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The Holy Modal Rounders Cover Tradfolk with today's guest host: Brendan

The Holy Modal Rounders Cover Tradfolk with today's guest host: Brendan It is an honor to share some words on boyhowdy's page, as I am a frequent fan of his writing, and most especially, the subject at hand. When composers write a song, they undoubtedly want others to sing it, play it, reproduce it either in their mind, living room, or on record. In this sense, I couldn't agree more with the headline up above, "In the folk tradition, music belongs to the community." The Holy Modal Rounders reinvented songs in an incredibly unique way. Their approach was as follows: "hear song, forget song, try [...]
Artist:Holy Modal Rounders
Title:Down the Old Plank Road
Link Text:Holy Modal Rounders, Down the Old Plank Road
File Name:20 Down the Old Plank Road.mp3
Bitrate:189 kbps
Year:1964
Artist:Holy Modal Rounders
Title:Fishin' Blues
Link Text:Holy Modal Rounders, Fishin' Blues
File Name:01 Fishin' Blues.mp3
Bitrate:223 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Holy Modal Rounders
Title:Hesitation Blues
Link Text:Holy Modal Rounders, Hesitation Blues
File Name:07 Hesitation Blues.mp3
Bitrate:133 kbps
Year:1964
Artist:Holy Modal Rounders
Title:Soldier's Joy
Link Text:Holy Modal Rounders, Soldier's Joy
File Name:26 Soldier's Joy.mp3
Bitrate:129 kbps
Year:1964
Artist:Holy Modal Rounders
Title:Sweet Apple Cider
Link Text:Holy Modal Rounders, Sweet Apple Cider
File Name:03 Sweet Apple Cider.mp3
Bitrate:195 kbps
Year:1967
Artist:Old Crow Medicine Show
Title:Hesitation Blues
Link Text:Hesitation Blues
File Name:03 Hesitation Blues.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps