Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew
Croton-on-Hudson, New York: North River Press, 1970. Allen, Tom. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Item #2326243
Signed on title page by author and illustrator. Edges rubbed, front cover creased.
93 pp. Compiled by Don McLean, best known for his 1971 hit American Pie. Title refers to a trip McLean took with Pete Seeger on a boat called the Clearwater, to raise awareness about pollution of the Hudson River. On the trip McLean wrote songs that appeared on his first album, Tapestry. Sketches by Thomas B. Allen, who illustrated covers for The New Yorker, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated, as well as numerous albums. A Musical and Pictorial Log of the Maiden Voyage of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Songs sung by Allen Aunapu, Gordon Bok, Lou Killen, Andy Wallace, John Eberhart, Fred Starner, Brother Fred Kirkpatrick, Jimmy Collier, Len Chandler, Pete Seeger, Don McLean, Tom Winslow, Jack Elliott.
Price: $250.00