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Posted by quick85 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 19, 06 at 23:00
I've only been around for less than a year. If this has
come up in the past, I apologize. I really like folk
music. Especially '60's folk music. Phil Ochs, Eric
Andersen, Tom Paxton, Patrick Sky, Dave Van Ronk, Ian &
Sylvia, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Rush. I try to listen to
modern folk on the local college station but just can't
get into it. There just doesn't seem to be any bite to it.
Chicago has a great blues, folk-blues and folk heritage.
From the mid-'60 to the mid '70 there was a great local
folk scene here. I'm afraid the likes of those days will
not be seen again.
Any other folk fans out there? |
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RE: The songs of folk
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| I am a fan of folk from the 60s and 70s. British Folk. Some great great stuff came out then by groups like: Steeleye Span
Pentangle
Fairport Covention Rhino did a 3 CD perspective of the British Folk scene several years ago. Worth seeking out. |
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| I sure am.I have several cds from renowned folk artists of the 50s, 60s,and 70s.Frankly, i cant name very many,as you put it, modern folk singers.Of course sometimes its hard to discern if a song is a folk song,or just a pop song.Many songs cross over into acouple genres or are hard to categorise. |
RE: The songs of folk
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I too like folk music,Dave Van Ronk,Jack Elliot,Elizabeth Cotten,Cisco Houston,Doc Boggs,Lucinda Williams and not forgettin'Woody!
Folk music-music sung by folk. |
RE: The songs of folk
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Lest we forget Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
The times, they are a changin'... |
RE: The songs of folk
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Rj and clairabelle, some names need not be mentioned, and
Woody, Dylan and Baez are prime examples. They immediately come to mind in a discussion like this. I don't know how
I forgot Cisco Houston. What an incredible voice and way
with a song he had. I can't imagine what it must have been
like to hear that voice in person. Jack Elliot is another
favorite. I can listen to songs like "Guabi Guabi" and
"Roll On Buddy" over and over. Once I started thinking more about it, I realized how many
really good folk singers there were, and how listenable
that music is. While I could list a hundred songs that I really enjoy, I'd like to mention two that really are
favorites of mine and I'd like others to hear. Easter Morn / The Chad Mitchell Trio
Those Three Are On My Mind / Harry Belafonte The latter is an especially touching song about the three murdered freedom workers in Mississippi: Goodman, Cheney
and Schwermer. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find it
on cd. Fortunately, I still have a copy on tape that I
recorded from radio back around 1966. Worth trying to find. |
RE: The songs of folk
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| Quick - You should be able to find "Those Three Are On My Mind" on CD locally in Chicagoland on the 'Essential Harry Belafonte' 2 cd set. I received it as a Christmas present last year, so it should still be in print. But, in case you never heard it, the original from Pete Seeger's 1967 album 'Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs' is definitely available - and surprisingly does not sound all that dated after 40 years. Ric |
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Ric, thanks for the tip. Apparently, that's the one
Belafonte collection I hadn't seen. I'll get to hear
"Jump Down, Spin Around" and "Zombie Jamboree", a couple
more I hadn't heard in a while. And, of course, while I have Seeger in my collection, "Big
Muddy..." is not part of it. The search is on. Seeger's
stuff holds up very well. I recently purchased "The Weavers
At Carnegie Hall", something my dad played all the time
in my youth, and I still dig it now... "Alas my love, you do me wrong to treat me so discourteously". |
RE: The songs of folk
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| If I had to limit myself to one genre, it would have to be folk (fortunately nobody sets me such cruel rules). E.g. Altan, Battlefield Band, John Renbourn/Pentangle from this side of the water; Suzanne Vega, Lucy Kaplansky, Alison Krauss & Union Station from the other (where does folk end and country begin?). The fabulous K.T.Tunstall has her roots in folk too, although her stuff really rocks as well. |
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