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05 Apr 17 - 08:19 AM (#3848775) Subject: Songs for 'Hootenanny' set ???? From: MickyMan I'm putting together a "Hootenanny" set to be sung in senior centers here in the USA/CT. I need song suggestions from the early 60s, when crossover "folk songs" were true mainstream "hits". Nothing obscure. I'm hoping to get people in their 70s and 80s to sing along ... etc. Any ideas, Mudcatters? |
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05 Apr 17 - 11:14 AM (#3848837) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: leeneia where have all the flowers gone this land is your land yellow bird jamaica farewell on top of old smokey down in the valley Look up Kingston Trio and see what you recognize. |
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05 Apr 17 - 06:22 PM (#3848928) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: Stewart Hootenannies in Seattle Hootenanny, Hootin' Annie,* Will You Dance with Me? Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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06 Apr 17 - 12:51 AM (#3848962) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: leeneia refresh |
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06 Apr 17 - 12:54 AM (#3848963) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: leeneia I just had an idea. Go to YouTube, search for "Hootenanny TV show". Lots of promising material there. |
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06 Apr 17 - 09:45 AM (#3849052) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: GUEST blowin' in the wind Puff, the magic dragon |
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06 Apr 17 - 10:15 AM (#3849061) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: Cool Beans My wife and I perform for seniors. We do the aforementioned Jamaica Farewell and This Land is Your Land. Surprisingly, a lot of seniors know Country Roads. We always get requests for Side By Side and My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. This Little Light of Mine gets a lot of people singing along. |
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06 Apr 17 - 11:49 AM (#3849079) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: MickyMan Thank you so much for all of these ideas! (Very interesting history of the "hootenanny" term! At this point, I think it would be best to keep to the early 60s songs that would show up on the classic "hootenanny" folk songs from that era. Keep 'em coming, fellow folkies! |
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06 Apr 17 - 12:13 PM (#3849085) Subject: RE: Songs for 'Hootenany' set ???? From: Joe Offer It's a little more recent (1983), but Guy Clark's "Homegrown Tomatoes" is a real crowd pleaser. So are cowboy songs, and maybe a sea chantey or two. |