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Thread #151611 Message #3540863
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
23-Jul-13 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl [2015 Centenary]
Subject: RE: Ewan MacColl [2015 Centenary]
I always think of Ewan as one of my greatest formative influences. I recall, on a couple of occasions, getting the chance to go down to the Singers' Club and hear Ewan sing ballads. On another occasion I attended a MacColl & Seeger singers' workshop - a complete revelation!
For the centenary, I hope that there'll be a re-evaluation of the great man's work - preferably as free as possible from all the callow sniping! One thing that I'd like to see is some sort of re-issue and re-evaluation of the ballad set, 'The Long Harvest' - in my opinion, one of the MacColl & Seeger team's greatest achievements (I've got all the records - but, sadly, nothing to play them on!).