"Among the Midwest's most popular and enduring folk performers." - Boston Globe
"Art is simply the singer of American folk songs who most brings out their meaning. Not only does he have the best repertoire of Midwest songs, but he can tell a tale like an old lumberjack." - 10 Pound Fiddle
"A lot of people locked themselves into the nightclub scene and some of them couldn't handle it when that era of folk and protest ended.
But I branched out, and I found that there weren't just a few elitist people who were worth singing to." - Art Thieme
(Folk Legacy)
Songs and stories culled from Art's live performances.
Chicago Town Blues
Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train
Diamond Jo
Jim Bridger and the Winter of 1830
Sioux Indians
When I was A Cowboy/Roy and Trigger
Stealin'
A Scottish Soldier
Lazy Bones
Groundhog
The Hills of Roane Coounty
Molly Darling/Mary Charlotte Anne McGhee
The Biggest Whatever
San Antonio Rose
Soho On Saturday Night/No More Booze
Hard Times In the Mill/A Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Anymore
I'm Gonna Leave Old... More>>>
"King of 9-string guitar," Midwestern folksinger, punster and raconteur Art Thieme also plays the musical saw and old-time banjo. Currently unable to perform due to multiple sclerosis, Thieme has carefully assembled favorite songs, stories and puns from three decades of concert recordings. Highlights of The Older I Get, The Better I Was include "The Cowboy's Barbara Allen;" "Jerry, Go And Oil That Car;" a 19th century song learned from the singing of "Haywire Mac" McClintock; the classic Scots... More>>>
