The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115388   Message #2481956
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
01-Nov-08 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Folk Club Manners
Subject: RE: Folk Club Manners
I've seen seriously good artists rejected by audiences who simply couldn't understand where they were coming from.

I just think we need to be as accepting and appreciative as possible. What was it Oscar Wilde said, the truth is rarely pure and never simple - and I think that goes double with this music.

To be honest there is a lot of recorded folk, and I simply cannot understand wherein the greatness lies. Only this week I saw an artist I had been looking forward to seeing for months and hated what he did.

He wasn't bad at what he did, got a standing ovation - but I didn't get it, and I couldn't wait for him to shut up.

we can all be wrong.