Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 1) Shut Up and Sing the Song: The Songwriter's Exchange

At the Songwriters Exchange, which was begun in New York City in 1977, aspiring folk song writers would meet on a weekly basis at the apartment of Fast Folk Musical Magazine founder Jack Hardy to try out new songs and to improve their songwriting skills. When they went on too long in introducing a new work, Hardy would be known to shout, “Shut up and sing the song.” Hardy himself opens this edition of the magazine with a love song, “The Black Hole.” He is followed by newcomer Melissa Rosen singing “Scarecrow,” another song about love. Along the way David Massengill sings of gangs and the city (“Bloods and Crips”), yet another love song. The set closes with “Fever,” a love song by Margie Rylatt. A facsimile of the magazine is included.

Track Listing

101	The Black Hole	Jack Hardy, Richard Julian, Mark Dann, and Wendy Beckerman	04:17
102	Scarecrow	Melissa Rosen, David Lawrence, and Susan Biegler	03:18
103	Ain't it Almost	Jim Allen and David Cantor	03:00
104	By Your Eyes	Wendy Beckerman and Mark Dann	03:22
105	Bloods and Crips	David Massengill	06:06
106	Sleep Will Come	George Gerney and Richard Julian	04:02
107	The Muse	Jean-Paul Vest, Deirdre Gallagher, Rachel Denys, Sean O'Heir, and Pemberton Roach	03:45
108	The Statue	Brian Rose	04:13
109	I Don't Know Her Very Well	The Lazy Susans	05:38
110	The Places You Will Go	Christian Bauman and Jeff Tareila	05:55
111	Shoot the Ghost	Jeff Tareila	04:02
112	Whispers	Richard Meyer	04:47
113	Let Them Go	The Lazy Susans	03:15
114	The Pinhead's Lullaby	Carol Lipnik and Barbara Kriegh	04:22
115	Florida Time	David Cantor	04:09
116	Cafe Tango	Alex and Cesar Vuksic, and David Cantor	03:22
117	A Fever	Margie Rylatt and John Harrington	03:17