The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135000   Message #3243561
Posted By: Thomas Stern
23-Oct-11 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: Urban Folk Music of the 1960s
Subject: RE: Urban Folk Music of the 1960s
Hi Steve,
Congratulations on an excellent event.
Sorry Stampfel didn't make it - would have been an interesting
additional facet of that heady ferment of the 60's.
Some collateral info -
1.Dust to Digital has released the John Fahey FONOTONE recordings, and there is an interesting essay (among many) in the book accompanying the set highlighting the opening of the vast store of roots music that flourished in that era. Blues, Appalachian music,
old-timey recordings which had been known almost exclusively to collectors of the shellac recordings began to become available on LP.
Fahey was one of those collectors, and synthesized much of that roots music in his work
2.A DVD of the documentary CHASIN GUS' GHOST has recently been released, about jug band music (IMO very lacking in that primary
objective) (GUS being GUS CANNON), but very interesting in exploring the resusitation of that music in the "folk revival". Includes interviews with Fritz Richmond, John Sebastian, Jeff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur and others.
There is another MUDCAT thread about IZZY YOUNG - didn't hear any mention of him in the discussions.
Best wishes, Thomas.