriters.
 * 6. "Good Night Irene"
 * I'll never forget the first time I heard Ledbelly [sic] on the 12 string guitar. I ran to a pawn shop and bought an old plywood 'Harmony". Later I used it for a planter.

Personnel

 * Patrick Sky - vocal, acoustic guitar
 * Michael Shorrock - bass
 * Laura Furlong - fiddle
 * Ted Bird - harmonica
 * Technical
 * Produced, supervised, recorded and engineered by Patrick Sky — Skylark Productions.
 * Assistant Engineer: Ray Noren
 * Graphics: Cathy Sky
 * Photos: Ray Clayton