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Contemporary Folk Guitar
A note from the Maestro: Here are some great folk tunes that provide a good grounding in the folk stylings of the 60s and 70s. Presented are memorable songs, chords, and finger picking styles used extensively by most contemporary folk artists of that era.
Paul, Jan and Mitch -1968
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Rare Photos of Peter, Paul and Mary at the Hollywood Bowl
Kacey Cisyk - A tribute to a multi-talented and versatile artist.
Max Hudson has put together a marvelous website demonstrating a wide variety of ways to tune your guitar and, in addition, alternate tunings to add a unique flavor to the tunes you love to play.Need to upgrade your guitar's tuners? Hipshot Products has a precision upgrade kit that will out performs your stock tuning machines. An ingenious design makes installation a piece of cake and no need to drill new holes in your valuable guitar!
Famed drummer for Frank Zappa and Sting, Vinnie Colaiuta was seen traveling around in style in Woodland Hills in the late 80s...
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My Folk Music Collection
TITLE ♫ = An Outstanding Arrangement
ARTIST
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Reference
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Folk Guitar Lessons (50 pages)
Maestro
A Heart in New York Simon and Garfunkel
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A Most Peculiar Man
Simon and Garfunkel
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A Time for Us
Nino Rota - Kusik- Snyder
Abraham, Martin and John Dion
All My Lovin'
The Beatles
♫ Anything Goes (from Cedar Grove) Hayley Sales
April Come She Will
Simon and Garfunkel
Autumn to May Peter, Paul and Mary Ave Maria Franz Schubert Ballad of Spring Hill McColl-Seeger - PPM Because All Men are Brothers Tom Glazer - Johann Bach MIDI Betty and Dupree Peter, Paul and Mary
Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan
Blue Traditional Boa Constrictor Song Shel Silverstein
Bob Dylan's Dream
Bob Dylan
Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
Camp Granada Allan Sherman
Changes
Phil Ochs
Come and Go with Me Peter, Paul and Mary Daniel Elton John
Day is Done
Peter, Paul and Mary
Did She Mention My Name Gordon Lightfoot ♫ Do You Have a Piano? Joe Brooks - Kacey Cisyk LISTEN
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Don't Think Twice
Bob Dylan
Early Mornin' Rain
Gordon Lightfoot
El Condor Pasa
Simon and Garfunkel
Eres Tu Abba Farewell Angelina Bob Dylan
Five Hundred Miles
Peter, Paul and Mary
For Baby John Denver
For Lovin' Me
Gordon Lightfoot
Gilgara Mountain Peter, Paul and Mary
Go Tell It on a Mountain
Traditional
Going to the Zoo Tom Paxton Gone the Rainbow Peter, Paul and Mary
Green Green Grass of Home
Johnny Cash
Grenade Bruno Mars Hatikva Israeli National Anthem He Was My Brother Paul Simon Hello Adele
Hey Jude
The Beatles
Hey There! Adler - Ross Home from the Forest Gordon Lightfoot
House of the Rising Sun
Traditional
Hurry Sundown
Peter, Paul and Mary
Hymn Peter, Paul and Mary I Can't Help But Wonder Tom Paxton I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) Hank Williams I Don't Know How to Love Him Andrew Lloyd Webber I Have a Song to Sing Gilbert and Sullivan
I Never Will Marry
Traditional
If I Had a Hammer
Pete Seeger
If I Had My Way Rev. Gary Davis
If I Were Free
Travis Edmonson
I'll Be There
The Jackson 5
♫ It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Buddy Holly - Ronstadt
♫ It's a Long Way from Brooklyn Joe Brooks - Kacey Cisyk LISTEN Jesus Met the Woman Peter, Paul and Mary ♫ Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Peter, Paul and Mary Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream The Kingston Trio
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
♫ Lemon Tree Will Holt (PPM)
Let it Be
The Beatles
Long Long Time Gary White Long River Gordon Lightfoot Love Has No Pride Eric Kaz - Libby Titus Man Come Into Egypt Peter, Paul and Mary Magnificent Outpouring Gordon Lightfoot
Mary Hamilton
Joan Baez
Monday Morning Peter, Paul and Mary Motherless Child Peter, Paul and Mary My Grandfather's Clock Traditional My Old Kentucky Home Stephen Foster Nella Fantasia Ennio Morricone Nothing Left to Lose Alan Parsons Once Upon a Time Charles Strouse Ol' Man River Paul Robeson On the Streets Where You Live Lerner and Lowe Listen
Pack Up Your Sorrows
Richard Farina
Pretty Mary
Traditional
♫ Pretty Polly Oliver - Enchantment (1948) Traditional Pride of Man Hamilton Camp
Puff the Magic Dragon
Peter, Paul and Mary
Reason to Believe
Tim Hardin
Red Rubber Ball The Cyrkle Rocky Road Peter, Paul and Mary ♫ Rolling the Chords Joe Brooks - Kacey Cisyk LISTEN
Scarborough Fair
Simon and Garfunkel
Serenade with Lyrics Enrico Toselli - Maestro LISTEN Smile Turner, Parsons, Chaplin Smoke without Fire Duffy Song from M*A*S*H Mandell - Altman
Sounds of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel
Stewball Peter, Paul and Mary Sweet Haven (from Popeye) Harry Nilsson ♫ Sweet Survivor Peter, Paul and Mary Tall Pine Trees Peter Yarrow
Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Tender Shepherd - Distant Melody Styne - Charlap - Leigh
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
The Cruel War
Peter, Paul and Mary
♫ The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Ewan MacColl
♫ The Good Times We Had
Peter, Paul and Mary
♫ The Great Mandella
Peter, Paul and Mary
The Green Leaves of Summer
Dimitri Tiomkin
The House Song Paul Stookey
The Last Thing on My Mind
Tom Paxton
The Letter The Box Tops The Marvelous Toy Tom Paxton ♫ The Morning of My Life Joe Brooks - Kacey Cisyk LISTEN The Risin' of the Moon Peter, Paul and Mary ♫ The Song is Love Peter, Paul and Mary The Star Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith
The Times They are a' Changin'
Bob Dylan
This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
Three Ravens
Peter, Paul and Mary
Tom Dooley Traditional Torn Between Two Lovers Jarrell and Yarrow Turn of a Friendly Card Alan Parsons
Universal Soldier
Buffy Saint Marie
Waltzing Mathilda Traditional Wasn't That a Time Seeger - Hays We are the World Jackson - Richie
♫ Wedding Song
Peter, Paul and Mary
Well, Well, Well Peter, Paul and mary What's the Use of Wonderin' Rogers and Hammerstein
When the Ship Comes In
Bob Dylan
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
James Thornton - Al Jolson
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Pete Seeger
♫ Woman in Love Bugatti - Musker - Cisyk LISTEN ♫ You Light Up My Life Joe Brooks - Kacey Cisyk LISTEN
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