Odd that you should mention it Wolfie........

This afternoon I received a copy of an album done in 1965 featuring Pat Sky, Richard Farina, Bruce Murdoch, and David Cohen. Greg F. was good enough to copy from his original vinyl and I listened to it at least 6 times this afternoon. I had it once, but it had "gone missing." I was thinking as I listened what a shame it is that so many fine folk artist/recordings have never gotten the same treatment as most of the simpleass bubblegum pop of the past 50 years. But let's face it, its a pretty consumer/money driven business.

Are consumers sold on what they listen to by the record industry? Sure. To some degree our tastes are dictated to us in almost everything from food to cars to clothing to music. Folkies are generally less than conforming in their tastes in general and more independent in their thought. Yeah, that's a generalization, but it has truth within it. The problem of course is that even during the folk scare of the 60's, we didn't make up too much of a market share. I think what is really quite sad is that even within the programming that's been available to us, such as various Public Broadcasting stations, our voices are not being heard as much as they were just 10 or 15 years ago.

Certainly we all need to keep doing our part, especially with young people, but I don't foresee any real change in the industry attitude. Money Talks and Bullshit Walks...as we old street racers say.

Spaw