When I was younger I was easily excited by new sounds. The seemed to be everywhere. As I have grown older I find most new music interests me less and less. However, occasionally a recording comes along that really knocks my hat in the creek as my friend Joe Newberry says.
On the next two episodes of the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we’ll focus on some of the music that attracted me in the late-’60s and early-’70s: my high school and college years as well as some of the recordings that I find intriguing today.

The title “Acoustic Eclectic” derived from a program broadcast on my local NPR station and hosted by the late Otto Bost. He reignited my interest and introduced me to some wonderful new music. These programs are dedicated to him.

“Acoustic Eclectic” … on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / “Hurricane Camille” / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / Warner Brothers
Fraser & Debolt / “Gypsy Solitaire” / Fraser & Debolt with Ian Guenther / Columbia
Gillian Welch / “Caleb Meyer” / Hell Among the Yearlings / Almo
The Blue Velvet Band / “Hitchhiker” / Sweet Moments with the Blue Velvet Band / Warner Brothers

The Acousticats / “California Republic” / Down at Evangelina’s / Flying Fish
John Hartford / “Back in the Goodle Days” / Aereo-Plain / Rounder
John Mayall / “Room to Move” / The Turning Point / Cherry
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / “Reflections of Lucy” / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / Warner Brothers 3

David Bromberg et al / “Breakfast Feud” / Hillbilly Jazz / Flying Fish
The David Grisman Quintet / “Fish Scale” / The David Grisman Quintet / Kaleidoscope
Guy Van Duser / “When I See An Elephant Fly” / Stride Guitar / Rounder
Tony Ellis / “Cherry Blossom Waltz” / Farewell My Home / Flying Fish
The Horseflies et al / “Hangman’s Reel” / Two Traditionas / Self Produced
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways