Kudos to John McCutcheon

Subject: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: mmb
Date: 24 Nov 02 - 01:28 AM

Having just returned from John's Clearwater (FL) concert, I want to post this while it is fresh in my mind. John is, as always, an engaging story-teller and a consummate musician.   Over the past year, John has penned a number of songs that are more topical than ever, and when it came time to do the usual "CD plug" before intermission, he alerted everyone that "to save time and the people at the CD table," his newer songs such as "Ashcroft's Army" and a very special "Collaboration" are not yet on his CD's, but can be found as MP3 files on his web page (www.folkmusic.com, then click on "The Music" and then on the mp3 icon in the left frame). Not all of his newest material, but a gooodly sampling.

Kudos to John!!! I have always known him to be a champion of just pay and benefits for performing musicians, as well as copyright observance, and have read his advice to beginning performers about becoming true professionals, setting realistic and just expectations about the business of e.g., self-insurance, copyright, and contractual issues. Now, at a time when so many "commercial artists" - my words, not his - are fighting tooth and nail to protect their words and music from the evil Internet, John's concert comments and his web page both acknowledge that - to him, at least - getting the music out to his audience while it is still relevent so we can hear it, and learn it, and share it, and spread it, takes precedence over holding it back for release and sale. Gosh, that sounds like downright Folk Process!!!

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 24 Nov 02 - 11:49 AM

Well, I though Monkeys was kinds cute, if about 2 verses too long... but the rest, just reading the lyrics, I'll pass on...

Anybody got an mp3 of him doing a song "IF I Were A Feather Bed"? Especially a live version he recorded somewhere...

Now THAT'S a damn good song!

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 24 Nov 02 - 05:51 PM

John McCutcheon's placing mp3 files on his website may not be generosity (though he may be a generous person) so much as a clever marketing strategy. See Janis Ian's article The Internet Debacle - An Alternative View for an explanation.

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Nov 02 - 06:33 PM

John is a really nice guy, I have had lunch with he and Peter several times. Does all he can for Future Farmers of America, including wear the jacket on stage. Love the man.

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Nov 02 - 08:05 PM

Jim, thanks for the link. Excellent article!

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: Joe Offer
Date: 02 May 20 - 02:11 AM

John McCutcheon is doing Facebook concerts every Sunday at 3 PM Eastern Time:

https://www.facebook.com/john.mccutcheon.790

His May Day concert (Friday) was terrific.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: bbc
Date: 03 May 20 - 03:05 PM

Thanks, Joe! Watching!

Barbara

Subject: RE: Kudos to John McCutcheon
From: Severn
Date: 04 May 20 - 09:28 AM

Thank, Joe!