VIDEOS (Now Available in DVD Format!)

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BUILDIN' THE RAILS:
Life of a Gandy Dancer

Join Irish Mike Malloy as he tells of the important role and lifestyle of the track worker  ("Gandy Dancer") and sings the traditional work songs of the rails. See old photos of railroad workers from the past.
22 minutes. Color. $20.00 personal/home use; $69.95 public performance/educational use (& $2.00 postage)

FIRE IN THE HOLE!
A Coal Miner's Tale

Miner Frank Kehoe tells of his home in the "patch" and the dangers "below ground", the progression from breaker boy to eventually "miner with papers", the Mollie Maguires, and the United Mine Workers.
55 minutes. Color. $20.00 personal/home use; $69.95 public performance/educational use (& $2.00 postage)

Cassette single of the song written by Rich Pawling, Van Wagner and Joe Meck that honors the "keepers of the gems" (those dedicated to preserving and interpreting the natural and historical gems of our nation).  Side two contains Rich's original song, Pennsylvania, You Are My Home!.  Cassette only - $2.00 & $1.00 postage

In this unique collection, Rich Pawling and the "Boys" (Van Wagner, Matthew Harrison and guest musician R.J. Renteria) bring the history of America to life through the songs of the past - including the songs of the Conestoga wagoners, canalmen, railroad workers, and coal miners. This blend of folk/traditional vocals and bluegrass acoustic styles is presented in an entertaining manner that will bring a smile to listeners of all ages. 50 minutes.  CD OR Cassette - $10.00 & $1.50 postage

1.   Wabash Cannon Ball (Traditional) -One of America's favorite railroad songs; describes a mythical hobo train
            highballing across the country. (Late 1800's to early 1900's)
2.   Conestoga on the Jordan Road(The Turnpike's a Hard Road to Trabbel) (Traditional) - Conestoga wagoner song
          sung in the taverns during the 1750-1850 heyday of the turnpikes (wagon roads).
3.   Allein und Doch Nicht Ganz Allein(Alone and Yet Not All Alone) (German Hymn) - Sung by her mother, this hymn
            reunited Regina Leininger with her family following her1755 capture at the Penn's Creek Massacre and nine
            year captivity during the French & Indian War.
4.   Simon Slick (Traditional) - A popular song of the canal boatmen of the 1800's.
5.   Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen C. Foster, 1855) - A photo of life in America during the mid-1800's
            written by America's beloved songwriter, Stephen Foster.
6.   Paddy on the Railroad (Traditional)- Irish Gandy Dancer song which kept the rail-spikers in beat as they built
            America's railroads.
7.   John Henry (Traditional) - Railroad song that tells of an African-American man who helped to construct the Big
            Bend tunnel on the C&O Railway (ca. 1873).
8.   Gray Coat Soldier (Words & Music by Van Wagner & Matthew Harrison, 1996) - Expresses the emotion of a rebel
            soldier after the April 9, 1865 surrender at Appomattox.
9.    Buffalo Skinners (Traditional) - A song of the west during the days when outfits of men went onto the Great
            Plains to kill the buffalo for their hides.
10.  Jesse James (Traditional folk ballad attributed to Billy Gashade, 1882) - Tells the story of brothers Frank & Jesse
            James who robbed 12 banks, 7 trains, and 5 stages in 11 states and territories between 1866 and 1882. Jesse
            (alias J.D. Howard) was killed on April 3, 1882 by Robert Ford, one of the James gang.
11.   Gospel Medley (Little Brown Church, Amazing Grace, There's Power in the Blood) - A medley of gospel tunes
            sung during the revivals of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
12.   The Hard-Working Miner (Traditional) - Sung by blind fiddler, James Howard of Harlan County, KY in the early
            1900's. Describes the dangers and hardships of working in a coal mine.
13.    Down in a Coal Mine (Traditional) - Probably the best known mining song of the hard coal (anthracite) region;
            published in 1872.
14.   My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mine (Traditional) - The unofficial "national anthem" of the coal miner;
            pictures the bond between the mule boy and his "sweetheart", the mule in the mine.
15.   Good Ol' Mountain Dew (Traditional) - Appalachian American Ballad & Folk Song
16.   Which Side Are You On? (Words by Florence Reece, 1931) - A fiery union song from Harlan County, KY, sung to
            the tune of an old Baptist hymn; words written by Florence Reece, wife of local union organizer, Sam Reece.