Through a Window

Through a Window is the seventh album by Patrick Sky, recorded in 1985.

Track listing

1." San Francisco Bay Blues"
*I'll never forget Jesse Fuller playing his Foot-Della at the Gaslight in New York. He played a 3-hour set and had to be dragged offstage.
2. "Ramblin' Boy"
*Tom Paxton's best.
3. "Separation Blues"
*My own contribution. I'm told it's a popular camp song.
4. " Dark as a Dungeon"
*Although this song was written much earlier it was important to me when I was involved in raising money for the Hazard miners. There is no better mining song.
5. Mississippi John Hurt's "Candy Man"
*His style of fingerpicking influenced me more than any other player. Candy Man — what a metaphor!
6. "Blowin' in the Wind"
*When this song first hit the airwaves it shocked everyone. The anthem of the sixties.

1. Reverend Gary Davis "Candy Man"
*The Reverend's style of fingerpicking along with Merle Travis' set the standard.
2. ""Don't Think Twice"
*The great Dylan song was heavily influenced by our mutual friend, Paul Clayton — collector and singer; his logging camp songs were gems.
3. "Ballad of Ira Hayes"
*The plight of the Native Americans was never more poignantly expressed.
4. "Freight Train"
*Is there anyone who plays a guitar that does not know Libba Cotten's Freight Train?
5. "Louise"
*Paul Siebel still remains one of my favorite songwriters.
6. "Good Night Irene"
*I'll never forget the first time I heard Ledbelly on the 12 string guitar. I ran to a pawn shop and bought an old plywood 'Harmony". Later I used it for a planter.

;Technical

Produced, supervised, recorded and engineered by Patrick Sky — Skylark Productions.
Assistant Engineer: Ray Noren
Graphics: Cathy Sky
Photos: Ray Clayton