The Gateway Singers At The hungry i

 

The Ballad Of Sigmund Freud

The Gateway Singer At The hungry i

Decca Records DL 8671

From the back cover: The blend which the Singers display, and which had them appearing for two years at the hungry i theatre-restaurant in San Francisco, is not solely a vocal one. It is a mixture of four competent soloists, with varied backgrounds, fitting together as an entity.

Elmerlee Thomas, the group's gifted Negro contralto, was a laboratory technician at the University of California at Berkeley before joining the group, as well as singing lieder in concert.

Jerry Walker, the group's five-string banjoist, was a popular singer, truck driver, radio announcer, railroad worker, and actor.

Ernie Sheldon, one of the group's guitarists, was a professional singer for 13 years, having played from New York to Los Angeles.

Travis Edmonson, the group's youngest member and other guitarist, was a truck driver, anthropologist, soldier, and professional singer.

Coming from Oakland, California, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Nogales, Arizona, respectively, the group represents an amalgamation which is in every respect truly American. 

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Poor Boy

Oleanna

Hold On

The Sinking Of The Ruben James

The Fox

The Ballad Of Sigmund Freud

Roving Gambler

The Erie Canal

Deep Blue Sea

Roll Down The Line

Fare Thee Well

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