Woody Guthrie
Bob Franke
Suzanne Vega
Jim Infantino
Crooked Still
The Poozies
| 2001 "A
Folk Odyssey" Top 100 Performer Countdown |
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| Just imagine for a moment that you and a computer named HAL are about to embark on a half-billion mile journey to Jupiter. To pass the time, you are allowed to bring along a collection of music by your ten favorite folk artists. Which ten performers would you choose? The list below, represents the top responses from WUMB's listeners from October 1 - November 6, 2001. We've included #101 to #110 in case you wanted to see who "just missed" being included in the Top 100. We began counting down on-air at WUMB with artist #100 at 7am on Monday, November 12th and continued all week until we reached artist #1 at 6pm on Friday November 16th. | ||||
| 110 | Tracey Chapman | |||
| 109 | Leonard Cohen | |||
| 108 | Steeleye Span | |||
| 107 | Jimmy LaFave | |||
| 106 | Mary McCaslin | |||
| 105 | Eileen McGann | |||
| 104 | Doc Watson | |||
| 103 | Geoff Bartley | |||
| 102 | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | |||
| 101 | Cris Williamson | |||
| 100 | The Chieftains | |||
| 99 | Jack Hardy | |||
| 98 | Simon and Garfunkel | |||
| 97 | Ferron | |||
| 96 | Suzanne Vega | |||
| 95 | Magpie | |||
| 94 | Robbie O'Connell | |||
| 93 | Anne Hills | |||
| 92 | The Kennedys | |||
| 91 | Townes Van Zandt | |||
| 90 | Leo Koettke | |||
| 89 | Brooks Williams | |||
| 88 | Les Sampou | |||
| 87 | Cliff Eberhardt | |||
| 86 | Martin Sexton | |||
| 85 | Christopher Williams | |||
| 84 | Neil Young | |||
| 83 | Sandy Denny | |||
| 82 | Maura O'Connell | |||
| 81 | Richie Havens | |||
| 80 | Priscilla Herdman | |||
| 79 | Peter Mulvey | |||
| 78 | Tim O'Brien | |||
| 77 | Ani DiFranco | |||
| 76 | Steve Goodman | |||
| 75 | Jesse Winchester | |||
| 74 | Mary Black | |||
| 73 | Kim and Reggie Harris | |||
| 72 | Darryl Purpose | |||
| 71 | Steve Earle | |||
| 70 | Shawn Colvin | |||
| 69 | John Hiatt | |||
| 68 | Fred Small | |||
| 67 | The Nields | |||
| 66 | Kris Delmhorst | |||
| 65 | Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | |||
| 64 | Cindy Kallet | |||
| 63 | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
| 62 | Lyle Lovett | |||
| 61 | James Kellaghan | |||
| 60 | Paul Simon | |||
| 59 | Loreena McKennitt | |||
| 58 | John McCutcheon | |||
| 57 | Eric Anderson | |||
| 56 | Indigo Girls | |||
| 55 | Livingston Taylor | |||
| 54 | Lori McKenna | |||
| 53 | Holly Near | |||
| 52 | Patty Griffin | |||
| 51 | Bob Franke | |||
| 50 | Lui Collins | |||
| 49 | Woody Guthrie | |||
| 48 | Kate Rusby | |||
| 47 | Gillian Welch | |||
| 46 | Eva Cassidy | |||
| 45 | Tish Hinojosa | |||
| 44 | David Mallet | |||
| 43 | Bonnie Raitt | |||
| 42 | Greg Greenway | |||
| 41 | Kate Cambell | |||
| 40 | Tom Paxton | |||
| 39 | Gordon Bok | |||
| 38 | David Wilcox | |||
| 37 | Iris Dement | |||
| 36 | Catie Curtis | |||
| 35 | Alison Krauss | |||
| 34 | Susan Werner | |||
| 33 | Kate Wolf | |||
| 32 | Arlo Guthrie | |||
| 31 | Garnet Rogers | |||
| 30 | Eddie From Ohio | |||
| 29 | Bill Morrissey | |||
| 28 | Bill Staines | |||
| 27 | Lucinda Williams | |||
| 26 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |||
| 25 | Patty Larkin | |||
| 24 | James Taylor | |||
| 23 | Vance Gilbert | |||
| 22 | John Prine | |||
| 21 | Lucy Kaplansky | |||
| 20 | Peter, Paul, and Mary | |||
| 19 | Judy Collins | |||
| 18 | Emmylou Harris | |||
| 17 | Phil Ochs | |||
| 16 | Christine Lavin | |||
| 15 | Chris Smither | |||
| 14 | Richard Thompson | |||
| 13 | Tom Rush | |||
| 12 | Ellis Paul | |||
| 11 | Pete Seeger | |||
| 10 | Stan Rogers | |||
| 9 | John Gorka | |||
| 8 | Nanci Griffith | |||
| 7 | Dar Williams | |||
| 6 | Richard Shindell | |||
| 5 | Greg Brown | |||
| 4 | Joni Mitchell | |||
| 3 | Joan Baez | |||
| 2 | Cheryl Wheeler | |||
| 1 | Bob Dylan | |||
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