The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87022   Message #2433818
Posted By: Art Thieme
08-Sep-08 - 01:16 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Merrick Jarrett / Canada (Dec 2005)
Subject: RE: Obit: Merrick Jarrett / Canada (Dec 2005)
Kate,
It's good to have you pop in here. This whole folkie thing has always been about sharing the music with others and passing the lore around. It will keep on keeping on. Your father, as a keeper of the flame, influenced many of us who were learning his songs and making them our own. I'm thinking of one in particular--- I think it was called "High Chin Bob" --- a fellow ropes a mountain lion and an epic battle ensues if I'm remembering correctly. I used that song--actually your father's recording of it --- in a Tall Tale Workshop I did for about 30 years in various locations.

All the best to you!

Art Thieme (Peru, Illinois)