The title of this page sounds rather corny and hackneyed, but I could not think of anything else.
The inspiration for this page was the inadvertent discovery of an old Les Claypool program that I ran across while surfing the web. This portion of my youth was after I had completed college and moved to California to get a job. Some friends, roommates, and I hit many of the folk music clubs in the area during the 60s. We saw Meriam Makeba, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and others at the Ash Grove. Judy Henske at some small club in Santa Monica. Hoyt Axton and Lenny Bruce at the Golden Bear. Trini Lopez at Pjs. Tom Lehrer at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. We also saw many good acts at the Icehouse. During this time my roommate/landlord quit his job at Hughes and took a job as a photographer with a contractor in Vietnam. AFRS was a little heavy on Country Western for his taste so I would record Les Claypool’s program every week and mail it to him in Vietnam.
Joan Baez, Go Away From My Window
Joan Baez, Stewball
Judy Henske, High Flying Bird
Judy Henske, Baltimore Oriole
Gordon Lightfoot, Early Morning Rain
Neil Young, Early Morning Rain (A much later version)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Cocaine
Miriam Makeba, Malaika
Tom Lehrer, The Subway song
Tom Lehrer, Elements
Tom Lehrer, In Old Mexico
Hoyt Axton, 500 Miles
Hoyt Axton, Cocaine
500 Miles, Web Page
Truck Drivin’ Songs, Web Page
Bud & Travis, Cloudy Summer Afternoon
Bud & Travis, Malaguena Salerosa
Ian and Sylvia, Four Strong Winds
Ian and Sylvia, Someday Soon
Judy Collins, Someday Soon ( An Ian Tyson song )
Neil Young, Four Strong Winds
Glenn Yarbrough, The Honey Wind Blows
The Limeliters with Glenn Yarbrough, Take My True Love By The Hand
The Kingston Trio, Tom Dooley
Odetta, Maybe She Go
Odetta, The Midnight Special
CCR, The Midnight Special ( Lots of Tremolo )
Oscar Brand, Give Me Operations (Not really folk but I listened to this album a lot)
Oscar Brand, Save a Fighter Pilots Ass
Oscar Brand, Wreck of the Old 97
Long Rope Ranch 