can we all just get on with playing and enjoying music?
Fascinating to see 'Chinese whispers at work'
The Snail wrote:
"The policy of the irascible MacColl was that singers should perform only the music of their native country,"
While Hootenanny wrote:
"the "rules" that Peggy/Ewan put down and only sang songs from North West London where he lived,"
C'mon fellers, if you are going to get it wrong, at least sing from the same hymn-sheet.
It was the policy of The Singers Club committee, on which I served, that only singers who sang in their native accents should be booked or be a resident at the club.
Whatever happened outside of the club was no concern of ours.
Our aim was to open up or own national repertoires - it worked.
If you haven't already, suggest you read Peggy's letter to The Living Tradition on the subject.
Baldry was a friend of E&P's; both admired his music, but he was certainly never booked there during my time at the club.
Jim Carroll.
and they all lived happily ever after,flopsy and mopsy,and peter rabbit ,along with pigling bland,never ever sang songs other than those from their native Westmoreland.