60s Acoustic/Folk Music

The music in that period was really revived from an earlier period. If you like Bob Dylan chances are you'll like Woody Guthrie. If you like fok you may like Pete Seeger.

It's difficult to make too many recommendations because before CSNY, for example, there was CSN (without Y) and before them the bands that they came from - Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, the Hollies (the Hollies are definitely not folk/accoustic but were very good British pop).

No doubt there will be plenty of suggestions.

On the distaff side, two performers who were at the forefront of acoustic guitar/folk singing were Judy Collins and Joan Baez.



http://www.joanbaez.com/biographicalinfo.html

http://www.judycollins.com/index1.php3

if you want to travel across the ocean, you might enjoy nick drake, richard thompson, fairport convention, steeleye span

Nick Drake is amazing. Wow, exactly what I was after. My excitement is limited to The Drake though, I really enjoyed all the music ya'll offered, thanks a ton everyone.

Sandy Denny, who at one time was with Fairport Convention, had a tragically brief, but amazing solo carreer - chasing down her stuff will be well worth while for the fan of the accoustic/folk music of a generation ago.

Good call Timber. Her album with Fotheringay is a great one. Jerry Donahue plays some great guitar.

David Crosby put out a good solo album: If I could Only Remember My Name.

And Dave Mason had a good one called Alone/Together at about that time that has that sound.

I was thinking about the albums I was buying in 1969.



The Youngbloods-Great jammin band

Creedence Clearwater-ditto

Tom Rush-Great acoustic/electric folk. His first two LP's are out on one CD

The Band-Took Dylan's music into rock while he was wooing Nashville

Quicksilver Messenger Service-Especially "Happy Trails" LP

Pentangle w Jaqui McShee-Overlooked British folk

Fleetwood Mac-The real bluesy Mac..."Then Play On"

Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow

Blind Faith-Winwood, Clapton and Baker...what a combo

Moby Grape

Rod Stewart-Gasoline Alley

Jack Bruce-Songs For A Tailor

Spirit-Underappreciated rock/folk

Ry Cooder-1970 album electrified folk and blues

Taj Mahal-First album w Ry Cooder modernized some old tunes

Traffic-John Barleycorn Must Die-Great band, again w Winwood

Jesse Winchester-3rd Down 110 To Go

Danny O'Keefe-Anything by him

John Prine-same

Dave Van Ronk

I played the hell out of these records

The artist in the original post are more acoustic/rock influenced by folk rather then folk. Ain't it?

I took it that way...I mean CS&N had some wild electric guitar passages.

No one seems to know about this cat named FRED NEIL.

This man had the BEST voice, no exaggerating--better than Johnny Cash and Elvis. His voice is often compared to theirs.

When Bob Dylan first arrived in NYC he played harmonica for Fred at the Cafe Wah.

Fred taught David Crosby how to roll a joint.

He is the original author of Everybody's Talkin'. And also Candyman, which Roy Orbison made famous.

Best voice. No lie. Goes lower than Cash and has more range. Very smooth.

His anthology, a double album called "The Many Sides of Fred Neil" is worth checking out.

Blues On The Ceiling baby! Fred was the greatest

Cool! You might be the first person I've met who's heard of him.

I guess I don't know enough die hard folk types.

The Dolphins

This old world may never change
The way it's been
And all the ways of war
Can't change it back again

I've been searchin'
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me

I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know the peace will come
When all hate is gone

Donovan - Catch the Wind
and Colours

Joni Mitchell - Cactus Tree

Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
and Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Simon and Garfunkel

Laura Nyro

just to add a few more

Those are good...and welcome to A2K

From Quebec: Jimmy Corcoran & Bertrand Gosselin

more 70's but murray mclaughlin is quite good

and from the 70's...England's John Martyn

Eric Darling was outstanding, I believe he did time with "the New Christy Minstrels" as well as some solo stuff. As fine a folk guitarist has I have ever heard.