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Originally posted by grabblegarrr:
Well there you go.

I'll have to check out Anne Briggs and Steeleye Span though, I haven't heard of them.

Steeleye Span is very weird, but also very good. They don't do much original material, but their takes on traditional tunes are imaginative, to say the least. Parcel of Rogues is a good place to start.

Some favorites from the 1960's, more like a Top 50

Nuggets:Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, (1965 to 1968)
Gene Clark w/ the Gosdin Brothers
Townes Van Zandt-same
Steve Young-Rock, Salt and Nails
Peter La Farge-six albums released in the 1960's (wrote Ballad Of Ira Hayes)
Patrick Sky-first two albums
Jerry Jeff Walker-Mr. Bojangles & Driftin' Way Of Life
Leonard Cohen-Songs Of...
Phil Ochs-all five 1960's albums
Tim Buckley-three sixties albums
Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
John Martyn-Tumbler & London Conversation
Ralph McTell-first three albums
Fairport Convention-Unhalfbricking
Strawbs-Strawbs (first release in 1969, Dragonfly from 1970 is recommended)
Family-Entertainment & Music From A Doll's House
Van Morrison-Astral Weeks and albums with Them
Masters Apprentices-same
Man-first four albums released from 1969 to 1971 (psychedelic Welsh jam band)
Stackwaddy-same (released in 1971, group was active in the 1960's)
Ashkan-In From The Cold
Love-Da Capo and Forever Changes
Captain Beefheart-Safe As Milk
Dr. John-Gris Gris
Velvet Underground-White Light/White Heat
Small Faces-There Are But Four and Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Humble Pie-Town and Country & As Safe As Yesterday Is
Flying Burrito Bros.-The Gilded Palace Of Sin
Byrds-Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Buffalo Springfield-Again
Neil Young-1st & Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
Cream-Disraeli Gears & Wheels Of Fire
Blind Faith-Blind Faith
Bob Dylan-Blonde On Blonde
Rolling Stones-Aftermath & Let It Bleed
Beatles-Revolver & Rubber Soul
Pink Floyd-Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Zombies-Odyssey and Oracle
Kinks-Village Green Preservation Society
Who-Sell Out & Tommy
Jimi Hendrix-Axis:Bold As Love & Are You Experienced?
The Doors-The Doors & Strange Days
Big Brother & the Holding Co.-Cheap Thrills
The Band-Music From Big Pink
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Allman Brothers Band-same
Charlie Musselwhite-first two on Vanguard
Paul Butterfield Blues Band-same & East-West
John Mayall/Bluesbreakers-first several albums
Fleetwood Mac-first two albums

Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Skip James, J. B. Lenoir, Champion Jack Dupree, Elmore James and many more blues artists that were active and recording in the sixties.

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