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Thread #37797   Message #2057721
Posted By: Leadbelly
21-May-07 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: German folk music
Subject: RE: German folk music
"Only Mey is still in business with some well made songs, of the others you don't hear much."----Wilfried

Well, because he is physically unable to do so you cannot hear much of Ulrich because he died in 2003.
Concerning Hannes it is a matter of fact that 2 month ago he performed a well recognized concert in Munich and other cities. I don't believe that his long career can be characterized by the term lefty. He still has a broad spectrum of songs (critical ones, sarcastic ones and flat-german songs). A typical lefty was Dieter Süverkrüp. To be critical does not mean to be a lefty. And if so I prefer this attitude better than the other extreme.

Mey is still in business because he isn't a real folk singer anymore.

CET--- 2001 (a mail order company)offers an excellent CD of Hannes Wader exclusively.

Manfred