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Thread #88522 Message #1667637
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
13-Feb-06 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: BBC 4 folk program
Subject: RE: BBC 4 folk program
well i'd be bloody fascinated to know the folk clubs where Donovan's music isn't sung. he is such a natural choice for beginner guitarists and floorsingers. I heard Cutting Out and his version of Keep on Trucking only this last week at Ilkeston folk club - songs off his first album.
Really when you think of it, he is a seminal figure. the sort of celtic mysticism you find in his work points the way that artists like Van the Man and shane MacGowan would take - in much the same way the ISB prefigures the interest in world music.
like I say not my favourite, but a very natural and very important talent. turn YOUR nose up at the peoples' choice, if you like - but don't tell me I haven't heard what I have heard- and if you've ever been within a mile of a folk club, you've heard it too. all too often, one feels occasionally.