Best 60s Folk song? I hate Tom Dooley, so that leaves this one

[The Polack MSgt]

Simon and Garfunkel thought highly of it too

My favorite youngster on YouTube did a very solid cover too.

[SharonAnn]

1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

[rampartc]

23. +1

[brush]

2. Seems I recall a guy named Bob Dylan and a group called Peter, Paul and Mary.

Weren't they big in the '60?

[Liberty Belle]

14. Yes and also Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and more.

Blowin' in the Wind was certainly one of the most iconic '60s anti-war ballads.

[brush]

25. Yes, all of those you mentioned.

[Dream Girl]

3. What did Tom Dooley do that was so bad anyway?

[msongs]

4. love triangle, he killed someone with his knife, forget who nt

[dweller]

8. Well, it sure wasn't

Liberty Valence !
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[no_hypocrisy]

5. MTA by the Kingston Trio

[The Polack MSgt]

6. Well, damn - I want folks to take me seriously, but not literally

I had not intended to start a fight over the actual best 60's era folks song, just wanted to high light how much I love "Blues Run The Game"

But actually, THIS IS MY FAVORITE FOLK SONG - ever.

[Hoyt]

9. Damn. Ain't much else to say.

[Hoyt]

7. Very nice. Like youngster's version too.

[regnaD kciN]

10. There were only two folk songs in the '60s...?

Besides, Tom Dooley wasn't from the '60s. The famous Kingston Trio version was released in 1958, but there had been other recordings of the song going all the way back to the 1920s. Considering the real-life murder that was the basis of the song took place just after the Civil War, maybe you meant to comment about 1860s folk songs?

[The Polack MSgt]

13. There were a few other tunes, nobody famous I can recall tho

[redstateblues]

11. Puff

[The Polack MSgt]

16. Puff

[The Polack MSgt]

20. Pass

[madaboutharry]

12. I just went and read about Jackson C. Frank,

the man in the top video. What a tragic life. His story is heartbreaking.

[The Polack MSgt]

15. I was stationed in a radio relay site about 30 miles northeast of Buffalo

and the local college station played his music now and again. It's how I got to know who he was...

You're right - This dude had all the bad luck and pain a man could take in one life

[Toorich]

17. Very nice tune

My favorite from the folk scare era is
"Little Bit of Rain" - Fred Neil

All of Fred's stuff is killer but this one drills down deep.

[The Polack MSgt]

18. I'm only familiar with this one

And I came to it backwards - Heard Nilsson do it 1st

[k8conant]

21. This Land is Your Land (although from 1944!)

[The Polack MSgt]

27. Classic record. 80 years old and still relevant

Have you ever heard this version?

I loved Sharon Jones

[NBachers]

22. Joan Baez gets my vote for Phil Ochs' "There But for Fortune"

Trini Lopez gets huge biggies for "If I Had a Hammer," but Joan's "There But for Fortune" is in a class by itself.

[BluesRunTheGame]

24. Can't decide between these two...

[The Polack MSgt]

26. I'll vote for Joni Mitchell

Both great songs, but I have radio burnout from the Sound Of Silence.

[BluesRunTheGame]

28. I don't listen to enough radio to for burnout

Both Sides Now really is a perfect song.

[Montauk6]

29. Leonard Nimoy - Maiden Wine

[The Polack MSgt]

31. Leonard was a legitimately talented man- In visual art

His melodic talents were, uhhhmmm - not as obvious?

He was a startlingly good photographer

https://www.rmichelson.com/artists/leonard-nimoy/classic-nudes-and-dance-series/

[IcyPeas]

30. Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game