I'd Give My Life!
A Journey by Folk Music

Erik Darling

312 pages, 6 x 9 in.,
ISBN 978-0831400934
$24.95
Includes CD with 24 songs.

"Emerging from Greenwich Village's burgeoning folk scene of the mid-fifties, Erik Darling pulled off the impossible. During an era when Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and the Platters dominated A.M. radio, his folk trio, The Tarriers, scored a Top-4 hit in 1956 with “The Banana Boat Song.” Besides fueling a brief national mania for calypso, the Tarriers laid the foundation for the Kingston Trio and the many folk groups that followed. After four years with the Weavers, Darling formed the Rooftop Singers, an innovative folk/jazz trio that topped the charts with “Walk Right In” and introduced twelve-string guitars to popular music.

More suited to introspection than self-promotion, Darling maintained a deep-seated integrity and restless curiosity that stands in sharp contrast to the usual modus operandi of the American entertainment business. Looking beyond the hit records, concert performances and colorful personalities, this book documents Darling's journey towards self-discovery."

List of songs on the included CD:

1.	True Religion	13.	Train Time
2.	The Dit Dit Song	14.	Santa Claus Is Comin’
3.	I Love My Love	15.	Boll Weevil
4.	Walk Right In Blues	16.	God Knows She Ain’t No Angel
5.	The Cuckoo	17.	Don’t Go Mad
6.	Bright Morning Stars	18.	I Know Where I’m Gong
7.	Shady Grove	19.	Shadrack
8.	Woody 1955	20.	The Banana Boat Song (Studio)
9.	Woody 2002	21.	The Banana Boat Song (Live)
10.	Child, Child	22.	Rock Island Line (Studio)
11.	Jumpin’ Judy	23.	Rock Island Line (Live)
12.	Moanin’ Dove	24.	Aunt Rhody’s Christmas

Click here to see the video for "Aunt Rhody's Christmas" on YouTube.