I just did a little housecleaning on the long list of camp songs featured on the right side of this page. Deleted a few duplicates, changed the title of a few, and added ten or so songs that are either newer to me or that I'd mistakenly omitted.
One of the songs I added has an unusual origin, as it's an obscure song released in 1968 by the psychedelic/folk rock band Moby Grape (great name, it's the answer to "What's purple and swims?"). It wasn't a hit at the time.
Moby Grape came out of the San Francisco scene made famous by the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, but never attained similar commercial success, despite the great musicianship of the band's members. Unfortunately, they've endured decades of legal battles with their ex-manager and two of the band members were diagnosed as schizophrenic and ended up homeless for a while.
One of these two members was bass player Bob Mosely, who wrote and sang lead on "It's a Beautiful Day Today." He now lives in Santa Cruz and performs regularly there.
I don't know how this song found its way to my camp, nor if it's sung at any other camp - but it should be. As you can hear below, it's a lovely song, perfect for campfires.
One of the songs I added has an unusual origin, as it's an obscure song released in 1968 by the psychedelic/folk rock band Moby Grape (great name, it's the answer to "What's purple and swims?"). It wasn't a hit at the time.
Moby Grape came out of the San Francisco scene made famous by the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, but never attained similar commercial success, despite the great musicianship of the band's members. Unfortunately, they've endured decades of legal battles with their ex-manager and two of the band members were diagnosed as schizophrenic and ended up homeless for a while.
One of these two members was bass player Bob Mosely, who wrote and sang lead on "It's a Beautiful Day Today." He now lives in Santa Cruz and performs regularly there.
I don't know how this song found its way to my camp, nor if it's sung at any other camp - but it should be. As you can hear below, it's a lovely song, perfect for campfires.
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