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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:06 pm
by Ylva Kresh
Thank you Danlo! I see there is a distinctive difference between country and bluegrass...
I love this:
1. One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fires were burning,
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
He said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm heading for a land that's far away
Beside the crystal fountain
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
2. In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
It's a land that's fair and bright,
The handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night.
The boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall
And the winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
3. In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
You never change your socks
And little streams of alkyhol
Come trickling down the rocks
O the shacks all have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And whiskey too
And you can paddle
It around in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
4. In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
The cops have wooden legs
The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall
And the winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
5. In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
The jails are made of tin.
You can walk right out again,
As soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws nor picks,
I'm bound to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
It is so wonderful that he does not change the world completely, just make it a
little bit more easy to live in for a bum
One day I will try to translate it into swedish, play a local bum in a LARP and sing this song...
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:24 pm
by Dromond
Wonderful! I love it! Thanks, Ylva!
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:22 pm
by Fist and Faith
Nice Ylva.
I love the non-vocal, fast pickin' kind of bluegrass. Yeah, just like that one they wrote for
Deliverance. *supressed laughter*
nickel creek is a great group. They have one of my favorite albums ever - in any genre. They have some awesome bluegrass pieces, including one called
In the House of Tom Bombadil!!
I can just see ol' Tom dancing around the room to the music!! Probably knocking over a lamp or two.
They also have a lot of what I guess must be called folk. One is a version of a traditional song,
The Fox. It starts like this:
The Fox went out on a chilly night
He prayed for the moon to give him light
For he'd many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o
He'd many a mile to go that night, before he reached the town-o
He ran til he came to the farmer's pen
The ducks and the geese were kept therein
He said, "a couple of you are gonna grease my chin,
Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o
Said a couple of you are gonna grease my chin, before I leave this town-o
Another song is a beautiful, melodic setting of a poem called
Sweet Afton, by Robert Burns (who also wrote the poem
Auld Lang Syne). It starts like this:
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:57 pm
by Earthblood
Right on Fist - I've heard Nickle Creek! They are awesome!!
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:14 pm
by Ylva Kresh
Now I have a question:
What exactly do you define as Folk music? Is it anything older than 1901 (or any date) or is it anything that "sounds old" or is it anything that says "written by Trad."? Is it ok to write new Folk music? Or to make new versions or melds of folk and other music styles (the punk has been very successful in this area I think)? Can you use any instrument when playing folk or are some instruments forbidden?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:52 pm
by dlbpharmd
Got another bluegrass fan here!
I play guitar and bass. Used to get together with a bunch of guys and play regularly, but everyone (including me) is too busy these days.
The best time I've ever had playing bluegrass: One night a small group of friends and I were playing in this old country store. This was kind of a social gathering for the local community. Out of nowhere this group of college age students walk through the door. They were from the northeast, and were in my community (located in rural East Tennessee) working for Habitat for Humanity. These kids started dancing and clapping, cheering for us, just going out of their minds. That night, we (my friends and I) were bluegrass Gods. Playing music will never be so much fun again.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:52 am
by Fist and Faith
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:49 pm
by Hellfire
I like some female folk/rock artist. Indigo Girls and Ani Defranco. Don't care much for any else tho. But that could change one day.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:05 pm
by Fist and Faith
Rites of Passage is one of my favorite albums of all.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:21 pm
by danlo
We saw a fabulous singer on Austin City Limits this Saturday, Ruthie Foster. She's a, kinda, gospel/reggae/folk singer with a great backup singer, mandolin and percussion. I'm searching for her CD this week!
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:28 pm
by Fist and Faith
Hellfire, one of Ani's backup musicians, Erin McSomething-or-other, has her own cd now. Maybe 2. Might be worth looking into.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:58 pm
by Hellfire
Rights of Passage is on my top ten list. I'll try and look up Ani's backup singer. Thanks for the tip.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:46 pm
by Fist and Faith
McKeown