The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117916   Message #2544885
Posted By: GUEST,Ralphie
21-Jan-09 - 06:46 AM
Thread Name: Class-obsessed folkies
Subject: RE: Class-obsessed folkies
Mr Max....
Yes it is a conundrum I admit.
Have played many a gig for the "Well Heeled"!
And, mainly been treated very nicely, thank you.
Yes. there have been times when I was viewed as an interesting exhibit in a zoo.
("Is that an accordeon?"....No, It's an Effing Concertina, Invented by Charles Wheatstone....."Oh Like in the "Who" song Mammas got a squeeze box....Chortle, Chortle!". No Sir Charles Wheatstone was one of the foremost scientists of the 19th century...He made a Bridge. You might have heard of it in your physics lessons....Normally shuts them up. "My God, an Oik who can spell, whatever next")
But, by and large, the Nobs have been quite polite....
Little did they know.....
I'm going to bring down the forces of "Albion" any day soon.
Mind You...The Toffs pay quite well, at least they used too)
Class is in the ability to perform, not how much you have in the bank.