The uptown Alice's brunettes masacree : seven folk singer-songwriters to which you need to listen if you want to live a worthwile life as a selfless human being

Submitted by cramoukji on Fri, 02/11/2005 - 12:56
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  1. Phil Ochs (noone before had reached the heights of excellency in both lyrical writing, journalistic storytelling and melodic quality on which Phil Ochs built his legacy and it's very likely that noone will reach them again)
  2. Pete Seeger (folk music kind of starts and ends with this living legend whose own life remains his most exemplary work -the world needs his voice and his songs)
  3. Woody Guthrie (this dust bowl refugee is rightfullly considered as one of the two founding fathers of rock music and well, his guitar killed fascists)
  4. Arlo Guthrie (Woody's son brought tongue-in-cheek and drug-induced humor into an otherwise a-little-too-respectable genre and he was a pivotal actor in the creation of country-rock and basically his songs are great)
  5. Bert Jansch (Britain's best folk representative, Bert leaded the skiffle revival of the 60's and fronted the popular band Pentangle)
  6. Joni Mitchell (tall and blonde this woman started out as a regular folkie but quickly kicked down doors that were usually closed for women in the music industry and set the trail for all that followed)
  7. Bob Dylan (has outgrown all labels throughout his stellar career to become the single most influential songwriter of the 20th Century but did start out as a folk singer on the late 50's New York scene)