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Folk Goes Electric Trivia Quiz

In the wake of The Byrds' version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" a lot of acoustical folk-music was recorded in electric settings and folk-rock was born. Here's a few other fine examples in folk-rock and beyond.

A multiple-choice quiz by droombolus. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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droombolus

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Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service started off their first album with this great Hamilton Camp song, which also was recorded by Gordon Lightfoot and Shawn Phillips. Hint

Who Do You Love

It's Been Too Long

Shady Grove

Pride Of Man

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Question 2 of 10

2. A great version of this David Ackles song was recorded by Spooky Tooth for their "Last Puff" album. It must have had special appeal to the British because Linda Thompson and The Hollies recorded their own versions. Hint

Society's Child

Road To Cairo

Down River

Tobacco Road

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Youngbloods recorded it for their first album and scored a hit with this hippie anthem written by Chet Powers (a.k.a. Dino Valenti). Albeit with a slightly different title, it was also comitted to vinyl by the likes of the Jefferson Airplane, the Cryan Shames and H.P. Lovecraft. Hint

Fresh Air

The Other Side Of This Life

Grizzly Bear

Get Together

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Question 4 of 10

4. Judy Henske recorded Billy Edd Wheeler's miners song for her second album. Her version is often credited to be the first step from folk to folk-rock because drums and bass were used in the arrangement. The song was a staple of the early Jefferson Airplane's live set and was recorded by the Au Go Go Singers (arranged by Steve Stills who also provided the lead vocal), Ill Wind, and H.P. Lovecraft too. Hint

That's The Bag I'm In

High Flying Bird

Song To The Siren

Little Bit Of Rain

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Question 5 of 10

5. Rod "The Mod" Stewart recorded Tim Hardin's song in the early 70s for his breakthrough album "Every Picture Tells A Story". The Youngbloods, Bobby Darin and Gary Lewis & The Playboys (to name a few) had already recorded their own versions by then. Hint

Don't Make Promises

Mandolin Wind

How Can We Hang On To A Dream

Reason To Believe

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Question 6 of 10

6. This great Fred Neil song became a huge hit for Harry Nilsson because it was on the soundtrack of the "Midnight Cowboy" movie. Other versions were recorded by Ray Conniff (!), Neil Diamond, Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo and Emmylou Harris, indeed a mixed crowd... Hint

The Dolphins

Everybody's Talking

Without You

One

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Question 7 of 10

7. Grateful Dead recorded a beautiful version of this Tim Rose / Bonnie Dobson song for their first album. Among the other great versions are recordings by Jeff Beck, Episode Six (with pre-Deep Purple Ian Gillan and Roger Glover), Blackfoot and Einsturzende Neubauten. Hint

Shapes Of Things

Viola Lee Blues

Morning Dew

Cold Rain And Snow

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Searchers, one of the inspirations for Jim McGuinn to pick up the 12-string electric guitar, scored a hit with this song penned by Malvina Reynolds. Hint

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

What Have They Done To The Rain

Four Strong Winds

All My Sorrows

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hoyt Axton wrote this song which got to be a great success for Steppenwolf, who had recorded it for their first album, through the "Easy Rider" soundtrack. It was also recorded by Nina Simone and more recently by Blind Melon. Hint

Born To Be Wild

The Ostrich

Desperation

The Pusher

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Question 10 of 10

10. This Tom Rush song remained a hidden gem until the Walker Brothers scored a huge UK hit with it in the late 70s. It triggered other UK versions by unlikely artists such as The Selecter and Ultravox. Hint

The Last Thing On My Mind

Drivin' Wheel

No Regrets

We're All Alone

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service started off their first album with this great Hamilton Camp song, which also was recorded by Gordon Lightfoot and Shawn Phillips.

Answer: Pride Of Man

"It's Been Too Long" was written by Nick "The Greek" Gravenites but credited to his manager Ron Polte, as were his songs on The Electric Flag's "A Long Time Coming" album. "Shady Grove" is a traditional, which was the title tune of Quicksilver Messenger Service's third album.

Answer: Down River

Both John D. Loudermilk's "Tobacco Road" and Janis Ian's "Society's Child" were recorded by Spooky Tooth for their first album: "It's All About". "Road To Cairo" was written by David Ackels and was the intended followup of Julie Driscoll's UK hit "This Wheel's On Fire", which of course was written by Bob Dylan.

Answer: Get Together

Jefferson Airplane, the Cryan Shames and H.P. Lovecraft recorded the song as "Let's Get Together".
Both the selfpenned "Grizzly Bear" and Fred Neil's "The Other Side Of This Life" are also on The Youngbloods' first album. "Fresh Air" was written by Dino Valenti (although credited to Jesse Oris Farrow) for Quicksilver's "Just For Love" album.

Answer: High Flying Bird

"That's The Bag I'm In" and "Little Bit Of Rain" are songs by Fred Neil, the latter was the title tune of Henske's third album. "Song To The Siren" was written by the late great Tim Buckley who did put the song on ice for years, reportedly because Henske had made fun of one of the lines in the lyrics...

Answer: Reason To Believe

"Don't Make Promises" and "How Can We Hang On To A Dream" were among the many great songs Hardin penned but, of course, are not on "Every Picture Tells A Story". "Mandolin Wind" is, but is a Stewart original.

Answer: Everybody's Talking

"The Dolphins" was Fred Neil's signature song. "Without You", Nilsson's other big hit, was written by Badfinger's Pete Ham and Tom Evans. Harry did write "One", it was a hit for Three Dog Night and is also on Al Kooper's 1969 debut solo album "I Stand Alone".

Answer: Morning Dew

Noah Lewis' "Viola Lee Blues" and "Cold Rain And Snow" (Traditional) were also on the Dead's debut. "Shapes Of Things" of course wasn't, though the Relf / Samwell-Smith / McCarty penned Yardbirds song was revamped by Jeff Beck for his "Truth" album..

8. The Searchers, one of the inspirations for Jim McGuinn to pick up the 12-string electric guitar, scored a hit with this song penned by Malvina Reynolds.

Answer: What Have They Done To The Rain

The Searchers recorded an amazing lot of folk songs before it became fashionable, which is another reason they're often mentioned as inspirators to the Byrds. Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone", Ian and Sylvia Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" and Peter Yarborough's "All My Sorrows" were among those.

Answer: The Pusher

Mars Bonfire's "Born To Be Wild" was also on the Easy Rider soundtrack. John Kay's "Desperation" and "The Ostrich" were on Steppenwolf's debut along with both "Easy Rider" songs.

Answer: No Regrets

"Drivin' Wheel" is a David Whiffen song which Tom Rush recorded for his first, self titled, Columbia album from 1970. "The Last Thing On My Mind" was written by Tom Paxton and "We're All Alone" was the Walker's follow up to "No Regrets" and was penned by Boz Scaggs.

Source: Author droombolus

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