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Thread #39520 Message #565304
Posted By: Abby Sale
04-Oct-01 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: Florida Catters: What's the folk scene?
Subject: RE: Florida Catters: What's the folk scene?
Hi, Paul. Yes, Orlando actually has at least four web sites related to folk, but especially Stuart's (unofficial) Orlando foff pages. All this is laid out in the newsletter, Folking Around. Just ask if you want it.
SharonA: Just mentioning for the sake of bragging or name-dropping or nostalgia or something, you may be interested to know that I was the one what invented folk music on the air in Philadelphia. I was the first to tape & announce & program, etc. a weekly show on WXPN am & fm way back in the dark ages when radios had tubes and the station was 100% student run & volunteer. We'd go to all of the many gigs in town - Farina, Brownie & Sonny, McCurdy, MacColl - them guys - and not only tape the show and interview the artist but we'd also get in free. And often have the artist back to the apartment for the party. Good times, indeed.