OT: Folk and Acoustic: Post Your Favorite Artists, Groups, and Songs

[Drumguy]

Loggins and Messina:

iirc Loggins wrote that when he was 16

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Always loved this song.

 

[Bigboote]

My favorite folk band for the last 50 years is Steeleye Span. Here's one of my faves of theirs.

 

[Bigboote]

Here's one from Planxty, an Irish traditional supergroup. This is called the Raggle-taggle Gypsy, but it's the same song that Steeleye (and Sandy Denny) did as Black Jack Davy and Cathal McConnell did as The Dark-eyed Gypsy. The instrumental tacked on was probably written by harper Blind Rory O'Cahan in the early 17th century.

 

[Bigboote]

Janis Ian is probably my favorite modern "folk" singer-songwriter. Here's a live version of Stars, the title song from her "comeback" album, recorded when she was a grand-old 22 or 23. The intro that's cut off from this says (from memory) that she wrote this thinking of a star who can't go anywhere without encountering fans, hecklers, etc. She doesn't say it, but she did go through some of that when she was 15-16.

She's a shy person, and had great difficulty playing for a crowd. It really says something about her that she could absolutely put herself out there, as in this performance.

 

[Scud49]

This Richard Thompson song......I play it over and over, such a beautiful lament on lost love:

 

[Scud49]

Iris DeMent with a gem about life:

 

[Kaizen]

One of Albert Hammond best,

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

Home of the ranch, original 1874 lyrics.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Scud49]

Jackson Browne made it famous, but Danny O'Keefe wrote it- maybe the best song ever about life on the road for a starving artist:

 

[DeepThreat]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DOVhA01J0Zsg&ved=2ahUKEwi6t7Hs1KyHAxWwGtAFHYosCM8QsPgBegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0BvhZBfD9xafhlZQcP9323

Can't believe I'm the first person to pay homage to the great John Prine on this string. An American treasure.