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Thread #88522 Message #1661957
Posted By: Roger the Skiffler
05-Feb-06 - 03:31 AM
Thread Name: BBC 4 folk program
Subject: RE: BBC 4 folk program
I thought the second programme of old & new performances could have done more than just expand clips from the preceding one. I felt they were padding it out, the old black & white documentary on the rise of the guitar was amusing ina "Chumley Warner" way but wasn't specifically about folk music. I was disappointed that the clip of Ramblin' Jack in the old days was then followed by hwta must have been the worst ever rendition of San Francisco Bay Blues I've heard (apart from my own dreadful version). I love Jack's work, this didn't do him justice. Nice to hear Peggy Seeger, Bob Davenport etc as well as the archive clips, though many of the later seem to be chosen for their amusement value. At least the talking heads were people with experience, not just a bunch of soap stars and standups that usually appear in these programmes.