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== Links To Peel == |
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| − | Peel played a track from the group on his [[23 July 1990]] show, when a listener sent three Thai tapes with a letter, which Peel had lost. Complaining that he wished he was organised when receiving requests, Peel went on to play three Thai |
+ | Peel played a track from the group on his [[23 July 1990]] show, when a listener sent three Thai tapes with a letter, which Peel had lost. Complaining that he wished he was organised when receiving requests, Peel went on to play three Thai songs ranging from classical to folk-rock. The folk rock track consisted of Caravan doing a song called 'Tens Deaths Growing Up Hundred Thousand' using the melody of [[Bob Dylan]]'s A Hard Rain's A-Gonna To Fall. Peel also mentioned that he played the track before on a previous unknown show. |
== Shows Played == |
== Shows Played == |
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Revision as of 12:13, 2 August 2015
Caravan (Thai: ฅาราวาน, Kharawan), is a Thai folk-rock band that formed out of the 1973 democracy movement in Thailand. It launched the Phleng pheua chiwit (เพลงเพื่อชีวิต) (songs for life) genre that has since been popularized by Thai bands such as Carabao. The members of the band consisted of Surachai "Nga Caravan" Jantimathawn (vocals, acoustic guitar), Wirasak Sunthawnnsi (guitar, vocals), Mongkhon Uthok [vocals, phin (a kind of Thai lute), wut (a panpipe-like Thai instrument), harmonica] and Thongkran Thana (lead guitar, slide guitar, violin, vocals).
Caravan was known for combining Thai and Western folk music in arrangements dominated by acoustic guitars, but spiced up with Uthok's use of traditional Thai instruments, as well as frequent use of Thai-style percussion. Most of their Thai-influenced songs took the form of folk ballads, but they also made frequent use of the faster and more percussive "Maw Lam" rhythms. In their early days, they often took melodies directly from American and British folk songs like "Song to Woody" "Yellow Bird" "John Barleycorn Must Die" and "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" and adapted them with political lyrics in Thai.
Links To Peel
Peel played a track from the group on his 23 July 1990 show, when a listener sent three Thai tapes with a letter, which Peel had lost. Complaining that he wished he was organised when receiving requests, Peel went on to play three Thai songs ranging from classical to folk-rock. The folk rock track consisted of Caravan doing a song called 'Tens Deaths Growing Up Hundred Thousand' using the melody of Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna To Fall. Peel also mentioned that he played the track before on a previous unknown show.
Shows Played
John Peel's Thai Records
The Caravan track is played between 4:37 and 8:47 of the video
1990
- 23 July 1990: Tens Deaths Growing Up Hundred Thousand (ตายสิบเกิดแสน) (album - American Antarai) Strawberry Fan (The track uses melody of Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna To Fall)