The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21639   Message #232278
Posted By: GUEST,Mrbisok@awl
22-May-00 - 10:06 PM
Thread Name: New England X-press on Fast Folk
Subject: RE: New England X-press on Fast Folk
Ron, wow, you sure do pay close attention. Just how big a stack of 33rpm albums do you own? I've always wondered about you DJs. I know many of you play YOUR OWN recordings, you lug them from home, b/c you know the station does not own what you want to play. How would I even find a person who heard of New Eng Xpress apart from a newsgroup (or whatever Mudcat is) like this. Happy to be here typing and reading. Yes, come to think of it, they had that Simon and Gar. sound, but if they recorded in the 70's, so many were copying S & G. I find the song "Streets of Montreal" to be, like on my top 10. I recorded it from Jeff Davison's WFMU folk show with the crazy name "Shrunken Planet." It's on Sat AM 6-9. I'm a desciple. If you find "Streets of Montreal" play it and get back to me as to its impact on you. I TAPED the first 20 minutes of your 7am Sunday show. First impressions: Yes, it's celtic! I say, keep it vocal-- words are better than jigs and instrumentals (O'Carolin excluded) and that Art Jackson stuff, well, Fiona Richie played so much of that 5 years ago. But anyway, I'll be back for a 2nd listen next Sunday. BTW, what date did you start that show? -- Harold from Hawthorne