Folk Alley Radio Show #240801
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This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for our annual 50 year throwback show. Hear the sounds of 1974 featuring music by John Denver, Dolly Parton, Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Taj Mahal, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jorma Kaukonen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, and Doc & Merle Watson.
In hour two, hear more from 1974, with songs by Joni Mitchell, Richard & Linda Thompson, Grateful Dead, Steeleye Span, Bert Jansch, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis Ian, Randy Newman, Jesse Winchester, and much more.
**In addition to this 2-hour show, check out our very special 12-hour playlist in the Classic Folk Stream featuring folk favorites from the early 1970s.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
John Denver – Back Home Again – Back Home Again – RCA
John Denver – Annie’s Song – Back Home Again – RCA
Dolly Parton – Jolene – Jolene – Sony
Gram Parsons (feat Emmylou Harris) – Return of the Grievous Angel – Grievous Angel – Reprise
Linda Ronstadt – Willin’ – Heart Like A Wheel – Capitol
Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad – Mo’ Roots – Columbia
Bob Marley and the Wailers – No Woman, No Cry – Natty Dread – Universal Island Records
Bonnie Raitt – That Song About the Midway – Streetlights – Warner
Jackson Browne – For a Dancer – Late For the Sky – Asylum
Doc & Merle Watson – Walk On Boy – Two Days In November – Sugar Hill
Norman Blake – Last Train From Poor Valley – The Fields of November/Old and New – Rounder
Ry Cooder – If Walls Could Talk – Paradise and Lunch – Warner
Jorma Kaukonen – Genesis – Quah – RelixRecor
Tom Waits – (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night – The Heart of Saturday Night – Asylum
Hour Two
Joni Mitchell – Help Me – Court and Spark – Elektra/Asylum Records
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless (live) – CSNY 1974 – Rhino Records
Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues – From the Mars Hotel – Warner Bro
Jerry Garcia – Russian Lullaby – Garcia (Compliments) – Round Records
Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – Island
Steeleye Span – The Mooncoin Jig – Now We Are Six – Shanachie
Bert Jansch – Fresh As A Sweet Sunday Morning – L.A. Turnaround – Virgin
Van Morrison – Bulbs – Veedon Fleece – Warner
Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown – Sundown – Reprise
Harry Chapin – Cat’s In the Cradle – Verities & Balderdash – Elektra
Janis Ian – Jesse – Up ‘Til Now-The Best of Janis Ian – Spasm
Randy Newman – Louisiana 1927 – Good Old Boys – Reprise
Jesse Winchester – Mississippi You’re On My Mind – Learn To Love It – Bearsville/Rhino
Dr. John – Let’s Make A Better World – Desitively Bonnaroo – Elektra
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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 70 stations nationally.
