I can't think of any other female British folk/rock artist whose voice compares with Sandy Denny.  She departed us much too early.

 

 

Hauntingly beautiful.

 

 

My son absolutely loves this song (as do I, natch).

 

 

Well, I should just post one of the best English folk/rock albums of all time in it's entirety.  It's simply to difficult to choose which tracks to include in a post and which ones to leave out.  A year doesn't go by in which I do not listen to this multiple times.

 

 

 

Donovan, still going at 70. Still telling people to come together.

6 hours ago, bannork said:

 

Jeez, where did you find this guy, bannork?  Never heard of him before.  He's amazing.

Living across the pond in those days  Tippaporn, I reckon you missed a lot of British and Irish singer songwriters/folk singers. John Martyn has been very well known in Britain since the late sixties.

John Martyn and his then wife Beverley, took this guy below under their wings when his career failed to get off the ground due to his stage nerves and unusual guitar tunings- which meant a ten minute break between songs.

Now Nick Drake is a cult figure but at the time of his death he was almost forgotten.

 

 

 

 

This song oozes those open spaces you have in the States.

 

 

15 minutes ago, bannork said:

Living across the pond in those days  Tippaporn, I reckon you missed a lot of British and Irish singer songwriters/folk singers. John Martyn has been very well known in Britain since the late sixties.

John Martyn and his then wife Beverley, took this guy below under their wings when his career failed to get off the ground due to his stage nerves and unusual guitar tunings- which meant a ten minute break between songs.

Now Nick Drake is a cult figure but at the time of his death he was almost forgotten.

For some fame and recognition come after death.  I've been exposed to Nick Drake for quite awhile . . . can't remember when I came to know of his music.  And yes, I would agree that I probably missed a good deal of folk talent, me being situated in the States.  Although, as I had an older brother and sister and we had all been exposed to the music on your side of the pond while living in Germany our musical tastes developed to be a bit broader than most people in the States when we returned.  Once we returned we listened to "underground" music stations of which there were very few.  Their playlists were certainly not the usual mainstream pop which was played to death.

 

I can't imagine a whole lot of people outside our time and age, and likely most who are of our time and age on this side of the pond, who would be able to appreciate the likes of, say, the Incredible String Band.  They were, well, "incredibly" unique.  Another band which I play at least once in the year.  I can't bring myself to post anything less than the full Wee Tam and Big Huge LPs.

 

In any case, if I could make a request of you I would more than appreciate anything you could offer in the way of folk that was available in the UK back then.  I appreciate the Nick Drake.

 

 

 

Let us start with the Emerald Isle 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Isan Farang said:

 

Forgot this one

 

 

Jeez, bannork, it's like finding lost treasure.  

 

Are you familiar with bluegrass?

4 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Jeez, bannork, it's like finding lost treasure.  

 

Are you familiar with bluegrass?

Great music

 

 Shin kicking tune above

 

 

 

 

The first song I ever remember is when I was 4. or 5 years old, and my older brother played a new single with The Beatles. I remember every word of this song ,  John Lennon hated it LOL. 

 

 

 

 

Brilliant bal, a great find.Everything The Beatles did just seemed like absolute magic at the time but the expression John is wearing is priceless here.

He looks much happier below.

In 1970 at Boothferry Park, the football ground of Hull City, us fans would change the lines to All we are saying is give us a goal.

 

Bryan, a master of melody and unexpected turns in the early days.

 

 

 

Another great video and song balo. Patti Boyd, the inspiration for quite a few songs.

This is my favourite McCartney song.

 

This song is great fun to play on the acoustic guitar.with drop D tuning. It stretches the fingers but it can sound great quite easily.

 

On 8/10/2017 at 9:57 PM, bannork said:

John Kay- still going strong

Great live version, bannork.  I'm trying to catch up with all the new posts.  I am inundated with work and won't be posting much for the foreseeable future but I do have a small pause at the moment.  I'll also mention the nice bluegrass selections, bannork.

Well, I have a little time to post.  I might be all over the genre map but ah well.

 

My first remembered song.  The Ventures were a huge draw in Japan.  Possibly because they were purely instrumental so no need to understand lyrics.  There are a lot of vids from this 1966 tour worth checking out.

 

 

A beautiful tune off the New Rider's debut.

 

 

A fantastic gospel number from the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

 

 

 

I saw Tom Waits back in '77 at the Park West in Chicago.   A great small, lounge styled venue.  Opening for Tom was Leon Redbone.  A memorable show.

 

 

 

Koko was a staple of the Chicago blues scene.  I was fortunate to have caught her at an Irish pub way down on the south side of the city in '77 as well.  Boy, she could belt the blues.

 

 

 

A surprise act that I caught was while at a local nightclub in '79 Chicago's own Steve Goodman happened to be there and impromptu took to the stage.  A very pleasant surprise, indeed.

 

 

 

With John Prine.

 

 

A few numbers from Arlo Guthrie.  Nice vid!! Ah, the memories.