The Chad Mitchell Trio - later known as The Mitchell Trio - were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s. They performed traditional folk songs and some of their own compositions. They were particularly notable for performing satirical songs that criticized current events during the time of the cold war the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War in a less subtle way than the typical folk music and singer-songwriter musicians of their time. On Slightly Irreverent the trio offers a rousing ode to European imperialism to the tune of Wimoweh called An African Song and don’t blink an eye when covering Phil Ochs’ The Draft Dodger Rag. There’s also good solo vocal work by Frazier on Weill/Brecht’s The Alabama Song and Kobluk on When I Was a Young Man.

1. A Dying Business
2. Stewball and Griselda
3. Mandy Lane
4. The Alabama Song
5. When I Was A Young Man
6. An African Song (On that great civilised morning)
7. I Cant Help But Wonder
8. The Draft Dodger Rag
9. If I Gave You
10. The Pride of Petrovar
11. Rhymes of the Irreverent