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Music Appreciation

regnaD kciN

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10. There were only two folk songs in the '60s...?

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Thu Mar 11, 2021, 01:09 AM

Mar 2021

Besides, Tom Dooley wasn't from the '60s. The famous Kingston Trio version was released in 1958, but there had been other recordings of the song going all the way back to the 1920s. Considering the real-life murder that was the basis of the song took place just after the Civil War, maybe you meant to comment about 1860s folk songs?

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Best 60s Folk song? I hate Tom Dooley, so that leaves this one [View all] The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 OP

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? SharonAnn Mar 2021 #1

+1 rampartc Mar 2021 #23

Seems I recall a guy named Bob Dylan and a group called Peter, Paul and Mary. brush Mar 2021 #2

Yes and also Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and more. Liberty Belle Mar 2021 #14

Yes, all of those you mentioned. brush Mar 2021 #25

What did Tom Dooley do that was so bad anyway? Dream Girl Mar 2021 #3

love triangle, he killed someone with his knife, forget who nt msongs Mar 2021 #4

Well, it sure wasn't dweller Mar 2021 #8

MTA by the Kingston Trio no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #5

Well, damn - I want folks to take me seriously, but not literally The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #6

Damn. Ain't much else to say. Hoyt Mar 2021 #9

Very nice. Like youngster's version too. Hoyt Mar 2021 #7

There were only two folk songs in the '60s...? regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #10

There were a few other tunes, nobody famous I can recall tho The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #13

Puff redstateblues Mar 2021 #11

Puff The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #16

Pass The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #20

I just went and read about Jackson C. Frank, madaboutharry Mar 2021 #12

I was stationed in a radio relay site about 30 miles northeast of Buffalo The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #15

Very nice tune Toorich Mar 2021 #17

I'm only familiar with this one The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #19

This Land is Your Land (although from 1944!) k8conant Mar 2021 #21

Classic record. 80 years old and still relevant The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #27

Joan Baez gets my vote for Phil Ochs' "There But for Fortune" NBachers Mar 2021 #22

Can't decide between these two... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2021 #24

I'll vote for Joni Mitchell The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #26

I don't listen to enough radio to for burnout BluesRunTheGame Mar 2021 #28

Leonard Nimoy - Maiden Wine Montauk6 Mar 2021 #29

Leonard was a legitimately talented man- In visual art The Polack MSgt Mar 2021 #31

Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game IcyPeas Mar 2021 #30