21 track double LP anthology, restored and remastered from the original master tapes by grammy award winning mastering engineer Michael Graves. Includes Francis’ debut release “Follow Me”, as well as a second record featuring unreleased and never before heard covers and demos. Made with a deluxe tip-on gatefold sleeve. Liner notes written by Cleveland Francis and Forager Records. Artwork based on the original Follow Me record featuring photos of Francis from the late 60s and early 70s.
Beyond The Willow Tree is a hauntingly beautiful anthology of folk songs chronicling the experience of a young black man growing up in the segregated south. A balanced mix of covers and originals, Cleveland Francis’ body of work seamlessly blends deep, soulful vocals with the stripped-down acoustic instrumentation of folk. In the late 60’s Francis coined the term “soulfolk”, playing his genre bending music at coffee shops around colonial Williamsburg while studying biology at the college of William & Mary
- A1 The Willow Tree
- A2 Little Green Apples
- A3 Early Morning Rain
- A4 When I'm Sixty-Four
- A5 Hot Sun
- A6 Hey Jude
- B1 Just Think About It For A While
- B2 Both Sides Now
- B3 Rain
- B4 Time
- B5 Getting Ready For Tomorrow
- B6 With God On Our Side
- C1 What's Wrong With The World
- C2 Ballad Of Martin Luther King
- C3 Change
- C4 It's Got To Get Better
- D1 Hot Sun
- D2 Early Morning Rain
- D3 Summertime
- D4 Just Think About It For A While
- D5 The Willow Tree
