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Thread #73727   Message #1282029
Posted By: GUEST,Boab
27-Sep-04 - 03:54 AM
Thread Name: Does a folk singer have to sing 'well'?
Subject: RE: Does a folk singer have to sing 'well'?
Tom Waites does a lot of Cyril Tawney's material, and other sea-songs and shanteys. [Ithink he MAY be B.C. Canadian?] Just on the subject of Cyril--now THERE'S a guy who's lyrical product can hardly be beat, but it's the genuine warmth and expression of his voice and pleasant personality that makes him a popular performer; a "Pavarotti" he is not!