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Thread #151872 Message #3549716
Posted By: r.padgett
16-Aug-13 - 02:59 AM
Thread Name: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
Subject: RE: Folklore: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
Yes I concur with all said above! if it matters
Tommy Steele and early coffee bars, public houses and the traditional singers of Walter Pardon, Fred Jordan ilk etc
Jazz and American influence,Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee pivotal Lonnie Donegan and Wallie Whyton Bert Weedon, TV and Joe Brown
Post War and Cold War and Communism, somewhere were people made own entertainment and met convivially ~ Social History an awareness/performance poetry
Topic and Leeds Grove (both still active!!)
Barnsley Local Authority leaned more toward "popular" entertainment using Folk Music and the early creation of professional folk entertainers and musicians [Dave Burland for example]
Scottish/Irish/Welsh music, empowerment of the working classes!!