www.VON'S Works.com
(emphasis on Eric von Schmidt's work as painter)

Eric von Schmidt 7 inch 45 rpm

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1969	ERIC von SCHMIDT - Living On The Corner - Catch It	Smash 2238
2	1972	ERIC VON SCHMIDT - Fat, Fat, The Water Rat - Believer	Poppy 90118

Eric von Schmidt LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1961	ROLF CAHN & ERIC VON SCHMIDT - Grizzly Bear - Lazarus - Columbus Stockade - Buddy Bolden Blues - You Got To Hurry - 2:19 Blues - Nobody Knows You - Wasn't That A Mighty Storm - Frankie And Albert - Who's That Yonder - Make Me A Pallet - He Was A Friend Of Mine	Folkways FA 2417 order Smithsonian Folkways custom-made CD F 2417
2	1963	DICK FARIÑA & ERIC VON SCHMIDT with Ethan Signer & occasionally Blind Boy Grunt [= Bob Dylan] - Johnny Cuckoo - Jumping Judy - Glory, Glory * - Old Joe's Dulcimer (Old Joe Clark, Swing And Turn, Darlin' Corey, etc.) - Wobble Bird - Wildwood Flower - Overseas Stomp * - Lonzo N'Howard - You Can Always Tell - Xmas Island * - Stick With Me Baby - Riddle Song - Cocaine * - London Waltz - Old Paint # - Lemonade Lady # rec. at Dobell’s Jazz Record Shop, London, 14th and 15th January, 1963; * Blind Joe Grunt, backup voc, hca; prod. by Tom Costner CD including the LP material plus all outtakes, which contain two songs not selected for the original release (#)	notes by Margaret Baker and Ron Gould Folklore Records F-LEUT/7 more info 2 CD set notes by Dick Farina and Tom Costner Solano CD 1722 (2007) www.farinacd.com 77 Records discography
3	1963	the folk blues of ERIC VON SCHMIDT (with Geoff Muldaur, guitar Robert L. Jones, guitar & vocal Fritz Richmond, washtub bass) - Crow Jane - Gulf Coast Blues - Brave Wolfe - Junco Partner - De Kalb Blues - Lolita - Champagne Don't Hurt Me, Baby - Buffalo Skinners - Jack O'Diamonds - He Was A Friend Of Mine - Cocoa Beach Blues - Down On Me - Titanic	Prestige/Folklore 14005 = Prestige 7717 = Blues Interactions PCD-5146 1997 (Jp)
4	1964	Eric sings von Schmidt (with Geoff Muldaur and Mel Lyman) - Kennedy Blues - Light Rain - Joshua Gone Barbados - Edward Teller - My Love Come Rolling Down - Florida Woman Blues - Kay Is The Month Of May - Cold Gray Dawn - Just To See You Stand That Way - Acne - Rattlesnake Preacher	Prestige 7384 Transatlantic PR 7384 review reissued: PVINE CD 5305
5	1969	ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Who Knocked The Brains Out Of The Sky? - Who Knocked The Brains Out Of The Sky? (4:04) - Beanum And Barley (4:55) - Three Miles (0:46) - Living On The Corner (3:46) - Sudden Garden (4:39) - Catch It (3:27) - Bitter City (3:25) - Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather (4:45) - Hundred Acre Wood (2:56) - Weep For The Wood Man (4:38)	Smash/Mercury SRS 67124
6	1972	Eric Von Schmidt: 2nd Right 3rd Row - Turtle Beach - If I Ever Catch Old Perry - My Love Come Rolling Down - Believer - The Letter - If I Had A Good Dog (The Male Chauvinist Possom Song) - Fair And Tender Ladies - Loop The Loop - Wet Birds Fly At Night - Salute To China - Fat, Fat, The Water Rat - My Country 'Tis Of Thee	Poppy PYS-5705 review
7	(1972)	Living On The Trail - Living On The Trail - Envy The Thief - Lost In The Woods - Thunder Heads Keep Rollin' - Carpenter's Boy (Icarus) - Lightning, They Say - Joshua Gone Barbados - Stick To Rum - Stewball - Fast Acne (Zorba the Greek)	rec. 1971 Poppy PP-LA080-F (never released because of 1972 demise of Poppy Records) (re)issued 2002 Tomato 2053
8	1977	eric von schmidt and the cruel family - You Get Old, You Get Wise - Ring Around The Moon - Bunch Of Roses - Debt I Owe - It's The Doing - Make It Last - Champagne Don't Hurt Me, Baby - Sudden Garden - Sweet Margarita - Briar Patch - Lonzo & Howard - Icarus	Philo PH 1052
9	1995	ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Baby, Let Me Lay It On You - Baby, Let Me Lay It On You - Lucky Man - Goin' Down To Melbourne - De Kalb Blues - Envy The Thief - My Love Come Rollin' Down - Joshua Gone Barbados - Rule The Road - Fat, Fat, The Water Rat - Can The Serpent Be Housebroken? - Wet Birds Fly At Night - Just To See You Stand That Way - Light Rain - The Letter - Foolish Pleasure - The Captain	Gazell GPCD2013
10	2002	ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Living On The Trail - Living On The Trail - Envy The Thief - Lost In The Woods - Thunder Heads Keep Rollin' - Carpenter's Boy (Icarus) - Lightning, They Say - Joshua Gone Barbados - Stick To Rum - Stewball - Fast Acne (Zorba the Greek) produced by Jim Rooney featuring Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Jim Colegrove, Rick Danko, Amos Garrett, Garth Hudson, Geoff & Maria Muldaur, Chris Parker, Billy Rich, Jim Rooney	(re)issue of 1971 recordings then supposed to be Poppy PP-LA080-F (1972) Tomato 2053 www.tomatorecords.com

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Eric von Schmidt

#	year of release	title / songs performed by Eric von Schmidt	label # / notes
1	1963	Come For To Sing Folksongs sung by Eric von Schmidt, Carolyn Hester, Jackie Washington, Jack Elliott, Rolf Cahn - Cotton Eye Joe - Jackie Washington - The Car Song - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Grizzly Bear - Eric von Schmidt - Rock Island Line - Rolf Cahn - The Virgin Mary - John Henry - Eric von Schmidt - Billy Barlow - Jackie Washington - Hush Little Baby - Froggie Went Courting - Rolf Cahn - Night Herding Song - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Go Tell Aunt Rhody - Carolyn Hester - The Gray Goose - How D'ye Do? - Taddle-O-Day - Haul On The Bowline - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Hambone - The Boll Weevil - My Good Old Man - Carolyn Hester & Eric von Schmidt - Candy Man - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Old Howard from liner notes: "This is a record of all the songs of Eric von Schmidt's book COME FOR TO SING" (Houghton Mifflin Boston 1963); "Produced and directed by Joe Berk and Eric von Schmidt"; "Artwork and Design by Eric von Schmidt"	Pathways of Sound POS 1033 (local label run by Boston Folk impresario Joe Berk)
4	03/64	the BLUES project A compendium of the very best on the urban blues scene - Fixin' To Die (Dave Ray) - Blow Whistle Blow (Eric von Schmidt) - My Little Woman (John Koerner) - Ginger Man (Geoff Muldaur) - Bad Dream Blues (Dave van Ronk) - Winding Boy (Ian Buchanan) - I'm Troubled (Danny Kalb) - France Blues (Mark Spoelstra) - Don't You Leave Me Here (Dave van Ronk) - Devil Got My Woman (Geoff Muldaur) - Southbound Train (John Koerner) - Downtown Blues (Geoff Muldaur) - Leavin' Here Blues (Dave Ray) - Hello Baby Blues (Danny Kalb) - She's Gone (Mark Spoelstra) - Slappin' On My Black Cat Bone (Dave Ray) cover artwork by Eric von Schmidt	Elektra EKL-264 mono + EKS-7264 stereo
3	1964	Folklore Jamboree - Champaign Don't Hurt Me Baby	Prestige FL 14023
4	1965	The Newport Folk Festival 1965 - My Love Comes Rolling Down	Vanguard VSD-79225
5	197?	Take A Trip With Me - Champagne Don't Hurt Me - Lolita - Edward Teller - Acne - Kay Is The Month Of May	Prestige 7539 more info
6	1984	Bleecker & McDougal: The Folk Scene Of The 60s, [The Jac Holzman Years] - Blow Whistle Blow	Elektra 60381 more info
7	1988	Blues In The Bottle - He Was A Friend Of Mine - Joshua Gone Barbados	Big Beat WIK 71
8	1992	Troubadours Of The Folk Era Vol. 1 - Wasn't That A Mighty Storm	Rhino R2 70262
9	1993	Blues with a feeling - Grizzly Bear	Vanguard 77005 (Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival)
10	1995	The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 1: All Kinds Of Folks - Joshua Gone Barbados	Prestige PRCD 9901-2 Ace/Big Beat CDWIKD 134
11	1995	The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 2: The New City Blues - Crow Jane - Light Rain - Kennedy Blues	Prestige PRCD 9902-2 Ace/Big Beat CDWIKD 135
12	1996	The Acoustic Highway Collection: The Road To Country Rock - Fair And Tender Ladies	EMI CD 53302
13	1996	Blues In The Sun, Vol. 7 (Blues Blue, Blues White) The Bluesville Years - Champagne Don't Hurt Me - Gulf Coast Blues - Light Rain - Just To See You Stand That Way	Prestige 9915 review
14	1997	Blues with a feeling, part two - Grizzly Bear	Vanguard CD 73134-2 (Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival)
15	2001 3-CD box	Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950-1970) - Joshua Gone Barbados	Rhino R2 74264 more info

(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings

#	year of release	artist / title / songs featuring Eric von Schmidt	label # / notes
1	1963	Geoff Muldaur: Sleepy Man Blues (Eric von Schmidt on mandolin and harmonica throughout)	Prestige/Folklore 14004 = Prestige 7727 reissued on Big Beat WIK 78 [UK] partly reissued 1996 on Compilation "The Bluesville Years" Prestige PRCD-9915-2
2	1993	Joan Baez: Rare, Live And Classic - Low Down Chariot   [Baez & von Schmidt]	Vanguard VCD 125/127 (3 disk compilation)
3	1995	Davis Coen: Cryin' The Blues - How Long Blues - Trouble In Mind   [Coen, g/v & von Schmidt,   harmonica]   EvS also wrote liner notes	Davis Coen homepage review
4	1996	Washboard Slim and the Blue Lights harmonica and backing vocals on "No More Bada Boom Bada Bing"	more info
5	1998	Nancy Griffith: Other Voices Too: A Trip Back to Bountiful	Elektra 62235-2 more info

Thanks to: Scott Alexander, Mark Sironi

 

Other artist's Covers of Eric von Schmidt songs

#	year of release	Artist: Record Title - featured Eric von Schmidt song	label # / notes
1	1965	Jackie DeShannon: In The Wind - Baby Let Me Follow You Down	Imperial LP 12296
2	1966	Tom Rush: Take A Little Walk - Joshua Gone Barbados - Turn Your Money Green	Elektra EKL-308 more info lyrics
3	1967	Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Outtakes Woodstock, New York - Joshua Gone Barbados	bootleg more info
4	1970	Tom Rush: Classic Rush - Joshua Gone Barbados	Elektra EKS-74062 more info lyrics
5	1970	Geoff & Maria Muldaur: Pottery Pie - Catch It	Reprise RS 6350 = Carthage CGLP 4428 (1987) more info
6	1973	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Better Days - Rule The Road Bearsville 2119             more info
7	1977	Rosalie Sorrels: Moments Of Happiness - See You Stand That Way	Philo 1033
8	1978	Hans Theesink: Slow And Easy - Joshua Gone Barbados	Autogram ALLP-230 more info
9	1980	Howard Bursen: Cider In The Kitchen - Joshua Gone Barbados	Folk Legacy FSI-074 more info
10	1984	Gove Scrivenor: Shady Gove - Make My Love Come Rollin' Down	Flying Fish FF-048 more info
11	1989	Brendan Croker & the 5 o'Clock Shadows: Boat Trips In The Bay - Joshua Gone Barbados	Silvertone CD ND74571 more info
12	1990	Buick 6: Cypress Grove - Joshua Gone Barbados	Taxim CD TX 1003-2 TA more info
13	1994	Greg Kihn: Mutiny - Joshua Gone Barbados	Clean Cuts CD 714 more info
14	1994	Dave van Ronk: To All My Friends In Far Flung Places - Joshua Gone Barbados	Gazell GPCD 2011/12 Dave van Ronk discography
15	1995	Martin Simpson: Special Agent - Joshua Gone Barbados	Fledgling Records FLED 3005 more info
16	1996	Greg Kihn: Horrorshow - Kay Is The Month Of May	Clean Cuts CD 716 more info
17	1996	Peter Keane: Walkin' Around - Blow Whistle Blow	Flying Fish CD 652 more info
18	1998	Gove Scrivenor: Solid Gove - Make My Love Come Rollin' Down	Flying Fish CD 672 more info
19	1998	Jerry Jeff Walker: Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits - Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby	Tried & True CD 5551 more info
20	1999	Chris Smither: Drive You Home Again - Rattlesnake Preacher	Hightone HCD 8098 more info
21	1999	Johnny Cash: Johnny 99 - Joshua Gone Barbados	Koch Records CD 7980 more info
22	1999	Tom Rush: The Best Of: No Regrets - Joshua Gone Barbados	Legacy CD 65860 more info
23	2000	Brendan Croker: Not Just A Hillbilly... More Like A Best of ... - Joshua Gone Barbados	Essential ESMCD826 more info
24	2000	Ramblin' Jack Elliott Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (Soundtrack) - Acne (duet with Bob Dylan)	Vanguard CD 157079575-2 more info on soundtrack more info on movie
25	2000 EP	Jon Langford and Sally Timms Songs of False Hope and High Values - Joshua Gone Barbados	Bloodshot EP BS 072 more info
26	2000	Mother Vineyard's Jugband - Joshua Gone Barbados	more info / download
27	2000	Geoff Muldaur Password - Light Rain	Hightone HCD 8125 more info

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Books written / illustrated by Eric von Schmidt   [in print]   [out of print]

       

       

   
 

       

 

Joan Baez Songbook
Reyerson Music Publishers, 1964

 

Richard Farina: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
Random House, 1966

 

Cover of Sing Out Magazine April - May 1967 Vol 17, No.2
"Singing The Fishing"

 

Noel The Joan Baez Christmas Songbook
Ryerson Music Publishers, 1967

 

Richard Farina: A Long Time Coming And A Long Time Gone
Random House, 1969

Paul Geremia rendered as Jack of Hearts for a promotional deck of cards
from Red House Records (Source: Sing Out! Vol. 42 #4)

 

T-Shirt for John Kruth to promote his 1987 CD "Midnight Snack"

 
Eric von Schmidt's reflections on
Jack O'Leary 1918 - 1982 American Ceramist

 
Eric von Schmidt contributed to the booklet included in the reissue of
Anthology Of American Folk Music
edited by Harry Smith

ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC won the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes and Best Historical Album !!!

 

Paul Andrew Hutton (ed.): The Custer Reader
University of Nebraska Press, 1992
America’s most famously unfortunate soldier has been the subject of scores of books, but 'The Custer Reader' is unique as a substantial source of classic writings about and by him. Here is George Armstrong Custer as seen by himself, his contemporaries, and leading scholars. Those steeped in Custeriana will discover new insights in these pieces, some published for the first time, some difficult of access, assembled for easy reference. Those led by Custer’s legend to make a fuller acquaintance will find here a reliable and complete introduction to his controversial personality and career and their transmogrification into myth. Combining first-person narratives, scholarly articles, photographic essays – as well as original selections by Robert M. Utley, Brian Dippie, Gregory J. W. Urwin, and Eric von Schmidt. 'The Custer Reader' contains four sections, each introduced by Paul Andrew Hutton. Jay Monaghan, Brian Dippie, Charles King, and Chief Joseph White Bull are among those who illuminate Custer’s Civil War years; his role in the Indian wars, particularly the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and the evolution of the Custer myth.

Eric von Schmidt painting "Here Fell Custer"
(picture sadly missing ;-)

Inside is a great article by Eric von Schmidt on the Sitting Bull's village at the time of the battle. A bonus for the article is a shot of an Eric von Schmidt painting. Another painting of the fight is used as the cover for the National Park brochure, which is also reproduced in the article

Eric von Schmidt's
wax bas relief "Alamo", 1985
more info

" ... "The Storming of the Alamo," a 10- by 23-foot epic painting of the historic scene by Eric von Schmidt. It's considered the most accurate ever produced. Well-known historians have acclaimed it. Kevin R. Young, president of the Alamo Battlefield Association, was quoted in an article about the painting in the Express-News on December 23, 1996 as saying that the painting was his favorite depiction of the Alamo battle. He said that "all the elements that you always read about, you see them. And there are little fine details and touches." (Frank Jennings)

Sunday, June 11 2000
Eric von Schmidt
honored with
ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award

Stellar Lineup of Acoustic Music Legends for Cambridge Folk Pioneer at Club Passim on 6/11 Eric von Schmidt to be Honored with ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and Musical Salute by Folk Greats: Tom Rush, Maria Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Chris Smither, Geoff Muldaur, Peter Wolf, Jim Rooney and Surprise Guests in Folk Event of the Year ASCAP member Eric von Schmidt, a pioneering figure in the folk music explosion of the late '50s and early '60s, will be presented with The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in Folk Music. The Award will be presented to von Schmidt at a special afternoon reception at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 11. In a salute to von Schmidt, who served as friend and mentor to many of the leading folk and blues artists who emerged from the Cambridge folk scene, a number of these performers will gather at Club Passim to perform songs written or popularized by von Schmidt. Among those participating in what promises to be an historic folk music event are Bill Keith, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Jim Rooney, Tom Rush, Chris Smither, Peter Wolf, as well as surprise guests. Eric von Schmidt, who also befriended and inspired Bob Dylan and Joan Baez early in their careers, is the writer of such songs as "My Love Come Rolling Down," "Light Rain," and the frequently recorded "Joshua Gone Barbados." He also popularized many once-forgotten traditional songs that are now folk and blues standards, including: "He Was a Friend of Mine," "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm," "Grizzly Bear" and "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down." von Schmidt is also a noted painter, muralist and illustrator whose art has adorned countless album covers as well as children's books and printed music collections. In addition, von Schmidt is the co-author, with Jim Rooney, of the definitive history of the Cambridge folk years, Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, (published by University of Massachussets Press). Club Passim, the center of the New England folk scene, is the successor to the legendary Club 47, where the careers of von Schmidt, Baez, Kweskin, Rush and many others were launched into success. Previous recipients of The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award include: Guy Clark (country), Red Norvo (jazz), Rufus Thomas (R&B), George Rochberg (concert music), Ella Jenkins (children's music), Buddy Baker (Film & TV music) and Dave Van Ronk (folk). The ASCAP Foundation has, for more than twenty-five years, been a resource for the music community through the myriad programs it funds and/or administers, including scholarships, grants, awards, commissions, classroom and summer camp music education programs, and senior community service. The ASCAP Foundation was established in 1975 and is a publicly supported charitable organization exempt from federal taxation under IRC § 501 (c) (3).

A Few of the The World's Hippest Geezers Return to Harvard Square to Celebrate Eric von Schmidt's A.S.C.A.P. Lifetime Achievement Award Intro and Photos by Chris Yeager

Interview with Caitlin von Schmidt (Eric's daughter)
"I was there the night Dylan went electric and the only thing I remember is my sister and me sitting in the back of the van eating all of the marshmallow things out of a box of Lucky Charms"

MP3 soundclip of Caitlin von Schmidt's "To the Ocean" (from 1990 CD "Fish")

at San Jacinto Records
RA soundclip of Caitlin von Schmidt's "Waiting For Rain"

(from 1997 soundtrack CD "Glad I'm A Girl")

Harold von Schmidt (Eric's father)

"Harold von Schmidt (1893-1982) grew up in the West a generation after Remington and Russell, but had a close kinship with them and the old West throughout his painting career. A native Californian, von Schmidt was orphaned at age 5 and reared by his grandfather who had been a Forty-niner. His grandfather's stories together with his own experiences as a construction worker, lumberjack and cowhand gave him an authentic insight into the earlier era. He became a leading magazine illustrator with his work appearing mainly in The Saturday Evening Post for 20 years. Founder of the Famous Artists School in Westport."

http://www.cashi.com/webbios.htm (meanwhile out of function!)

 
Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Detail of front cover of Philo 1052

thanks to Fritz Schuler (Golden Ring Music) for additional info