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Raymond Crooke
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Style: Folk
Joined: January 23, 2007
Last Sign In: 1 hour ago
Videos Watched: 32,557
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1001 Songs in 1001 Days?

My aim here is to share my love of folk music. My posts include original as well as traditional songs and covers of my favourite singer song-writers, such as Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Eric Bogle.

I have been singing folk songs for over 40 years, and play guitar (badly) and fiddle (even more badly).

I have produced 4 CDs:
Axis of Evil and other True Stories
Laws of Chance
Gospel Ship
Pigs Might Fly and other Politically Incorrect Ballads

I hope you enjoy my songs. All comments are appreciated, including constructive criticism. However, I may delete threats, and language that I consider unsuitable for any young people watching this channel.

Thank you to all those who have subscribed and/or commented.
I am married with two adult sons and two grandsons, one from each son.

I have a website about my folk music which you may like to visit. It is a wiki so you are welcome to contribute, add information or your own folk song page or links to your own site, or just use it to find lyrics and chords.

For my Featured Video - I will choose a video that has been generally overlooked. When it reaches 500 views I will change it for another one.

Record Label: My own
Label Type: Unsigned
Influences: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Joan Baez, Malvina Reynolds, Burl Ives, Odetta, Eric Bogle, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bela Bartok, Salvador Dali, William Faulkner, Groucho Marx, Luis Bunuel, John Cleese, Roger McGough, T. S. Eliot, Spike Milligan, Tom Lehrer, John Jacob Niles, ... How much room do I have??
Sounds Like: Myself. I don't try to sound like anybody else, but there are obvious influences depending on the song.
City: Hong Kong
Hometown: Melbourne
Country: Australia
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Channel Comments (293)
JeanaDylan83 (1 day ago)
Happy 4th.
:)

JeanaDylan83
hultonclint (3 days ago)
Hi Raymond. If you're taking requests now, I'd be interested to hear what you might make of "Queen of Argyll" by A. Stewart/Silly Wizard
SUPERMEGADUARTE (3 days ago)
Hi friend.
Listen my new original Already choose you.
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You are more then welcome, you did and exellent job.
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Thank's for subing to my channel.
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Did you get my new friend invite Raymond
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Playlists
Child Ballads
51 videos
Child Ballads 51 Videos
Some of my favourite folk songs are the English and Scottish Ballads collected by Francis James Child. I will put them together in this playlist.
Original Songs
98 videos
Original Songs 98 Videos
The original songs I have posted so far.
Woody Guthrie
25 videos
Woody Guthrie 25 Videos
One of the most important singers who carried on the folk tradition. In particular he was the inspiration for Bob Dylan. I will put my covers of his work in this playlist - just the songs he is believed to have written. Many of the songs he sang were traditional.
860. Ballad (John Stuart Calverley)
2:29
John Stuart Calverley (1831-1884) was regarded in his own day as a satirist in the...
14 hours ago 21 views raymondcrooke
859.  Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (Ada Habershon, Charles Gabriel, A.P. Carter)
4:30
This well-known country gospel song about the death, funeral, and mourning of the ...
1 day ago 78 views raymondcrooke
858. Paper of Pins (Traditional English / American)
3:24
This song is a variant of "Keys of Canterbury", which goes back to at least 1849. ...
2 days ago 71 views raymondcrooke
857. Miner's Lullaby (James Low)
3:04
This lovely song, by Portland singer, James Low, was recorded on his album, "Live ...
3 days ago 100 views raymondcrooke
856. The Needle and the Damage Done (Neil Young) - Nick Benzie
2:01
This song from the album "Harvest" (1972) is about the way some of Neil Young's mu...
4 days ago 110 views raymondcrooke
855. El Paso (Marty Robbins)
4:45
This country and western ballad is Marty Robbins' best-known song. It was first re...
5 days ago 119 views raymondcrooke
854. The Well Below the Valley (Child 21) - (Traditional English / Irish)
3:13
This murder ballad is also known as "The Maid and the Palmer". For many years it w...
6 days ago 94 views raymondcrooke
853. Salvation (Mike Brown)
1:15
Mike Brown, better known as "slippereal", is a prolific song-writer, specialising ...
1 week ago 95 views raymondcrooke
852. I Saw Her Standing There (Paul McCartney and John Lennon) - Alistair Watson
3:12
I Saw Her Standing There (Paul McCartney and John Lennon)This was the first track ...
1 week ago 102 views raymondcrooke
Original Songs
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THE STREETS OF BETHESDA
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CELT YN CANU THE STREETS OF BETHESDA YN DILYN JOHN OGWEN YN ADRODD DATGANIAD GAN ...
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Stimulus Package Blues - Lance Brown w/  Remington Riders
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Great Big Sea - The Mermaid
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