Precious Friend

Precious Friend
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Precious Friend is a double album by Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger with Shenandoah. The album, Guthrie's final record on Warner Bros., is a compilation of songs from when Guthrie and Seeger toured together. John Pilla produced the recording. ^[1]

Background

Precious Friend is a compilation of songs from when Guthrie and Seeger toured together. was recorded in 1981 at the

1. "Wabash Cannonball" (public domain)
2. "All My Life's a Circle" (Harry Chapin)
3. "Hills of Glenshee" (public domain)
4. "Ocean Crossing" (Guthrie)
5. "Celery-Time" (Guthrie)
6. "Run, Come See Jeruselum" (Blind Blake)
7. "Sailin' Up Sailin' Down" (Jimmy Reed)

Side Two

1. "How Can I Keep from Singing" (Doris Plenn)
2. "
   Old Time Religion
   " (public domain)
3. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie)
4. "Ladies Auxiliary" (Woody Guthrie)
5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare)
6. "Precious Friend, You Will Be There" (Pete Seeger)

Side Three

1. "Do Re Mi" (Woody Guthrie)
2. "Tarentella" (public domain)
3. "The Neutron Bomb Story" (Guthrie)
4. "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler" (Tom Paxton)
5. "St Louis Tickle" (Guthrie)^{[dubious – discuss][citation needed]}
6. "
   Wimoweh
   (Mbube)" (Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell)
7. "
   Will the Circle Be Unbroken
   " (Traditional)

Side Four

1. "Garden Song" (David Mallett)
2. "
   Kisses Sweeter than Wine" (Joel Newman, Paul Campbell
   )
3. "Raggedy Raggedy" (Lee Hays)
4. "In Dead Earnest" (Lee Hays)
5. "If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays)
6. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton)

Critical reception

The album was praised upon its release by