I am curious about the favorite type of music of the AT hikers. My favorite, Bluegrass (I was born in KY ... the state, not the jelly) had a revival in the the Washington, DC area in the '80s and '90s, but has faded in recent years.
I am curious about the favorite type of music of the AT hikers. My favorite, Bluegrass (I was born in KY ... the state, not the jelly) had a revival in the the Washington, DC area in the '80s and '90s, but has faded in recent years.
bluegrass music...its finger pickin good!
-Casino
GA>ME '06
if he's still ramblin in the rambler, let him go!-YMSB
Mostly what I listen to is a kind of country bluegrass mix you find a lot with the local music here in Austin.
OTOH... I just listened to "Tarantula" by The Scabs. (another local band)Sort of a fast latin beat. One of my all-time favorite songs and favorite bands as well.
Hikers don't listen to Rock? ***?
a lot of stuff. you missed some great ones, namely folk. i personally listen to classic rock, folk, the blues.
Pink Floyd.
classic rock here, but also some instrumental that'd fall into folk or jazz or new age, and some jam band stuff. really the only thing I can absolutely not stand to listen to is new country and religious music. I like old country, alt country, etc. so yah. I didn't vote though.
Sardis Thru-Hiker Club - A 6.73 miler.
Didn't vote, would have voted, in no particular order:
Rock (Oldies, Heavy metal, etc.)
Jazz
Blues
Clasical
Renaissance (1500 to early 1600s, english mostly)
I'll also listen to:
Some country
Less Bluegrass
Just my $0.02
Doctari.
Curse you Perry the Platypus!
Originally Posted by L. Wolf
Ahhhh yes. Came upon a cave once while hiking and immediately the thought entered my head, " I wonder if there's a bunch of small furry animals groovin with a pict in there?" Odd the things that pop in one's head while hikin.
Saw a t-shirt once that had a picture on it of Floyd the Barber from The Andy Griffith show. The t-shirt was pink...... THAT was a great shirt.
"It was on the first of May, in the year 1769, that I resigned my domestic happiness for a time, and left my family and peaceable habitation on the Yadkin River, in North Carolina, to wander through the wilderness of America." - Daniel Boone
Indie Folk is great on the trail. Artists like Iron and Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy, and Sun Kil Moon.
Love Credence
Throwing pearls to swine.
its not a fair question because each category has good and bad, and the good is good.
Right now i am listening to:
Jack Johnson
Dave Matthews
Iron and wine
Nickle Creek
The Shins
Wilco
but that will change next month, as it should
while hiking:
phish
the dead
SCI
YMSB
New Monsoon
JGB
leftover salmon
at camp:
railroad earth
YMSB
garcia/grisman
keller
ricky skaggs(bluegrass, not country)
tony rice
bela fleck
and many, many more...
i am not a big fan of new popular music, like rap or punkrock/emo. it just makes me angry, because it is inflamatory without being good. thats just me though.
For the longest time, after buying pinkfloyd's dark side of the moon, i was puzzled. i only listened to the first bit, and it just was boring. ooh great thumping. then i listened to it on a car ride, the whole way through, and i was hooked. pink floyd rock..
another grate that noone has mentioned is Jimi Hendrix. what a guy.
I listened to Pink Floyd's "Pulse" cassette for about 4000 miles and never got bored with it. The best for climbing and ridge walking/air guitar.
The little red blinking light on my Pulse CDs lasted over 7 years.Originally Posted by Sly
"Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun
Sleepin by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whisky
He can call for his tea
Call all he wanta but he can't call me..."
Robert Hunter & Ron McKernan
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In no particular order,
Tom Waits
Warren Zevon
Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams
Wilco
Carbon Leaf
and Bruuuuuuccce!!!
Neil young...delta blues...bluegrass...class. rock
Probably old-school, but who can deny lyrics like:
Leaves are falling all around,
It’s time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I’m much obliged
For such a pleasant stay.
But now it’s time for me to go,
The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain,
And with it pain,
And it’s headed my way.
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired,
But I know I’ve got one thing I got to do,
Ramble on,
And now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
I’m goin’ ’round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
I’ve been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.
"Ramble On" --Led Zeppelin II
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
~John Muir