Fairport Convention Uber Alles
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With that autumnal chill now prominently in the air, I figured it would be appropriate to discuss my favorite fall-time electric folk collective. There's nothing better than Fairport Convention on the ghetto blaster as the soundtrack to a crisp, dry, cool autumn evening. Evidently, the band agrees as well. Look at all [...]
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what is this a German folk band what with the
Uber alles, above all. interesting postscript the us navy uses that as their slogan "above all" could they be Nazi sympathizers lol
But I definitely fell you. I dig folk I'm going to have to check them out I'm sure you know the less traditional Jeffery Lewis
if you got a list send it my way I'm new to the folk world
Haha, no they're not German, but "uber alles" relates the the first line of the Deutschlandleid (national anthem). I studied German for close to seven years, so it's a title I just thought of off the top of my head. It's still the national anthem, but that phrase has been criticized because Germans don't like to come off as overly nationalistic, for obvious reasons.
As far as folk goes, my current favorites are:
Alexander Skip Spence
John Fahey
The Incredible String Band
Espers
You'll like these guys if you like Fairport Convention, though Skip Spence and ISB can be challenging at times.
All right thanks I'm gonna check these out.. I know a fahey family who owns a hip pub in my town I bet their related do you know history about him.
I mean this public house has folk written all over it last Friday I saw a one man band guitar harmonica and vocals... So that name at least to me and a few others around here is synonymous with music
thanks for the knowledge