I was trying to think of some of my favorite folk artists and songs.   Honestly, the list is way too big.  So, to name just a few of them (and believe me there are lots I like), I thought of Cat Stephens, Gordon Lightfoot, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young (not all like his music I know), there are some awesome Irish Folk Songs too by different artists.  The Corrs are an Irish group, who do Folk-pop stuff that I like as well.     

This month for APRIL`S FSOTM, we are looking for any BLUES SONGS or BLUES INSTRUMENTAL that you would like to perform and enter.

Once again, you can enter ORIGINAL SONGS you have written or someone else has written that you would like to perform, as well as COVERS from anything BLUES related that you like.

Below are some BLUES Songs and Music that was Discussed and Suggested that you may want to attempt and perform.  But as said above, feel free to perform any other BLUES Song, Music you like.

Boom, Boom, Boom – Jamie Lee Hooker
Killing Floor – Howling Wolf
Rock Me Baby – BB King, Muddy Waters
Alberta – Eric Clapton
Layla – Eric Clapton

Look forward to what everyone enters.

READY, SET, GO!!! 

For the month for MAY, we are looking for DISCUSSION and SUGGESTIONS from you on FOLK music.

We are looking for is anything you want to share about FOLK music.  We want to hear your favourites or worst FOLK songs, why you like it or don`t like it.  Your favourite solo artist or band in the FOLK arena. Anything you can think of and want to discuss regarding FOLK music, we would love to hear it.

Feel free to share videos or links to anything FOLK that you want to share with us.

Hope to see some Original FOLK songs written by any of you and entered here so that when MAY comes, people have had time to practice them or attempt your original FOLK song and enter them when MAY FSOTM is up.

READY, SET, GO!!! 

easybeat, yep feel free to put up back stories to a song you like in the Suggestions and Discussion each month.  I was really meaning, pick a genre.  Aiming to put up a different genre each month for a while and see how it goes.     

Phill, wow, looking forward to hearing this one.  Lyrics tell the story, really well written.     

neophytte,  That was really good.  Sung well, played well, very good performance.  You did yourself proud with this one.     

Good chart there neophytte.

easybeat, I will be closing this one tomorrow and starting next months 'Suggestions and Discussion'
so, if you want to suggest one category you would like to go up, let me know before tomorrow.  That is which genre you would like, e.g. folk, rock ....

So, the songs so far mentioned in this thread, I will be putting up tomorrow for next months FSOTM.  So any last minute suggestions?     

Grah, you guys performed that one well, great to see your still getting out there and performing.     

Grah1 that was a good performance by you and the band.  Looks like you were all enjoying it and having fun.  A few years ago, now by the looks, 11 years to be exact.  Do you guys still play together?

Here is a link to Howling Wolf`s Killing Floor that you mentioned.  A good Blues one, but you know I never really knew what it was about, so I googled it.   This what Wikipedia said the songs about. 
Quote:  Howlin' Wolf recorded "Killing Floor" in Chicago in August 1964, which Chess Records released as a single.[2] According to blues guitarist and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song uses the killing floor – the area of a slaughterhouse where animals are killed – as a metaphor or allegory for male-female relationships: "Down on the killing floor – that means a woman has you down, she went out of her way to try to kill you. She at the peak of doing it, and you got away now ... You know people have wished they was dead – you been treated so bad that sometimes you just say, 'Oh Lord have mercy.' You’d rather be six feet in the ground."[3]

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/r … ;FORM=VIRE     

Glad to hear others think Boom Boom Boom is Blues too and not Pop.

Phill, I can't take the credit for the discussion or adding comments, that was neophyttes idea.  Hopefully it will make it more interesting for everyone and it's great to have discussion, comments and everyone putting their views, thoughts down.  I am sure I for one will learn some new things from this.  Also, Phill, I agree, Blazing Saddles was an excellent movie, I think we still have a video copy of it somewhere.  I watched that movie so many times lol     

easybeat, this one rolls along nicely and gentle listening, nice one.     

I was listening to some John Lee Hooker music and this one, Boom Boom Boom according to Wikipedia came up saying it was Pop whereas I have always thought it was Blues.  What does everyone think?  I loved this song in the Movie Blues Brothers, a great movie.
 https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/r … ORM=VCGVRP     

TIGLK, nice one, lyrics are good.  I would like to hear this one too.  I am away on holiday presently so can't even try to play it.  Hopefully you or someone else can have a go at it.     

neophytte wrote:

I was playing this one the other day, it seemed to work quite well, sorry for the mistakes:

https://youtu.be/bcT6TNcxng8

Cheers

Richard

Nicely done neophytte, liked the added reverb on the vocals would added to it.  An oldie but a goodie.     

easybeat, comedy folk combination I would say, lol smile     

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JANUARY  2025 – ANYTHING GOES FOR FSOTM

Original thread can be found here:   https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39882
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

neophytte:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBp8NRrThA
Grah1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgLE_rupdtM
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAxo61VeEdY     

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DECEMBER 2024 – CHRISTMAS SONGS, CAROLS, HOLIDAYS, SUMMER, WINTER

Original thread can be found here:   https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39853
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

Grah1:  Original written by Grah1, Lyrics and Chords can be found here:  https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38627   
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6c9tsDFuY
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61AwAmaTrSU
neophytte:  Original written by neophytte, Lyrics and Chords can be found here:
https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39853
TIGJKL:  An Original Song written by TIGJKL and performed by (?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec5VbYGUYZI
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECrgWs8QkKc

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NOVEMBER 2024 – RANDOM WORDS

Original thread can be found here:   https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39719
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

easybeat:  https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/the-rain [deleted]
neophytte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7rIAErkr4
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTNAKDc4Ajo
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZah8dJJkYU     

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OCTOBER 2024 – ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER 2024

Original thread can be found here:   https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39690
If you missed out, it's never too late!  You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!)

easybeat:  https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/talk-to-me
Jandle:  wrote a poem:  https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39690
Peatle J`ville:  wrote a poem:  https://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=39690
neophytte:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrH_mk1Uy0

This month we are doing something slightly different.

We are interested in not only your SUGGESTIONS for next MONTH of APRIL but also DISCUSSION on the UPCOMING TOPIC, which next MONTH in APRIL will be ~BLUES~

So, what we are looking for is any thing you have to share about the genre of BLUES, what you think about BLUES, love or dislike about BLUES, your favourite or worst BLUES experience, just general discussion about anything BLUES

Feel free to share videos or links to anything BLUES that you want to share with us.

And don`t forget to SUGGEST BLUES SONGS or write an ORIGINAL BLUES SONG for next MONTH in APRIL.


READY, SET, GO!!! 

Thanks Grah1, I have re-shared for this month smile     

Grah1, nice guitar work and sounds like you're really enjoying performing this one. Nice one smile    Thanks for sharing.

Grah1 suggestion for this month and performance.  No love in Oklahoma by Luke Combs this is my version https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/no … -oaklahoma

Running a bit late getting this up this month sorry.

This month for MARCH in FSOTM we are looking for any COVER or ORIGINAL SONGS in the following genres. 

COUNTRY
FOLK
ROCK

Only one suggestion was made for this month, by Grah1, No Love in Oklahoma by Luke Combs which I will post below.
Looking forward to hearing what you come up with.  Hoping for some ORIGINAL ENTRIES this month smile

READY, SET, GO!!!

easybeat, NO, don't take it down, its great you entered something this month.  As you said, "anything Random", so you entered something.  Thats great and what we want.