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Old 04-16-2009, 12:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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We spoke to an Aussie once (circa 2003) who claimed Jack Johnson isn't what he'd call folk. He didn't give us details on what he would call folk but we don't have to look very hard to find people for whom JJ is decidedly only folk.
If you ever hear from that Aussie again tell him he is absolutely right. I don't find Jack Johnson decidedly folk; I find him decidedly intolerable.

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Similarly, "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World," probably not folk to many people. But when he plays in acoustic on Freedom, does it become folk then?
There was always a Folkish element in his music, especially in his earlier work, take a listen to Old Man by a young Neil.

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