Bluegrass, folk-rock fans, I need a song!

[hatredisnotavalue]

My daughter is getting ready to record her third CD. She is a high school student who plays in a bluegrass, folk band. She plays guitar and fiddle and the band has made quite a name for themselves in our area. (In fact they are making a bit of money)
This is my second request for song suggestions. After her performance in the school's musical last year, she was Bloody Mary in South Pacific, she is being widely encouraged to sing in her band. And I mean widely encouraged. Her voice is very haunting. She is kind of like a Judy Collins, but she needs something faster.

Apologizes to all who answered last time, but those songs just didn't jive her. She needs something fast, but sad. Also need some bass, mandolin, violin in the song. Any suggestions?
Her band's web site is www.abbotthillramblers.com.
Thanks so much to all in advance.

[aquaman]

1. She needs to check out a band.....

named The Old Crow Medicine Show.

http://www.crowmedicine.com/

She may dig this.

[hatredisnotavalue]

2. Thanks so much....will check out! n/t

[KG]

3. Nickle Creek is a blue-grass based band of young people who are

starting to expand their horizons. might wanna take a listen to their latest release.

[hippywife]

9. I second the Nickel Creek recommendation.

Would fit nicely with what you are looking for. Also check out Tracy Grammer. She is awesome! Check these clips out for some great fiddling and singing:

http://www.tracygrammer.com/audio/IGoLikeTheRaven.mp3

This is haunting, too:

http://www.tracygrammer.com/audio/DisappearingMan.mp3

Another few favs:

http://www.tracygrammer.com/audio/LoveTheMagician.mp3

http://www.tracygrammer.com/audio/OrdinaryTown.mp3

http://www.tracygrammer.com/audio/GentleSoldierOfMySoul.mp3

They're on the Drum Hat Buddha CD with her now deceased partner, Dave Carter. They are folk legends and this whole CD is wonderful.

[Shine]

10. Yup, Nickel Creek...that's what I was gonna suggest too

Great group. All under 30 and highly talented. Check them out. Their new release is pretty decent...

Good luck and best wishes to your daughter, too! You must be proud.
:hi:
Shine

[hippywife]

11. Also really wild about Eliza Gilkyson!

Her whole CD Land of Milk and Honey is absolutely luscious! She has two really great anti-Bush songs: Hiway 9 on that CD and Man of God on her brand new one called Paradise Hotel.

www.elizagilkyson.com

Allison Kraus is another option:

http://www.alisonkrauss.com/

And Carrie Newcomer:

http://www.carrienewcomer.com/carrie_flash.html

But Eliza and Tracy are still my top two picks!

[Shine]

14. Cool, thanks for the tips! Haven't heard of either of those two...

:hi:

[hippywife]

16. See them in person when you can!

Eliza and Tracy are both incredibly wonderful shows. Hope you enjoy! They are two I have no qualms about recommending at all. :hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Paradise by John Prine

From his eponymous album. In the newer anthology liner notes there's a story of him meeting Bill Monroe, who complimented him by saying he thought it was a tune from the '20s.

It's about the old small town where his parents were raised and the destruction of it by a coal company.
Coal mining isn't a Maine thing, but the destruction of a small town paradise will certainly resonate. It has a very nice fiddle part too.

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Paradise Kentucky. Completely bought out and the

people relocated by the Peabody Mining Company

I grew up about 30 miles from there.

It really was the world's largest shovel.

[taterguy]

5. Hayseed Dixie, best bluegrass band ever

[TomInTib]

6. "Walls of Time" Peter Rowan

Fast and sad lends itself well to high lonesome chick voice.
Very poignant.

[hatredisnotavalue]

7. Thanks so much you guys..we will give all the tunes a listen! n/t

[4_Legs_Good]

8. Gah! Not fast, but I'd love to hear her sing "John Barleycorn"

from Traffic's "John Barleycorn Must Die" album. It's a very subtle, quiet, slow song. I haven't heard enough renditions of it, though. Anything new and different would be awesome.



david

[Capn Sunshine]

12. While were at it- Eagles, v 1.0

The first Eagles album has some tunes that are considered "country" by todays standards.

I suggest "Early Bird", but you'll need your own arrangement.
"Peaceful Easy Feelin'" is another that would lend itself to bluegrass.

[hatredisnotavalue]

15. Love those two suggestions. really

love the eagles and john barleycorn.. will let her try them. You know what song she does so great but she won't sing it in public? Box of Rain by the Dead. She does this song better than the dead ever could...sorry to dead fans. Just to give you an idea of how woeful her voice is. She really should do this song because it is just the darn saddest song I have ever heard done by a female.

[henslee]

13. gene clark... why not your baby anymore.....

This is from cowboylyrics.com a great site.

Gene Clark Why Not Your Baby written by Gene Clark

G C D G C D

G C Am D
She wore a blue dress when she walked in the room
G C Am D
And in her eyes the look I saw was filled with gloom
G Am Em A
Is this the question I would answer all too soon
C D C G D
Come tell your friend what's wrong with you
G C C/B Am D
Why don't you call me your baby anymore
G C C/B Am D
Am I so changed from some strange love that went before
G Am Em A
Is this the change of mind that I've been designed for
C D C G D
Why not your baby anymore
G C Am D
Those words we spoke they only seemed to block our way
G C Am D
The truth rang out when you called me and called my name
G Am Em A
I don't know what I can do or I can say
C D C G D
Your good friends also find a way

SOLO

G C C/B Am D
Why don't you call me your baby anymore
G C C/B Am D
Am I so changed from some strange love that went before
G Am Em A
Is this the change of mind that I've been designed for
C D C G D G
Why not your baby anymore

[hatredisnotavalue]

17. I got to hear it, but boy that's sounds like a great song n/t

[henslee]

18. You do. It delivers every time. He wrote some amazing stuff. Another

cut I like is Kansas City Southern. Ooh and Misty Morning. He was a pretty depressed guy. He would have been much more popular if he would have not been scared to fly in planes... due to witnessing a horrible plane crash as a kid. Major talent.

[henslee]

19. lyrics/chords to Misty Morning.....this one may be better...leaner.

Gene Clark In A Misty Morning written by Gene Clark

D Bm G
I came into town on a Monday morning
Em A D
The tall buildings breaking up the city sky
D Bm G
The streets were wet it had just been pouring
D Bm G D A D
Like the clouds above the storm just had to cry
D Bm G
I trained my eye on a police cruiser
Em A D
I watched and I gulped as he passed me by
D Bm G
I looked around to see the street lights changing
D Bm G
And a voice down deep inside me asked me why
A
Running through my thoughts
G D
Were the memories of the days that I had left behind
A
Way down in my soul were the hope
G D A
That better days were always there to find
D Bm G
The fog rolled in and the lights grew dimmer
Em A D
And the sound of the city streets seemed amplified
D Bm G
In the misty morning when it had just been pouring
D Bm G D A D A D
Like the clouds above the storm just had to cry
D D7 G D G D
Like the clouds above the storm just had to cry

[hatredisnotavalue]

20. WOW great lyrics....

Thanks so much for taking an interest in this project...If you pm me your address I will send you a cd of the group's first cd, one of the kids does mountain man which you will love....again, thanks so much for the suggestions!

[skoppa]

21. My dad's in a Bluegrass band and here are some that come to mind.

Fox on the Run
Ashes of Love
Rocky Top-one of my fav.
Diesel on My Tail
Long Black Veil-not fast but VERY sad and beautiful
Please don't bury me-fast and funny
Shady Grove

These are just a few of the Bluegrass songs i enjoyed. I know one song that fits the criteria you have but I can't think of the name, I'll call my dad later and let you know.

[hippywife]

23. How 'bout Wildwood Flower?

Instrumental, I know, but still a standard.

[skoppa]

24. I was only naming songs with singing.

But if it's the one I'm thinking of than I enjoyed it too.

:-)

[yellowdogintexas]

30. Wildwood Flower has lyrics, actually and is a very

hauntingly beautiful song.

Mother Maybelle/Carter Family version has the lyrics. Snatches that I remember :

"He told me he loved me
and called me his flower
to comfort and cheer him
in life's dreary hours"

.........


"Oh, I long to be with him
regret the dark hour
he's gone and neglected
his fair wildwood flower

[skoppa]

33. Oh, I must have been thinking of a different song then.

[leftofthedial]

22. check out Alison Kraus too

and Rhonda Vincent

and Gillian Welch (although much of her stuff is not "fast")

[hippywife]

25. Here's another really good group

that's new and they are being produced by Bela Fleck

http://www.duhks.com/

Excellente'!

Click on the Woodsongs link here to see and hear them perform:

http://www.duhks.com/wndetails.php?wnid=65

[wildhorses]

26. what about Doolin and Dalton (sp) from

Eagle's Desperado Album
or
Some of Shelly's Blues by the
Nitty Gritty Dand Band
also
Dance Little Jean by the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?
:hide:

[hobo_baggins]

27. Shady Grove, pretty fast, pretty sad...although its usually sung by a guy

[GumboYaYa]

28. Try some John Boute and Uptown Okra.

Here is a link: http://www.uptownokra.com/music.html

Cuckoo over you is a really good song. All of the songs are good. These guys do a great job of bringing bluegrass, R&B and jazz together.

[yellowdogintexas]

31. "Banks of the Ohio" and "Rock Salt and Nails" are both

excellent songs for the female voice.

Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez and Tracey Nelson recorded them on the first Earl Scruggs Revue album many years ago (under assumed names, no less).

DAMN I wish that would be re released on CD!!!!!

[lpbk2713]

32. You might want to research Tom T Hall

He wrote and performed a lot of bluegrass type songs a few years back.

[NMDemDist2]

34. Doug Kershaw

he's the coolest fiddle player ever

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/songs/0,,452791,00.html#more

[Susang]

35. Ways to be Wicked by Maria McKee & Lone Justice

Or pretty much anything by Lone Justice. Also have her check out Alt-country uber-chicks Grey DeLisle, Mary Gauthier and Kathleen Edwards.