Folk Answer Songs

An "answer song" is a song written in reply to another, usually famous, song, in response to a (possibly implicit) question raised by the lyrics.

The Wilders\ Sweet By & By\ Lissenup!\ Rural Grit
Utah Phillips & Ani Difranco\ Pie in the Sky\ Fellow Workers\ Righteous Babe

Flatt & Scruggs\ Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy\ 1948-1959\ Bear Family
Chris Stuart & Backcountry\ Jimmie Brown Revisited\ Saints & Strangers\ Self

Loudon Wainwright III\ I Wish I Was A Lesbian\ Grown Man\ Virgin
Jamie Anderson\ I Wanna Be A Straight Guy\ Drive All Night\ Tsunami (not at KBCS)

Kate Smith\ God Bless America\ God Bless America\ LaserLight
Woody Guthrie\ This Land is Your Land\ This Land is Your Land\ Smithsonian/Folkways

I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl \ JESSE FULLER \ Brother Lowdown \ Fantasy (not at KBCS)
I Want a Guy Just Like the Guy \ CAPITOL STEPS \ Papa's Got a Brand New Baghdad \CS

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer\ Gentle Arms of Eden\ Drum Hat Buddha\ Signature
Tracy Grammer\ The Verdant Mile\ The Verdant Mile\ Self

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann