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jas walz
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« on: June 19, 2009, 08:32:24 PM »
I know yer gonna get a lot  of moaning about your top 100 choices, but really: where is John Jacob Niles, Judy Collins, June Tabor?  John Fahey?  Only one song from Richard & Mimi Farina while there were three from the Kingston Trio? Too many top 40 pop hits: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan (great song, but not folk) and Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver (not such a great song from the easy listening genre).  Sheesh . . .
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jas walz
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2009, 08:56:09 PM »
P.S.  No Hazel Dickens either ?!!??  Start over and try again. 
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 12:12:54 PM »
No Harry Chapin? Not Todd Snider? Shame on you.
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 12:27:59 PM »
I don't think you can discount songs because of their popularity.  Can't deny the Folk infuence on popular music......"the times they are a changin'"

I would of liked to see 'Nebraska' or even 'alantic city' by Springsteen
 
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 05:45:37 PM »
Remember - this is NOT Folk Alley's Top 100 List.  It's yours.  The people voted.
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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 10:34:58 PM »
Re top 100.  "Greenfield of France" (William McBride) by Eric Bogle
                         "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
                         " 500 Miles"  Cisco Houston
                       
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2009, 01:30:25 PM »
I hate it when the voters don't vote exaclty like  I think they should!!!
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2009, 11:25:38 PM »
A couple of omissions: De Colores and Guantanamero, at least a nod to the growing number of Latin Americans living in the US.
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 11:19:17 AM »
I know JOeboggs.  That really ticks me off too!!!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 05:02:40 PM »
Bob Dylan deserves a tremendous amount of credit when considering the top 100.  I would expect at least some representation by most enthusiasts, but I am afraid that many people have somewhat discounted his relevance in folk circles due to "plugging in" and having reinvented himself (time and again).   I have read where folks think he sold out.  If you really are familiar with Bob's catalog, you know better.  My opinion is biased, but I think I make a good point. 

I would also like to vote for Fred Eaglesmith and Lynn Miles, a couple of Canada's best.
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2009, 12:36:33 AM »
this is NOT Folk Alley's Top 100 List.  It's yours.  The people voted.

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