Music like Fred Neil?
November 16, 2006 1:23 PM Subscribe
How do I find more musicians like Fred Neil?
I'd been listening to Fred Neil (Bleeker & MacDougal) play in a in a cafe before finally buying my own copy a week ago. I love it to death right now, and I'd like more stuff like this.
He reminds me of a cross between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. I don't know much about this scene/genre. Who else can you recommend that fits into this category?
I'd been listening to Fred Neil (Bleeker & MacDougal) play in a in a cafe before finally buying my own copy a week ago. I love it to death right now, and I'd like more stuff like this.
He reminds me of a cross between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. I don't know much about this scene/genre. Who else can you recommend that fits into this category?
Well, the Music Map suggestions are pretty silly (Liz Phair... and Looper?). If you dig that manly, brooding folk thing I'd suggest the first few Tim Hardin albums (they're conveniently numbered 1,2, 3 and 4 is a great live disc), Bobby Darin's late-sixties folk recordings, Tim Buckley (he also did a version of Neil's "Dolphins"), maybe some Townes Van Zandt.
posted by Scram at 1:44 PM on November 16, 2006
posted by Scram at 1:44 PM on November 16, 2006
LastFm is also good for finding similar music. You might like Lee Hazelwood, Donovan, Tom Waits, Nick Drake...
posted by rongorongo at 2:56 PM on November 16, 2006
posted by rongorongo at 2:56 PM on November 16, 2006
It’s good to hear that Fred Neil is still alive and well. Its been almost 40 years now and I would love to catch him at a small venue. It’s a longshot, and it won’t be easy, but you might want to check out Richard Farina.
posted by Huplescat at 5:45 PM on November 16, 2006
posted by Huplescat at 5:45 PM on November 16, 2006
He may be too "electric", but Ammunition by Tim Easton is one of the best discs I've picked up this year and it may fit into what you're looking for. I can't believe he's not getting more notoriety.
posted by quadog at 6:29 PM on November 16, 2006
posted by quadog at 6:29 PM on November 16, 2006
Response by poster: Oh Huplescat, sorry to get your hope up. I meant I listened to his CD playing in a cafe. Fred's been dead since 2001, unfortunately.
Unless you meant you are happy to hear that the spirit of his music is alive and well...in which case, yeah, it is.
posted by piratebowling at 6:46 PM on November 16, 2006
Unless you meant you are happy to hear that the spirit of his music is alive and well...in which case, yeah, it is.
posted by piratebowling at 6:46 PM on November 16, 2006
Eric Anderson
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
maybe too obvious but Leonard Cohen...
posted by lois1950 at 1:25 AM on November 17, 2006
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
maybe too obvious but Leonard Cohen...
posted by lois1950 at 1:25 AM on November 17, 2006
Dave Van Ronk
Tim Buckley
Here's a nice quote that I just found on a Fred Neil google: from Dave Van Ronk: Van Ronk stated: "The beatniks hated folk music. The real beats liked cool jazz, bebop, and hard drugs... But in the eye of the media, folk music and beatniks were one and the same. So a lot of people came to the Village to see the beatniks and they ended up seeing folk music."
Oh yeah, what was the question. Sorry..
posted by lois1950 at 1:34 AM on November 17, 2006
Tim Buckley
Here's a nice quote that I just found on a Fred Neil google: from Dave Van Ronk: Van Ronk stated: "The beatniks hated folk music. The real beats liked cool jazz, bebop, and hard drugs... But in the eye of the media, folk music and beatniks were one and the same. So a lot of people came to the Village to see the beatniks and they ended up seeing folk music."
Oh yeah, what was the question. Sorry..
posted by lois1950 at 1:34 AM on November 17, 2006
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