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Thread #123172 Message #2787932
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
14-Dec-09 - 07:35 AM
Thread Name: What did you do in the war, Ewan?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What did you do in the war, Ewan?
Who else was responsible for the Post-war revival?
Forgive me, Shimrod, but I'm in a dark place with respect of the baby-boomer folk revival which to me has the same relationship to the glories of Traditional English Speaking Folk Song as model railways do to real ones - which is to say great fun, but utterly useless as a transport system. After all, 4 fiddly millimetres is no substitute for a good solid 12 inches, is it?
MacColl, Lloyd, Harry Cox and Sam Larner were his main influences
PB was a big Rolling Stones fan too - I've seen him encore with You Can't Always Get What You Wan't whilst sporting a picture of Brian Jones on his vest - but I can't hack them myself. I adore Cox and Larner though, who represent something very different indeed - something the folk revival missed by several hundred merry country miles, I fear.
No Cox & Larner on YouTube (though I do have a video awaiting transfer) but here's something just as beautiful I hope we can both agree upon: