The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157878 Message #4029680
Posted By: The Sandman
22-Jan-20 - 05:10 PM
Thread Name: Dave Harker, Fakesong
Subject: RE: Dave Harker, Fakesong
joe offer, i do not like your choice of words , you appear to know very little about english tradtional singing,very little about nic jones and very little about walter pardon, you in your own words consider yourself a showman. i would choose other words
OK, that's enough. I think I own most of the Copper Family recordings, and I have listened to them over and over. I've read Bob Copper's A Song for Every Season and Songs and Southern Breezes. In both books, Bob Copper shows himself to be a very good storyteller. I have not attended a Copper Family performance and I've seen only a few YouTube videos. But whatever the case, my experience of them is very positive - and what I have said about him is a valid and honest opinion from my perspective. Your results may vary. And that's OK. But I have a right to my opinion, and there is no reason for you to make an issue of it. -Joe Offer-