My "Greatest" Folk Rock Songs The Byrds To begin the 'greatest of' topic in my " Not all 'Greatest of' lists are created equal " post I talked about the creation of lists and then got a start on a list of my own. One does not have to be genius to come up with such a list but I do take some time to do my research. So to use a popular term these days I have 'curated' the songs, many of which you will find on other lists but I have my own take so perhaps you will learn something new. The Folk Rock subgenre is pretty self explanatory, Folk plus Rock. But what kind of 'folk' are we talking? On the international music scene or traditional 'Folk' music from any country for that matter, we find within their borders they have regional, indigenous, instrumental, vocal, cultural and language/dialect based 'Folk' music. However for this definition we look to the evolution of American Folk music post WWII, so late 40
A blog about cover songs. Much about the 50's thru 70's and beyond. Blues, Rock, and Country focus with a bit of everything in between. Artist profiles, song profiles and theme's with cover songs being the central focus.