The Trail Band now has nine albums on the Trail's End Productions label in their catalog. Below are samples, song titles, and descriptions of all nine recordings. Some of the individual members also have recordings independent of The Trail Band, and you can learn about those recordings and where to obtain them through Meet The Trail Band. Ghosts of Celilo CDs can be purchased through ghostsofcelilo.com
Peace on Earth
A Christmas Collection
Released 2005
Peace On Earth is a collection of traditional and original Christmas songs arranged by The Trail Band that illustrates their passion for music of all styles and cultures. Their five lead singers and unique instrumental blend of brass and string instruments have made their winter tours an annual holiday ritual for Northwest concert-goers for over 10 years. These arrangements of folk, pop, gospel, and early music styles feature piano, pennywhistle, mandolin, fiddles, alphorns, guitar, and full brass. Legendary blues/gospel singer, Linda Hornbuckle, appears as a guest vocalist.
Songs include Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Peace On Earth, Aleluya P'urepecha, The Longest Night of the Year, What Child Is This/The Frost Is All Over, Come Home For Christmas, Let It Snow (Blower), Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Joseph Lieber, Faltan Cinco Pa' las Doce and What Would Santa Claus Say?.
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Oregon Stories
Released 2003
Oregon Stories features 15 original songs about life in the Northwest today. Blending folk, rock, country, and traditional music, the band paints a stark portrait of people struggling to live in balance with the unique land they inhabit. At times celebratory, cynical, and humorous, Oregon Stories is unflinchingly honest and contains the Trail Band's most compelling songwriting.
Songs include Tuck It Away, Celilo, The Red House, Good Rain, Daddy's Dream, Poverty With A View, One More Dollar, Losing Ground, Lullaby for Tonya, Barlow Road, In The Flood, Eggs In My Beer, Meadowlark, and more.
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Making Spirits Bright
Released 2001
Making Spirits Bright includes live and studio performances of traditional holiday favorites and five original songs by the band. The arrangements in folk, pop, gospel, and early music styles feature hammer dulcimer, pennywhistle, mandolin, violins, alphorns, guitar, banjo, percussion, recorders, and a full array of brass and woodwinds. Special guests include gospel/blues singer Linda Hornbuckle and two of the West's legendary country swing performers, Heck Harper and Bus Boyk.
Songs include New Baby King, Flexible Flyer, Christmas Day / Christmas Eve, Noel Lullaby, Past Three O'clock, Nutcracker Medley, and many more.
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Lewis and Clark
Released 1999
The Trail Band's sixth album, Lewis and Clark features instrumental and vocal music from and about the era of the 1803-06 expedition. Early American folk songs, French Canadian fiddle tunes, classical works from Jefferson's library, Irish ballads, marches, and chanteys are included. Guests Thomas Morning Owl & Arlie Neskahi perform with the band music of the Umatilla & Yakima people.
Period instruments such as the serpent, sausage bassoon, bass viola da gamba, walking stick recorder, harpsichord, flageolet, and dudelsack compliment the Trail Band's usual array of fiddles, hammer dulcimer, recorders, pennywhistle, full brass, guitars, banjo, mandolin, and percussion.
Songs include Drive The Cold Winter Away, Up The Missouri, Shenandoah, St. Anne's Reel, French Canadian Medley, Johnny's Gone For A Soldier, The Ash Grove, Donkey Riding, Heart of God, The Rose Tree, The Butterfly Song, and more.
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Immigrant Dreams
Released 1998
Vocal and instrumental songs from and about the great migrations to the States in the early 1900's. Gypsy dances from Romania, jigs and reels from the British Isles, Mexican polkas, carols from Puerto Rico, and Greek festival songs exemplify the album's scope. These traditional tunes are complemented by 5 original songs by the band featuring hammer dulcimer, guitars, violins, mandolin, cornet, tuba, trombone, sax, penny whistle, drums, bodhran, bass, and banjo.
Songs include Immigrants Dream, Pigtown Fling, 50 Miles of Elbow Room, The
Praties, Eastern Star, Starving To Death On My Government Claim, The Carved
Wood Box, and many more.
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Christmas With The Trail Band - Live In Concert
Released 1996
Our live Christmas album, this time featuring our 5 lead vocalists. A nice compliment to An Old Fashioned Christmas, which is all instrumentals.
Songs include The Holly and The Ivy, The Coventry Carol, I Heard The Bells, The Last Month Of The Year, Silver Bells, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Here We Come A Wassailing, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Nothing But A Child, What Child Is This, Un Flambeau, Jingle Bells, and more.
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
Released 1994
A beautiful instrumental collection of your favorite Christmas melodies done
in a style reminiscent of the town square brass bands and parlor string orchestras
of the last century.
Songs include I Saw Three Ships, Silent Night, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,
Joy To The World, Bring A Torch, Here We Come A Wassailing, What Child Is This,
and many more.
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Trail's End
Released 1993
A great companion piece to Voices, this instrumental and vocal collection of popular music from the Oregon Trail era includes some of America's most beloved songs.
Songs include Sweet Betsy From Pike, Down In The Valley, Little Liza Jane, Polly Wolly Doodle, Red River Valley, Hard Times, Fisher's Hornpipe, Waltz of the Little Girls, June Apple, Wait For The Wagon, The Minstrel Boy, and many more.
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Voices From The Oregon Trail
Released 1992
Instrumental and vocal music from and about the Oregon Trail. This is the soundtrack of the play by the same name from which The Trail Band was originally formed. Brass, fiddles, hammer dulcimer, banjo, guitar, recorders, and assorted percussion are featured in the album that first defined the "Trail Band Sound." A few authentic diary readings from the play are also included.
Songs include The Land At Eden's Gate, What We Left Behind, The Old Pine Tree, Down At The River, Native American Flute Medley, Golden Slippers, Redwing, The Gal I Left Behind Me, Farther Along, Oregon Bound, Ol' Joe Clark, and many more.
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