Tom Paxton There Goes The Mountain
Now a brief break with some Tom Paxton on this beautiful but cold late November evening.
Folk Music
Malvina Reynolds – God bless the grass – YouTube
"God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass."
Phil Ochs – Ballad of the Carpenter
Peter, Paul, and Mary – Very Last Day
The first song that plays when the needle hits the vinyl on their 1963 Album, In the Wind.
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream
Ain’t Gotta Dollar – Oliver Anthony
I concede listening to Oliver Anthony may be a bad influence, but his music is so good. I mean he lives the good life.
Well I ain't gotta dollar
But I don't need a dime
I've got a little spot in the country
Where I spend all my time
And when the Sun goes down
On this itty bitty town
We can light up a bowl and pass it around
Cause I ain't got a dollar
But I don't need a dimeNow the rain could be falling
Or the sun shining down
As long as my old truck still fires on up
And there's crops growing in the ground
We'll have to pick some muscadines right off the vines
Get a little yeast and make a little wine
Cause I ain't got a dollar
But I don't need a dime
Phil Ochs – Crucifixion (Live)
As I noted last night, this is a powerful song that brought Senator Bobby Kennedy to tears when he heard Phil Ochs preform it in the mid-1960s. Even more then a half century later, it's an incredibly powerful song about the death of John F. Kennedy and other great leaders.