Follow the Drinking Gourd Song Lyrics

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Songs that ring true today, with bone-chilling vocals. This album hearkens back to the folk music that got so many of the band's musician's started and has songs that relate well to the politics and state of the world today. The songs are all wonderfully written and performed, with the vocals that will bring goose bumps to your soul. Paul Kantner, David Freiberg, Marty Balin, Grace Slick, Cathy Richardson, Diana Mangano and Darby Gould all sing with power and beauty. I *love* this album.

Excellent. Back to the roots in a very big way with an accent on acoustic sounds. There are no fewer than 4 great female vocalists here and, if there were such things any more, at least 3 solid hit singles. This is one to get.

HOLY SHIP !. THERE BACK BABY !!!! i saw them play last april and they rocked the house ! this album is the of there best ! and im tired of people saying ( oh well grace slick isent in the band any more ) well lets se e first of all she if f**king burnt out from all the drugs she was on (still love you gracy) not to mention shes 71 years old and isent in great shape ! great job jefferson starship rock on !!!

A bit of perspective on Jefferson's Tree of Liberty. When Jefferson Airplane first formed, the idea was to be a folk-rock band. Pretty quickly, JA turned more psychedelic rock--BUT they always retained folk roots (see "Good Shepherd," for an obvious example). Jefferson Starship, of course, was a 70s-to-80's rock anthem band. Nothing wrong with that, and some of their songs are still superb. All this said, Jefferson's Tree of Life is not so much a return to folk-rock roots as a return to folk roots altogether. If you're looking for more JS or even JA, this collection is definitely NOT them. On the other hand, if you put the new JS here in its context and are willing to listen to Kantner, Slick, Balin, and folks do traditional, celtic, and old '60s folk, then Jefferson's Tree of Liberty ain't bad, but it is hard to not wish for more JA psychedelic interpretation. You also need to understand that most of the songs here were not composed by the JS members. There are a number of traditional folksongs, with a strong leaning toward celtic folk: " Follow the Drinking Gourd," "Santy Anno," "Rising of the Moon," "Frenario," Woody Guthrie's "Pleasures of Plenty," and "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" (lyrics by Richard Farina). There are also a number of folksongs from 60's folk masters: Phil Ochs' "I Ain't Marching Anymore," Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," Richard Thompson's (Fairport Convention's) "Genesis Hall," John Lennon's "Imagine." And then there's Dino Valenti's (Quicksilver Messenger Service) "Cowboy on the Run," Huddie Ledbetter's "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," and more. All this name dropping is purposeful: the new JS has collected work from a number of singer-songwriters in the folk vein. The problem here is probably the effort to keep to the theme. Given less thematic constraint, the new JS might have found even better material and found more creative ways of interpreting those songs. Still, Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is not at all bad. It just seems a little dated without being able to draw on much nostalgia from its listeners who want more of the old JA and JS.

Roots, Rock, Revolution. Somehow I missed the release of this album. Perhaps because “discovering” it now was exactly what was needed. I grew up with these musicians, came of age and grew old with them. The fire that was the ‘60’s may have diminished but it still burns true in our souls. The tight scores and harmonies found on these tracks beckons back to the roots of the San Francisco sound. It’s fitting that many of the tracks are covers of classic folk songs that set the tone for the mood of the ‘60’s. I and others have often wondered where is the music now, where are the songs of defiance, liberty and revolution? This remarkable collection is the new anthem. What was new, then old is fittingly new again.

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