Essays

Cisco's Own Words

• Liner Notes from Cisco Houston sings the songs of Woody Guthrie
• The Songs I Sing From The Cisco Songbook
• Singing On The Ships From The Cisco Songbook
• Les Claypool Interview Cisco on radio, a transcription from his last weeks
• Lee Hays Interview The famous chat
• Melody Maker Interview Cisco visits with MJ from the British music magazine

Real Pals

• Bob Greenberg Cisco's friend in post-WWII Texas
• Bill Wolff (From Sing Out!)
• Lee Hays (From Sing Out!)
• My Letter To Cisco, by Moses Asch (From The Cisco Songbook)
• My Friend Cisco Houston, by Woody Guthrie (From The Cisco Songbook)
• Notes from a Letter, by Woody Guthrie
• String Along by The Kingston Trio Cisco earns royalties

LP/CD Notes

• Harold Leventhal From the LP I Ain't Got No Home
• The Cisco Special Notes by Lee Hays
• Liner Notes from Cisco Houston sings the songs of Woody Guthrie
• 900 Miles LP Liner Notes
• Cowboy Ballads Liner Notes
• Legendary CD (With Alan Lomax)

Biography and Appreciations

• Mark Eastman's Biography
• The SS Parismina Sinks And Cisco's brother Slim dies
• Best Of The Vanguard Years Review by Mike Regenstreif
• Blues For Cisco Houston Thomas McGrath's quirky poem
• April 1944 Cisco and Woody record and record.
• Olle Holmqvist Cisco finds a home in Sweden.
• George Pickow remembers Cisco Camp Unity in the 40s.
• Jim Clark on Cisco My memories.
• Cisco's Vocals Can he be too good a singer?

Historical and Related Materials

• The Big Red Songbook Jesse Hamlin
• Katie Lee Friend, Lover? She doesn't say.
• The National Maritime Union CIsco's home for a while in the late 40's
• Robert Shelton on folk music and everything else
• Joe Hill
• Passing Through Richard Silverstein on the song and its meaning
• The Cradle Will Rock The cast list and links about Cisco's 1938 Broadway stardom.
• Cisco Mysteries What we don't know, or wonder about.

Provocative, But Not Enthusiastic

• Robert Christgau Misses the point, but writes some fascinating stuff

And Some More...

• Of Mice And Men Cisco's music captures the era and the hard times in a production of the play.

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