Ol' Pals
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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