The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33798   Message #458158
Posted By: RoyH (Burl)
08-May-01 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: Richard Dyer-Bennet info. nice.
Subject: RE: Richard Dyer-Bennett info. nice.
Bill D, hang on to those albums. I wish I'd held on to mine. I also concur with your opinion on RDB and JJN. I grew to appreciate what RDB was about and to respect the honesty of his approach. I still occasionally pull the album off the shelf for a listen. I could do none of these things with Niles. I remember buying his albums unheard because I'd read his name as a pioneer folk person. I bought two at the same time. When I played them I could hardly believe my ears. No Sir, I did not like it, and I still don't, all these years afterwards. Many people do like him,and that's their prerogative, but not me. I have heard that Smithsonian Folkways are releasing all of RDB's recordings including the bawdy stuff. Can anybody confirm this? BTW Bill, is the Cousin Emmy the one with a backing band, perhaps named The Cousins?