Folk Alley Radio Show #210930
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This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for a rebroadcast of a show first heard earlier this summer, flashing back to 1971 with great folk, roots, and Americana music from 50 years ago. Hear songs from the debut albums by Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, and Bill Withers; plus classics from Richie Havens, Gordon Lightfoot, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Judee Sill, Graham Nash, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, and more.
In hour two, more sounds from 1971 from Carole King, James Taylor, Tom Paxton, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, John Denver, John Hartford, Jonathan Edwards, and more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One:
John Prine – Flashback Blues – John Prine – Atlantic
Joni Mitchell – River (alternate take, with french horns) – Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) [EP] – Rhino/Reprise
Cat Stevens – The Wind – Teaser and The Firecat – A & M
Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands – Just As I Am – Sussex
Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors – Coat of Many Colors – RCA Victor
Johnny Cash – Man in Black – Life – Columbia
Gordon Lightfoot – Cotton Jenny – Summer Side of Life – Reprise Records
Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat – The Best Of – Columbia
Buffy Sainte-Marie – She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina – She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina – Vanguard
Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Blessed Are… – Vanguard
Richie Havens – Here Comes the Sun – Best Of – Rhino
Bonnie Raitt – Mighty Tight Woman – Bonnie Raitt – Warner Bro
Graham Nash – Chicago – Songs For Beginners – Warner Bro
Judee Sill – Crayon Angels – Judee Sill – Asylum
Grateful Dead – Me & Bobby McGee – Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses) – Warner Brothers
Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz – Pearl – Columbia
Hour Two:
Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move – Tapestry – Ode
James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend – Mud Slide Slim – Warner Brothers
Tom Paxton – General Custer – How Come the Sun – Reprise
The Holy Modal Rounders – Livin’ Off the Land – The Holy Modal Rounders – Fantasy
Dave Van Ronk – Gaslight Rag – Going Back To Brooklyn – Universal
Nick Drake – Northern Sky – Bryter Layter (1971) – Hannibal
Fairport Convention – The Journeyman’s Grace – Angel Delight – Island
Sandy Denny – Blackwaterside – The North Star Grassman and The Ravens – Island
Steeleye Span – The Blacksmith – Please To See The King – Shanachie
John Martyn – Bless the Weather – Bless the Weather – Island
John Denver – Sunshine On My Shoulders – Poems, Prayers and Promises – RCA
John Hartford – Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogle – Aereo-Plain – Rounder
Jonathan Edwards – Shanty – Jonathon Edwards – Atco
The Band – Life Is A Carnival – Cahoots – Capitol
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Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by Linda Fahey and host Elena See. The show is available for free to stations via PRX.org or directly from Folk Alley via Dropbox for non-PRX members. The Folk Alley Radio Show is presently carried on over 60 stations nationally.
