Guys, it's FOLK MUSIC WEEK at my house. I would like you to name your favorite FOLK artists. I get WOOD for Cass Elliot. Peter, Paul and Mary are among my friends. And those who know me, HOW can I let this thread slide WITHOUT mentioning John Denver.
Bob Dylan - with props to John and beggin Matt's pardon, but he is the boss. Mamas & Papas PP&M Joan Baez Gordon Lightfoot Joni Mitchell Carol King James Taylor Dan Fogelburg John Prine Jim Croce Richie Havens The Chieftains Melanie Bonnie Raitt Doc Watson Maichael Franks Bela Fleck Harry Chapin Jorma Kaukonen Carly Simon Simon & Garfunkel Warren Zevon Oh yeah... and John Denver Some of those artists are transitional, borderline folk, and I know that folk purists will scoff, but I doan care - so there.
Just don't forget Peat Seger ( a true Hippie and enviormentelist) the Roches (if you are from the ny metro area Arlo (and of course his dad) Tom Waits (Blues or Folk, you tell me) Leonard Cohen ( great lyrics Donoavan's first couple albems ( even if he was a clone of Dylan, can forgive him) and my all time favorite Tom Paxton - been looking for the origianl version of "Mr Blue scince cd's came out
NOW for a bit of a suprise! As far as "Folk" music goes? Even RAP is Folk music. But back to Classic folk. How could I forget Carly Simon!! Shame on ME!
John Denver, Indigo Girls, Michelle Malone (a local Atlanta favorite), Carole King, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie,Simon and Garfunkel...and, well, I'll prob. think of more later...
John Gorka's "houses in the Fields" or "Blue's Palace"for those who haven't heard him are both a real treat.Nancy Griffith's early works.Her new stuff is orchastrated and less folk but still excellent.Michelle Shocked has pushed folk in a new direction while still being true to it's roots.As for classic folk,John Stewert The Birds,Flying Burrito Brothers..it's a long list.peace
Just got my Bobby Dylan/Willie Nelson tickets today! How bout The Weavers, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Smothers Brothers?...Donovan P.!
jim croce cockran bob seager, just because i didnt see them mentioned. theres also a lot of country artist who fit into this catagory
Leo Kottke, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Laurence Juber, Mark Hanson, Michael Hedges, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Neil Young, Merle Travis, Jerry Reed, Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Jimmy Reed, Rev. Gary Davis, Stephen Bennett. Pic of Tommy Emmanuel and Stephen Bennett. Stephen Bennett lives just down the road from me. He lives next to a guitar shop and I've played that same guitar he's holding.
Judy Collins, John Sebastian...and many of the ones already mentioned. Even named my sunnyboy after one...Donovan.
Joni Mitchell John Denver Gordon Lightfoot Joan Baez and I have to mention a group that I don't think anyone else has mentioned...the Carter Family...as in Mother Maybelle and the Carter sisters. And before that I think it was Maybelle, her sister and her sister's husband that were the original group. Any jug band fans out there? I used to work with a guy who was a big jug band fan...can't even name any of the groups we used to listen to on the second shift, but the music was pretty cool. Stuff I had never even heard of before he introduced me to it.
seals and croft Can't think of any others that haven't been mentioned already, lot of good tunes listed herein - dylan, Michael Hedges, Bela Fleck, Arlo, Donovan,Carol King, Joni Mitchel, Joan Biaz...I think we'll have a folk music week here too!
