Roger McGuinn's Folk Den

mp3: Little Brown Jug – Click To Play My wife, Camilla and I were watching the wonderful James Stewart movie “The Glen Miller Story” recently. Glen Miller made a hit record with an arrangement of this song. I looked it up and found that it was written in the late 1800s and was originally a … Continue reading "Little Brown Jug"

mp3: Turn Turn Turn – Click To Play The photo above was taken in 2005 at Dolly Parton’s recording studio in Nashville. She was such a pleasure to work with and so professional. We will sorely miss her! I made this recording in my home studio. It’s not Dolly’s recording or a sample of the … Continue reading "Turn Turn Turn"

mp3: Handsome Molly – Click To Play “HANDSOME MOLLY” is a well worn bluegrass song. Scruggs and Flat are the best known performers but it’s been covered by lots of others. It’s a sad story of love lost. The part about sailing around the world on a steamship is an interesting and unusual spin for … Continue reading "Handsome Molly"

mp3: I Can’t Feel At Home Any More – Click To Play This is a hymn by an anonymous author that my wife Camilla sings to me as we read the Bible and pray for folks. I love the tune so much that I decided to add it to the Folk Den for July, the … Continue reading "I Can’t Feel At Home Any More"

mp3: The Ballad of Monte Proser – Click To Play In the early 1960’s I worked for Bobby Darin. We played casinos in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. We also played in famous night clubs such as the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angelas, the Copacabana in New York and the Latin Casino in Philadelphia. … Continue reading "The Ballad of Monte Proser"