In Praise of Traddies!

Subject: RE: In Praise of Traddies!
From: The Sandman
Date: 21 May 09 - 06:35 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4-2laAOkI&feature=channel_pagethere are many more traditional songs on this site, google youtube dickmilesmusic

Subject: In Praise of Traddies!
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 21 May 09 - 06:31 AM

Cheesy fuzzy alert. I keep hearing how horrible and selfish traddies are, how they keep the music locked up in some mouldy basement like evil misers... It's lucky that these people obviously lock themselves up in their own basements along with their secret hourdes of treasure, because I've not encountered them.

I can't just keep on listening to these assertions, without piping up!

So, this thread is a big fat THANKYOU to all the warm, welcoming, helpful and generous traddy folky people out there: virtual and in 3D, academic and dilettante, amateur and pro', performer and enthusiast, from this forum and others I've visited, both in sessions and on virtual resources such as YouTube, for the CD's pressed upon me, the thoughtful constructive criticism offered, the creative input and inspiration, the time taken, the good humour, the sheer charming quirkiness, the fuzzy beards and free food... The lifts, the offers of tents, the camaraderie, and not least the immesuarable personal value that discovering this music and it's people, has been to me during difficult times.

Many of you will know who you are, many others won't. Thankyou for helping me to discover and immerse myself this wonderful tradition of music and song.

Phew that was cathartic.
Gushing fit over. I'll get a calming cup of chamomile, and return to learning Sovay now... ;-)