i am a closet folkie, yes i am
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Album:Troubadour: The Definitive Collection (1964-1976)
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it goes all the way back as far as i can remember. it was bob dylan! all his fault, or his credit. without bob, i would have known only woody guthrie as the guy who wrote "this land is your land," which we sang in elementary school... and without its verse about "trespassin'"then there is donovan, wonderfully lampooned and put on the spot in dont look back which influenced my filmmaking as much as anything coppola did. so when some power company used donovan's "catch the wind" in a commercial about wind energy, i had to dig up my copy of donovan's 2-disc box set, which i've ripped on to my computer and been listening to a lot.given that he was not the world's greatest folkie, donovan did himself a huge favor by exploring his pysch leanings. mixing that with his folkie style and pop music, you get one of the best songs EVER: "sunshine superman."i remember "sunshine superman" vividly! it was a big AM radio hit the summer we first vacationed in san diego. given that i grew up in santa barbara...one wonders what my parents were thinking. going from your hometown beach town to vacation in a beach town 4-5 hours in a car away.... maybe it was all about tijuana. yeah, i still have an onyx chess set from 1966i encourage you to re-discover donovan's sorta psych period:sunshine supermanseason of the witch
bob!
bob!
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