Do you want to talk about.....I didn't think so!!

[GtrPlyr]

If you're into baroque folk and psychedelia, the lone 1969 record by the female duo Chimera is worth tracking down. Some of it was produced by Nick Mason, and he and Rick Wright play on some of the tracks.

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgVU22EOss

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Shake Russell has been kicking around the Lone Star State for about 35 or so years. Had some songs covered by Ricky Skaggs and Waylon Jennings. He partnered with Dana Cooper for a time.

 

Saw them in College Station at Rudder Hall on election night 1980. One of the best concerts I have seen.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrP1S9pqpKg

[kidsmoke]

I'm really enjoying this thread. I'm another Gordon Lightfoot fan. And my husband smoked somethingsomething with him once years ago, after a show. Said he was a good guy.

[PopTodd]

Dan Penn

He wasn't really known as a recording artist through most of his career, but he wrote a ton of hits for other folks --- "Cry Like a Baby" (Box Tops), "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Aretha Franklin), and "The Dark End of the Street" (James Carr) being the best-known.

He did, however, record one solo album in the early 70's and then begin recording and touring in earnest in the 1990s.

[mpolak21]

Tom Paxton

Tom Rush

John Hartford

Tim Buckley

Tim Hardin

Bob Gibson

Hamilton Camp

Richard and Mimi Farina

Eric Anderson

Chad Mitchell Trio

Ian and Sylvia

Janis Ian

Steve Goodman

Judy Collins

Peggy Seeger

Paul Butterfield

Buffie Sainte-Marie

Jim Kweskin (Jug Band)

The Weavers

Theodore Bikel

Hazel and Alice

John Hartford

Peter Paul and Mary

Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Gordon Lightfoot

The Brothers Four

The Limelighters

The Kingston Trio

Bonnie Koloc

Seigal-Schwall Blues Band

Joni Mitchell

The New Chrity Minstrals

Joan Baez (I know everyone hates her...)

Cisco Houston

Blues Project

Dave Bromberg

Harry Belafonte

Doc Watson

Odetta

Oh yea...Phil Ochs

 

Excellent list, I feel like all of these guys are a Wes Anderson soundtrack inclusion away from a hipster resurgence. I've seen Doc Watson live several times through making the trek to Merlefest over the years, John Hartford is a favorite as well as Tim Buckley, his late sixties albums particularly Goodbye and Hello are as good as just about anything.

 

--Mike

 

Some Tim Buckley:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtU-9EMSYu0

[PopTodd]

Jonathan Richman:

Yeah, I think that JoJo fits here. Don't you?

[DrNo]

Some older albums that I've run across and enjoyed over the past few years.

 

"Fiddlin' Around" is a monstrous jam. If you love the Band, you'll love this.

 

Not "lost" at all, but doesn't get its due IMHO. One of my favorite soul/R&B records. Mavis covered the leadoff track on You Are Not Alone.

 

Title track is huge.

 

David Ruffin--David

His "I Want You Back" owns the Jackson 5 version.

 

One of my favorite records. Period.

 

I'll end with Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb's Portland, which features this:

http://youtu.be/Wiszk-oLNeE

[Fritz]

Oh man, Doug Sahm! I am loving this thread.

 

It's actually a little difficult to be subjective about artists once known, now possibly forgotten by the masses when my favourite ones are such a part of my own life's fabric.

 

I recently borrowed a bunch of Doug Sahm vinyl from a friend and it's been on heavy rotation. Honky Blues is such a great, great record, Together After 5, Mendocino...I'm loving it all.

 

Listen to the brass section on this one...brings a great big ol' smile to my face every time.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSn3SfJavk&feature=player_detailpage

[PopTodd]

Just posted a thread about a Paul Weller record:

a"]http://viachicago.or...le-splinters/.

I guess that Weller could probably fit into this category too, though. Huh?

[GtrPlyr]

Ernie Graham's (formerly of Eire Apparent) 1971 self-titled solo record is a real treat. He recorded it with a bunch of the Brinsley Schwarz and Help Yourself guys. There's a rootsy The Band/Dylan vibe on this record I quite dig.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjGnhYPgWTQ

[LouieB]

Some older albums that I've run across and enjoyed over the past few years.

 

"Fiddlin' Around" is a monstrous jam. If you love the Band, you'll love this.

 

Not "lost" at all, but doesn't get its due IMHO. One of my favorite soul/R&B records. Mavis covered the leadoff track on You Are Not Alone.

 

Title track is huge.

 

David Ruffin--David

His "I Want You Back" owns the Jackson 5 version.

 

One of my favorite records. Period.

 

I'll end with Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb's Portland, which features this:

http://youtu.be/Wiszk-oLNeE

All good stuff and all people I have albums of (including some of these). Just picked up Clarence Gatemouth Brown with Roy Clark for 2 bucks recently. The Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet LPs are also good.

 

LouieB

[DrNo]

Ernie Graham's (formerly of Eire Apparent) 1971 self-titled solo record is a real treat. He recorded it with a bunch of the Brinsley Schwarz and Help Yourself guys. There's a rootsy The Band/Dylan vibe on this record I quite dig.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjGnhYPgWTQ

 

This is great. This thread rules.

[kidsmoke]

This is great. This thread rules.

 

You beat me to it...I was going to say the same! The Ernie Graham is something I've heard of but don't have. Sounds like something I ought to hunt up.

[Synthesizer Patel]

Funnily enough I was playing that Jan & Lorraine record earlier this week, good choice.

 

 

Speaking of female duos with only one record, here's a sister act that released their sole record in 1969:

 

Wendy & Bonnie - Genesis

 

yeah, it's a pretty good album. the super furry animals sample Wendy & Bonnie at the start of Hello Sunshine (from Phantom Power), well, I say sample - they just use the start of it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2TiE0GRgo

 

Don't know how well known Long John Baldry is anywhere apart from the UK, but he gave both Rod Stewart & Elton John help in the very early stages of their careers - and they both repaid him by jointly producing 2 of his best albums from the early 1970s

[Synthesizer Patel]

another late 60s band - Blossom Toes:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPfQYb9DUNQ

 

There are a million bands like this, that sold nothing back in the day, but people are reissuing them now to great acclaim. I think that's the opposite of some of the people LouieB mentioned like Peter Paul & Mary, Judy Collins etc etc... they were well known at the time, and so seem stuck in that time - whereas a lot of this other stuff that nobody bought is better liked now because it seems ahead of its time whilst still having a vintage feel. That's my take on why a lot of the bigger named people LouieB mentioned aren't talked about any more, eventhough a lot of what they did is good. There's also other people like Tim Hardin (which he mentioned) that just seemed to squander their gift - so there is that "well, he could have done better" thing surrounding his career - certainly after his first two albums.

[GtrPlyr]

I'm loving this thread too. So many old favorites have been mentioned (I've been playing that Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown record a lot over the past few months along with "Down South in the Bayou County," so so good.) Didn't know anything about Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb or Shake Russell & Dana Cooper so thanks for the new discoveries folks, that's what a thread like this is all about.

 

 

Speaking of forgotten artists, you never hear much talk about David Ackles anymore. The guy released 4 great records in the late '60s to early '70s, should get more recognition than he does.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnp9j6fc9eM

[PopTodd]

Does Peter Laughner fit, or was he never known enough?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWP8tkZ4ldE&feature=related

[DrNo]

How about the Free Design? Who here doesn't like songs about bubbles?

 

http://youtu.be/d12wuCr3MU0

[GtrPlyr]

How about the Free Design? Who here doesn't like songs about bubbles?

 

Must say I do have a soft spot for the Free Design's poppy goodness. Kites Are Fun is another good one.

 

 

Another fun bubblegum pop band of that era was The Peppermint Rainbow:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWofGveDGHg

[mpolak21]

Must say I do have a soft spot for the Free Design's poppy goodness. Kites Are Fun is another good one.

Another fun bubblegum pop band of that era was The Peppermint Rainbow:

 

If you dig sixties pop of that era in the Free Design vein, the great Andrew Sandoval, who put together the LA Nuggets boxset, the Big Star box, and all of the Monkees and Kinks re-issues amongst others, has a tremendous internet radio program I strongly recommend checking out: http://www.cometothesunshine.com/. The podcast of his Top 100 songs five hour special helped me through a cross-country drive.

 

--Mike

[jff]

Blues Project

 

I love the Blues Project. They're one of ths highlights of the Monterey Pop expanded edition. Wish by albums of theirs weren't in such bad shape.

 

Anyone remember Biscuit Davis? I still listen to their album a couple times a year. Pretty corny cosmic-country, but it has its charm.

 

http://www.bothypress.com/images/ebay/110930119.jpg

[Basil II]

i would add John Stewart & Phil Ochs to that list ,lou........

 

-robert

[Basil II]

and throw in Clarence White fer gud measure........

 

 

-Robert

[Fritz]

and throw in Clarence White fer gud measure........

 

 

-Robert

 

Oh yeah.

 

And here he is...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXYgMDoY0k&feature=player_detailpage

[LouieB]

I love the Blues Project. They're one of ths highlights of the Monterey Pop expanded edition. Wish by albums of theirs weren't in such bad shape.

 

 

Blues Project is one of my all time faves. My friend Dave had a copy of Projections when we were in high school. I do believe that the Blues Project LPs have been reissued on vinyl. they are still around in the used bins as well. I think I have three different copies of Projections, mono, stereo, Forcast, Folkways, not sure why I have that many.

 

i would add John Stewart & Phil Ochs to that list ,lou........

 

-robert

I would also add those. I did mention Phil Ochs in the orginial post I need to comb through the folk records before I move on to other stuff. I forgot a few like Peter LaFarge also.

 

Okay, sitting in the basement if I double up...sorry

David Blue

Eric Darling

Bob Brozman

Sandy Bull

Jethro Burns

Guy Carawan

The Cheiftans

Clancy Brothers

The Dillards (pre-Dllard and Clark)

Richard Dyer Bennett

Arlo Guthre

Judy Henske

Si Kahn

Kingston Trio

Anne Hills

Janis Ian

Joy of Cooking

Danny Kalb

Stefan Grossman

Bonnie Koloc

Leadbelly

The Limelighters

John D. Loudermilk

Barry McGuire

Don McClean

Melanie (apparently a Wilco favorite.)

Joni Mitchell (okay she does get mentioned from time to time.)

Holly Near

New Grass Revival

Utah Phillips

early Bonnie Raitt

Paul Robeson

Stan Rogers

Gamble Rogers

Claudia Schmitt

Earl Scruggs Revival

Flatt and Scruggs

John Sebastian (post Lovin Spoonful although they should come up later...)

Mike Seeger (Pete gets mentioned quite a bit here.)

Rosalie Sorrels

Bill Staines (I am piling on here...)

Livingston Taylor (really who cares about him??)

Trapazoid

Dave Van Ronk (think I got him before)

Loudan Wainwright III (okay he isn't forgotten only because of his famous kids.)

Jerry Jeff Walker

The Weavers

Doc Watson (not forgotten here either)

We Five

Kate Wolf

The Bothy Band

Boys on the Lough

Jim Kweskin Jug Band (including Maria Muldaur)

 

These are the rest of the "folks" I have and a few more I really didn't feel needed mentioning. Someday soon I will move onto my other stacks. Pretty crazy that I have LPs by all these folks, but lots of them were dumped in the LP disposal of the 1980s.

 

Actally very few of these figures are interesing to most people any more. They belong to a time and a place, the 50s, 60s, or in some cases the 70s.

 

Interesting note I just read yesterday. Tom Paxton was on the "Don"t Look Back" tour, but stayed out of camera range. And the great Eric Anderson was also a close friend of Bob Dylan from that time period.

 

And for Chicago folks, or those coming for the Wilco shows, There is an exhibit of the fourtith anniversary of the music club Amazingrace at the Northwestern Library. I loaned some LPs and books for this exhibit, but have not yet seen it. Lots of these artists were on the bill there as well as places in Chicago like the Quiet Knight, etc. all clubs long gone.

 

From the website:

Amazingrace Collective: A Counterculture Legacy runs October 18 to December 30, 2011, at the Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Drive in Evanston. Free and open to the public 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily (please check here for special hours). For more information call (847) 467-5918.

 

Anyway in a few weeks I will comb the rest of my stacks for more folks I own that no one gives a rats ass about. Wait until I hit rock, blues, jazz, country, and other assorted crap I have collected voer the years. The above artists are on LP and I have not even looked at my CDs yet. Nor moved to the regular LPs.

 

LouieB