5. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" - The Kingston Trio
6. "Early Morning Rain" - Gordon Lightfoot
7. "Suzanne" - Leonard Cohen
8. "We Shall Overcome" - Pete Seeger
9. "Four Strong Winds" - Ian and Sylvia
10. "Last Thing on My Mind" - Tom Paxton
11. "The Circle Game" - Joni Mitchell
12. "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio (Trad)
13. "Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell
14. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" - Sandy Denny
15. "Goodnight Irene" - The Weavers (Trad)
16. "Universal Soldier" - Buffy Sainte-Marie
17. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" - Bob Dylan
18. "Diamonds and Rust" - Joan Baez
19. "Sounds of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel
20. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
21. "Alice's Restaurant" - Arlo Guthrie
22. "Turn, Turn, Turn!" - The Byrds (Pete Seeger)
23. "Puff the Magic Dragon" - Peter, Paul and Mary
24. "Thirsty Boots" - Eric Anderson
25. "There But for Fortune" - Phil Ochs
26. "Across the Great Divide" - Kate Wolf
27. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Band (Robbie Robertson)
28. "The Dutchman" - Steve Goodman
29. "Matty Groves" - Fairport Convention (Trad)
30. "Pastures of Plenty" - Woody Guthrie
31. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" - Gordon Lightfoot
32. "Ramblin' Boy" - Tom Paxton
33. "Hello in There" - John Prine
34. "The Mary Ellen Carter" - Stan Rogers
35. "Scarborough Fair" - Martin Carthy (Trad)
36. "Freight Train" - Elizabeth Cotton
37. "Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
38. "Paradise" - John Prine
39. "Northwest Passage" - Stan Rogers
40. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - Eric Bogle
41. "Changes" - Phil Ochs
42. "Streets of London" - Ralph McTell
43. "Gentle on My Mind" - John Hartford
44. "Barbara Allen" - Shirley Collins (Trad)
45. "Little Boxes" - Malvina Reynolds
46. "The Water Is Wide" - Traditional
47. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Bill Monroe
48. "No Regrets" - Tom Rush
49. "Amazing Grace" - Odetta (Trad)
50. "Catch the Wind" - Donovan
51. "If I Were a Carpenter" - Tim Hardin
52. "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell
53. "House of the Rising Sun" - Doc & Richard Watson (Trad)
54. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - The Weavers
55. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
56. "The Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkel
57. "Someday Soon" - Ian and Sylvia
58. "Miles" - Peter, Paul and Mary
59. "Masters of War" - Bob Dylan
60. "Wildwood Flower" - Carter Family
61. "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" - Carter Family
62. "Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" - Tom Paxton
63. "Teach Your Children" - Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
64. "Deportee" - Woody Guthrie
65. "Tecumseh Valley" - Townes Van Zandt
66. "Mr. Bojangles" - Jerry Jeff Walker
67. "Cold Missouri Waters" - James Keeleghan
68. "The Crucifixion" - Phil Ochs
69. "Angel from Montgomery" - John Prine
70. "Christmas in the Trenches" - John McCutcheon
71. "John Henry" - Traditional
72. "Pack Up Your Sorrows" - Richard and Mimi Farina
73. "Dirty Old Town" - Ewan MacColl
74. "Caledonia" - Dougie MacLean
75. "Gentle Arms of Eden" - Dave Carter
76. "My Back Pages" - Bob Dylan
77. "Arrow" - Cheryl Wheeler
78. "Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen
79. "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire
80. "Man of Constant Sorrow" - Ralph Stanley (Trad)
81. "Shady Grove" - Traditional
82. "Pancho and Lefty" - Townes Van Zandt
83. "Old Man" - Neil Young
84. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan
85. "American Tune" - Paul Simon
86. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
87. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
88. "Road" - Nick Drake
89. "Tam Lin" - Fairport Convention (Trad)
90. "Ashokan Farewell" - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
91. "Desolation Row" - Bob Dylan
92. "Love Is Our Cross to Bear" - John Gorka
93. "Hobo's Lullaby" - Woody Guthrie
94. "Urge for Going" - Tom Rush
95. "Return of the Grievous Angel" - Gram Parsons
96. "Chilly Winds" - The Kingston Trio
97. "Fountain of Sorrow" - Jackson Browne
98. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - Bob Dylan
99. "Our Town" - Iris Dement
100. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - John Denver
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This is an excellent list - and I usually detest and diagree with most lists.
This Land is your Land is one of the greatest songs ever written. Woody Guthrie is
America's songwriter! Thanks for posting this - a lot of memories there.
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So much missing to me. Pleased to see Janis Ian on the list but I would have credited her with Society's Child over Seventeen. And this list had to have at least one John Horton song which it does. New Christie Minstrels were missing, but since they had so many different participants, I can kind of see that. Anyone remember Kenny Rogers was once with them?
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It's not as well known as "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", but IMO Robbie Robertson's best song was "Acadian Driftwood".
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I never considered him a folk singer, but given some of the other names on there I'd put a couple of Harry Chapin tunes in the Top 100. Cat's In the Cradle, of course, & also Taxi.
Taxi always struck me as one of the most ironic songs of all time, `cuz most of the people I knew who were big Harry Chapin fans loved that song - especially when he talks about being stoned at the end. The irony is he's trying to make a point about a wasted life.
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Unless I missed it, I'm surprised I didn't see "The Reverend Mr. Black" by the Kingston Trio and "The Man Who Never Returned" by some artist I don't know lol
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Unless I missed it, I'm surprised I didn't see "The Reverend Mr. Black" by the Kingston Trio and "The Man Who Never Returned" by some artist I don't know lol
That song is actually MTA by the Kingston Trio.
Also, for those who say "Like A Rolling Stone" should be in the top five, which song would you bump from there and why?
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I gave my love a cherry that had no stone
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone
I gave my love a story that had no end
I ga.........
(for some reason I can't remember any of the lyrics after that).
An old Irish fav from the late 1700"s
"The Riddle"
I gave my love a cherry that has no stone.
How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
A cherry when it's bloomin' it has no stone.
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone.
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
A chicken in an eggshell it has no bone.
I gave my love a ring that has no end.
How can there be a ring that has no end?
A ring when it is rollin' it has no end.
I gave my love a baby with no cryin'
How can there be a baby with no cryin'?
A baby when it's sleepin' has no cryin'.
The Americanized version of this:
I gave my love a cherry that has no stone.
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone.
I gave my love a story that has no end.
I gave my love a baby with no cryin'
How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a story that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no cryin'?
A chicken when it's pippin' it has no bone.
A cherry when it's bloomin' it has no stone.
The story of I love you it has no end.
A baby when it's sleepin' has no cryin'.
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I gave my love a cherry that had no stone
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone
I gave my love a story that had no end
I ga.........
(for some reason I can't remember any of the lyrics after that).
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I never considered him a folk singer, but given some of the other names on there I'd put a couple of Harry Chapin tunes in the Top 100. Cat's In the Cradle, of course, & also Taxi.
Taxi always struck me as one of the most ironic songs of all time, `cuz most of the people I knew who were big Harry Chapin fans loved that song - especially when he talks about being stoned at the end. The irony is he's trying to make a point about a wasted life.
Both of those are special to me as I see some of my life in his words. And yes, he should be represented.
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Chapin for sure. My favorite Harry Chapin song is probably Better Place To Be, but Taxi or Cat's in the Cradle would have been a fine choice. And how about:
Cat Stevens - Wild World
Don McLean - American Pie
My addition would be "Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues" by Danny O'Keefe and "The Kid" by Buddy Modlock. A somewhat little known but amazing tune is "Quartermoon" by Cheryl Wheeler. Her song "Arrow" made the list and is great also.
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My addition would be "Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues" by Danny O'Keefe and "The Kid" by Buddy Modlock. A somewhat little known but amazing tune is "Quartermoon" by Cheryl Wheeler. Her song "Arrow" made the list and is great also.
I don't remember her, but I do remember Quartermoon. I was really into the folk/rock in the mid 60's into the 70's. The beachtown of St. Augustine brought many of those performers into town to relax and sometimes jam at local bars like The Tradewinds or Paladin Lounge (owned by Richard Boone). I've sat for hours as Peter Paul and Mary sang for free a table's width away. Hartford (unknown at the time) was there and so many others over the years. We also had a little beach bar at the first ramp South of the St. Aug. pier that would attract talent. We would sit on the sand by the ramp as we listened to the performers on the upper level at the edge of the outdoor bar. Later we would find a permanent life guard tower to spend the night in. They were just 4 pilings with a crude roofed structure on top about 12 feet off the ground. Parked our car below, above the high tide line.
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At times through the years I worked with several of these folks. Folkies tended to be liberal but kind people. Very serious about stuff yet fun too.
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I don't remember her, but I do remember Quartermoon. I was really into the folk/rock in the mid 60's into the 70's. The beachtown of St. Augustine brought many of those performers into town to relax and sometimes jam at local bars like The Tradewinds or Paladin Lounge (owned by Richard Boone). I've sat for hours as Peter Paul and Mary sang for free a table's width away. Hartford (unknown at the time) was there and so many others over the years. We also had a little beach bar at the first ramp South of the St. Aug. pier that would attract talent. We would sit on the sand by the ramp as we listened to the performers on the upper level at the edge of the outdoor bar. Later we would find a permanent life guard tower to spend the night in. They were just 4 pilings with a crude roofed structure on top about 12 feet off the ground. Parked our car below, above the high tide line.
I've spent a little time at St. Augustine. Your story makes me quite envious. I can picture it and that sounds amazing. I used to love John Hartford. He was special.
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This list? Well, it's all a bit 60s revivalist for me. Yes, sure, I like a lot of the music on it, but, **to me** it's all a bit samey, all a bit, well, "English" as well, conventional perhaps.
I'm sure it's a very worthy list, and as a list of revivalist folk in the American tradition it's fine enough. I'd just like to see a bit of variety in it - Whiskey in the Jar, for example. Maybe some Chrsty Moore or Horslips - some harder stuff, which is the type of folk music I tend to enjoy. Something less English - some La Bottine Souriante or some Runrig.
Here's a thing - the 4 headline acts at this years Cambridge Folk Festival are Lucinda Williams, The Zutons (!!), Los Lobos and the Saw Doctors. I honestly don't think there's very much in this list that recognises the range of styles of folk music that there c(sh)ould be. Oumou Sangaré is playing Cambridge as well - and there's nothing on this list that represents anything remotely in the same ballpark as that!
I dunno that I can give a sensible top 5. This Land would be in it. But so would London Calling - now that's what I call folk music. Discuss... :-)
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I've spent a little time at St. Augustine. Your story makes me quite envious. I can picture it and that sounds amazing. I used to love John Hartford. He was special.
Those early days ruined the concert scene for me. After the relaxed atmo we shared, the bustle of a concert was too confining.
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This list? Well, it's all a bit 60s revivalist for me. Yes, sure, I like a lot of the music on it, but, **to me** it's all a bit samey, all a bit, well, "English" as well, conventional perhaps.
I'm sure it's a very worthy list, and as a list of revivalist folk in the American tradition it's fine enough. I'd just like to see a bit of variety in it - Whiskey in the Jar, for example. Maybe some Chrsty Moore or Horslips - some harder stuff, which is the type of folk music I tend to enjoy. Something less English - some La Bottine Souriante or some Runrig.
Here's a thing - the 4 headline acts at this years Cambridge Folk Festival are Lucinda Williams, The Zutons (!!), Los Lobos and the Saw Doctors. I honestly don't think there's very much in this list that recognises the range of styles of folk music that there c(sh)ould be. Oumou Sangaré is playing Cambridge as well - and there's nothing on this list that represents anything remotely in the same ballpark as that!
I dunno that I can give a sensible top 5. This Land would be in it. But so would London Calling - now that's what I call folk music. Discuss... :-)
When I studied Swedish in the 90s, my teacher brought in tapes of Swedish folk songs. I really wish I had written down some of the names of the artists, though a few I think were traditional songs.
London Calling is probably in my top 10 favorite albums, interestingly my other favorite punk band is the Ramones who really, really didn't like the Clash.
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I'm suprised "don't think twice, it's alright" made it higher than other Dylan songs. Although it's much deserving. If you like modern folk (type) music, check out Aaron Espe, William Fitzsimmons, Wil Crookston and "the tallest man on earth". Good stuff if you can find it.
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When I studied Swedish in the 90s, my teacher brought in tapes of Swedish folk songs. I really wish I had written down some of the names of the artists, though a few I think were traditional songs.
Iirc the Abba blokes were in folk bands before they became Abba.
Hmmm....
I'm away to Sweden in about 3 weeks actually. Know any good phrases I should apply?
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London Calling is probably in my top 10 favorite albums, interestingly my other favorite punk band is the Ramones who really, really didn't like the Clash.
This has a pretty good list. I don't have a few of the Swedish letters on my keyboard and am too lazy to find out how to do it. Of course I didn't see "Jag talar inte Svenska" which means I don't speak Swedish.
My cousin lived there for a while and could teach you the best ones to use to flirt, but it's probably best to keep you out of trouble.
Plus it's good to have a quick explanation on pronunciation. I found it to be an easy language, similar to English. Actually the grammar made me understand some of the phrases people use in parts of the US, like "that there girl'-it probably was because that's the way it's said in Scandinavian languages.
OK, back to the subject at hand.
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This has a pretty good list. I don't have a few of the Swedish letters on my keyboard and am too lazy to find out how to do it. Of course I didn't see "Jag talar inte Svenska" which means I don't speak Swedish.
My cousin lived there for a while and could teach you the best ones to use to flirt, but it's probably best to keep you out of trouble.
Plus it's good to have a quick explanation on pronunciation. I found it to be an easy language, similar to English. Actually the grammar made me understand some of the phrases people use in parts of the US, like "that there girl'-it probably was because that's the way it's said in Scandinavian languages.
Ah, tak.
I think it's vaguely similar to Danish - I could get taler de Englesk? from Dansk for example, which i think will work just as well.
I just need to figure out the ability to decipher a menu and I'll be fine :-)
Good list. I'd probably include a Billy Bragg song or two.
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