Through a Window
# Through a Window

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

## Track listing

### 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
