The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #39434   Message #566171
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
06-Oct-01 - 08:16 AM
Thread Name: Spirituals in Contemporary Performance
Subject: RE: Spirituals in Contemporary Performance
Susan: Electric Autoharp! What would Maybelle think? For several years I was on the Board of the Adirondack Folk Gospel Festival, and was graced one year by hanging out with Janette Carter, one of the un-glittery Carter Family daughters. We had a great time swapping songs, and just sitting around, talking. There was a feature article on her in U.S.A. recently because she runs a weekly folk music program out of her store.She doesn't allow electric instruments there, because she's trying to keep a tradition alive, but she's open-minded and FUN. Sometimes in our zeal to keep the tradition alive, we forget to have fun. That's a mistake I've never made. The Messengers take our mission seriously, but no one has more fun singing than we do. We never know where the Lord will lead us. Maybe Pennsylvania. Went to Missouri in April to sing at the Big Muddy Festival.