The New Christy Minstrels

The New Christy Minstrels

The New Christy Minstrels

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Today
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Green, Green
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Cotton Fields
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We'll Sing in the Sunshine
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Ida Red [Album Version]

Albums

  • Barry McGuire and the New Christy Minstrels with Allan Sherman Live

    Feb 2023 • 9 songs

  • Louisiana Lou

    Dec 2022 • 23 songs

  • Michael Row the Boat Ashore

    Feb 2022 • 1 song

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The New Christy Minstrels

Biography

To a lot of casual listeners during the early '60s, the New Christy Minstrels were the embodiment of popular folk music. If they're not remembered (or written about) in a very serious way, it's mostly because of their image: ten well-scrubbed, usually smiling young men and women singing upbeat songs about Paul Bunyan or hopping freight trains, or doing optimistic renditions of Woody Guthrie tunes. The New Christy Minstrels began with Randy Sparks, a singer/guitarist who started out in the late '50s mixing folk and folk-style songs with Broadway material. He was leading his o...
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