I like it a lot more than "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald." "Sundown" is on the playlist at an antique store I help run.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I like it a lot more than "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald." "Sundown" is on the playlist at an antique store I help run.
Powerful well crafted songs.
Gordon Lightfoot, Denny Doherty, Ian Tyson were folk contemporaries. Bruce Cockburn and Neil Young as well, a bit younger so second wave.
Judy Collins is 79, Dylan 77. They’re all much older now. Better that then burning out young.
Agreed. But, my back story on this is that I attended one of his concerts back in the mid 80's. Apparently, he came to perform his more-recent tunes. The audience kept shouting requests for the older ones which upset him. The audience paid for tickets based upon what they enjoyed in the past. One would think he would...imagine the Stones in concert and not playing "Satisfaction"! That being said, he wrote some great songs. Personalities/personal problems sometimes get in the way of greatness...here's another good one...
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That folk thing nearly caught on. We were so lucky!
I have a friend who plays the banjo. I try to be supportive, but I have to admit, after several hours of listening to him noodling, it gets on my neves.
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Not all folk music has banjos in it. I like this song. What a voice.
Having lived through the era, some was really good; some was....uh....(not)
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A standup bass, a thundering 12 string, and singers can be powerful. One woman can easily cut through two or three male singers. The ensemble is the perfect balance.
Now I’m going to have nightmares.
Many early Dixieland bands used banjos as the chord instrument because of their projection. They can be heard better/farther than an acoustic guitar and not be drowned out by the trumpet, trombone, tuba and clarinet.
I Love playing with the 3 banjo players I know!
All are good-to-really-Really-good.
Be forewarned!
The Grateful Dead is a gateway to banjo music!!
All are good-to-really-Really-good.
Be forewarned!
The Grateful Dead is a gateway to banjo music!!
You have to have a banjo in a dixieland band. I think it’s the law. Just like a washboard in a cajun band.
I Love playing with the 3 banjo players I know!
All are good-to-really-Really-good.
Be forewarned!
The Grateful Dead is a gateway to banjo music!!
Well, it helps if the banjo players can play. Clawhammer is hard to get the hang of.
One of our 2 guitarists has a 6 string banjo, tuned same as a guitar and he knows how to play it. Go on YT, "Driftwoods of Treasure Coast- Live", Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
We have a TB member who's father created a style of banjo playing, and much more.
R.I.P. Bill.
R.I.P. Bill.
And, I'm proud to own two fabulous basses that were made by Bill's son. 
I saw The Band in 1997 in Tucson, Arizona. Rick was sitting on a stool. The whole performance was uninspiring.
I and a friend I was with had seen a poster earlier for a competing show, so I told him, let's go, I'll treat you to it. This show was in a small club, the band playing was Laika and the Cosmonauts, a then touring group from my home country, Finland. We, and they, had a blast. The next day, I went back to see them tear down and got autographs on the back of the Band ticket.
I and a friend I was with had seen a poster earlier for a competing show, so I told him, let's go, I'll treat you to it. This show was in a small club, the band playing was Laika and the Cosmonauts, a then touring group from my home country, Finland. We, and they, had a blast. The next day, I went back to see them tear down and got autographs on the back of the Band ticket.
While in the Navy I had the pleasure of visiting your beautiful homeland. Stunning country and wonderful people. The water was VERY cold though...(I accidentally fell off the pier...)
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