The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99963 Message #1999511
Posted By: Ruth Archer
17-Mar-07 - 12:14 PM
Thread Name: It isn't 'Folk', but what is it we do?
Subject: RE: It isn't 'Folk', but what is it we do?
"f you were to ask me if it had anything to do with jack Hudson coming from a very working class background - I'd say yes, I damn well do believe that."
Then you're deluded. Many traditional folk artists come from a working-class background. That godawful dreary Damien Dempsey played the main stage at Cambridge with his dirges. Annd there's no one working the prolier-than-thou vibe more than he is.