I am amazed that there have not been more comments on this thread. Jeannie Robertson was a giant when it came to folkmusic. She was one of the greatest singers ever to have been recorded and we are all in her debt. Interestingly, Hoot recently commented to me that many young session musicians,who had learnt tunes from revival performers, were unaware of the "source" musicians from whom the tunes had first been collected. And I wonder if the same sort of thing is now happening with songs. Are younger singers are picking up pieces from recordings of singers such as Martin Carthy without fully realising where Martin leant the song in the first place? Could we actually be facing a situation where the likes of Jeannie Roberson, Harry Cox, Sam Larner, Walter Pardon etc. fade from memory and disappear? I hope not.
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