The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62585 Message #1195252
Posted By: Dave Ruch
27-May-04 - 02:11 PM
Thread Name: Blue Mountain Lake from Flanders Collection
Subject: RE: Blue Mountain Lake from Flanders Collection
Thanks for the background, George. Fascinating. I guess your "folk-izing" of the melody for Blue Mountain Lake, as filtered through Sara Grey, as filtered and sung by me, will have to be considered just more of the process.
Interestingly, I recently had an experience singing the HHF/Ward/Grey version of that same song at the Adirodack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake (presumably some years after your experience detailed above). Having never played there before, and being very fond of both the song and the community, I introduced it by asking if it was a familiar or perhaps even tired song to the folks in attendance (largely a family crowd for a Halloween event). Having no idea how much or little the local community identified with the song, I was surprised to learn that nobody in attendance (probably 50-75 folks) had ever heard, or heard of the song.
I'll be at Old Songs this summer, George, and I'll track you down there to say hello. It would be great to hear more of your collecting adventures, whether there or at some less hectic point in the near future.