The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110900 Message #2346959
Posted By: GUEST,Volgadon
22-May-08 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: Chords in Folk?
Subject: RE: Chords in Folk?
"People seem to get highly agitated over the ramblings of this silly man but are quite willing to let statements that -
[before traditional songs are collected they are] Unknown. I'm sure many, many other songs were sung in the 'tradition' (I hate that term, can't think of a more convenient one) but if they weren't collected, or mentioned anywhere, how can we know about them? Volgadon
go by unchallenged.
Who is "we" in this context, Volgadon?"
Anyone that isn't part of the 'tradition'. As much as I love Walter Pardon, Harry Cox, etc., I won't kid myself, I'm not part of that.