Fun Folk Songs To Sing
On The Acoustic

Alone Again Naturally was a single from 1972 released by Gilbert O'Sullivan from his Back To Front album.

The song hit #1 in the US, Canada and France and reached #2 in Australia.

Breakdown hails from Jack Johnson's 2005 album In Between Dreams.

The song peaked at #2 in the US.

Cannonball was a single from the O debut album from Damien Rice back in 2002.

The song reached #9 in the UK and #13 in Ireland. The song was re-released several times.

Chico And The Man was the theme song for the TV show of the same name and was released as a single in 1975. The song peaked at #96 in the US and #76 in Brazil.

It was put on a 2004 compilation as far as I can tell with 10 other songs.

Clay Pigeons is a track found on Blaze Foley's 1989 album Live At The Austin Outhouse.

This is one of his most well known songs.

February Seven is a track from the Avett Brothers 2011 album The Carpenter.

The song was released as a single and peaked at #10 in the US.

Good People is also a track from the 2005 album In Between Dreams from Jack Johnson.

This track is a protest song but has a positive vibe. The song hit #1 in the US.

Hitchcock Railway is from Jose Feliciano's 1968 album Souled.

It was released as a single and reached #77 in the US.

If I Could Only Fly is a track found on the 1989 album by Blaze Foley entitled Live At The Austin Outhouse.

Foley was shot to death that same year at the age of 39.

Laundry Room is a track found on The Avett Brothers 2009 album called I And Love And You.

Four singles were released from the album but this number was not one of the releases.

Last To Leave appears on Arlo Guthrie's 1974 album titled Arlo Guthrie.

The song was never released as a single.

Oklahoma Hills was a Woody Guthrie song and in 1945 became a hit when Jack Guthrie (Woody's cousin), re-wrote the song. Arlo Guthrie recorded his version for his 1969 album Running Down The Road.

He never released the song as a single.

One (a U2 song) was covered by Damien Rice for a movie called The Impossible.

I can find little information about the film except that this song apparently appeared on that soundtrack.

Sin City is a song co-written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, both of whom were members of The Byrds in the late 1960s. Both left and formed the group The Flying Burrito Brothers and that's

when this song was recorded for their first album The Gilded Place Of Sin released in 1969.

The song was never released as a single.

St James Infirmary is a tune from New Orleans that Arlo Guthrie put on a Live album from 2007 called In Times Like These.

To my knowledge he never released the song as a single but played it often in concert tours.

Streets Of Baltimore is a 1966 song written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard which has been covered by many artists. Gram Parsons decided to put his version on his 1973 debut album GP.

Emmylou Harris also sang on this track and album. The song was never released as a single by Gram Parsons. This album was released in Jan 1973 and Gram Parsons overdosed in Sep 1973 at the age of 26.

The 20th Century Is Almost Over is a track from the 1977 album Say It In Private. Steve said he was inspired from a calendar he received from an insurance agent.

The song was never released as a single.

Victims Of Life is a track found on The Avett Brothers 2016 album called True Sadness.

They released three singles from the album but this song never made the cut.

Vincent O'Brien is a track from the 2003 album by M Ward entitled Transfiguration Of Vincent.

The song was never released as a single.

Volcano was a single released by Damien Rice from his debut album O in 2002.

The song charted both in the UK and Ireland at #29.

You Are You appears on the 1986 album The Very Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan.

The song was released as a single back in 1975 and reached #17 in the US and #53 in the UK.