I genuinely prefer the sound and emotiveness of US and Eastern European roots 'folk musics'
to trad UK 'morris' & 'celtic'& 'boring worthy archive accademic'..

there i said it..

But 1970's UK electric folk rock is the backbone of my CD collection.


..then, i'm from a generation that grew up in provincial towns
listening to and being influenced by early 1970's
folk rock on Radio 1 and Top of the Pops.

If folk clubs ever did exist in my hometown,
it would have been an unknown and alien culture to families from my west country council estate.

Wasn't until i left home in my late teens,
i went to a few folk clubs up North;
can't remember much about the experience..
guess that shows how much of a positive impression that left on me for the rest of my life..!!??


Everything I ever learnt about 'folk' has been off popular media channels,
inate curiosity and facilities for self learning in public library LP collections
[Topic Lable LPs were readily available in the nearest big library]..

and now here at mudcat !

If people with a similar background and music education to mine
ever try to become 'folk music' practicioners in the public realm..

then first and formost it is about enjoying the opportunity
to express ourselves creatively via a genre of music we love to listen to ourselves,
and entertaining an audience in a fun atmosphere of mutual/reciprocal shared community partying,

and if we muck about with electric guitars drum kits and synthesisers in the process..

muddying the barriers and definitions between trad song styles and geographical origins..

well.. thats the way we get pleasure from our music now..

thats it i s'pose.. off to the gym for a couple of hours hard work out..
get back home with a fierce thirst for cider..
plug a guitar in for a bit of an energetic warm up strum
to get in the mood for another saturday night
of pointless revelry..

[will try not to post any drunk shite here tonight..promise..]