The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73028   Message #1277541
Posted By: Nerd
21-Sep-04 - 02:48 PM
Thread Name: Disservice to Folk Awards
Subject: RE: Disservice to Folk Awards
The House Band did a good, mournful "Wild Rover."

As an American, I'd nominate the racists who beat up the Cajun/Creole music great Amede Ardoin for accepting a handkerchief from a white girl to wipe his face during a performance. This was long ago, of course, when lynch mobs were still the rule in Louisiana, and Amede was beaten til nearly dead. He never fully recovered and died, I think, only a few years later. Actually, I think racism in America has done a great disservice to folk (and folks) all around...