The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23707   Message #264989
Posted By: Downeast Bob
26-Jul-00 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: Sex and the folksinger
Subject: Sex and the folksinger
Someone in another thread said that banjos are sexier than guitars. My mind immediately leaped backwards to the early 50s when folksingers seemed to be much more sexually active than other folks -- at least around the University of Chicago. In fact, one of the percs of being a banjo picker was that you never stayed lonely very long. It wasn't until a few years later, when folk music had become tremendously popular, that I heard the term "sexual revolution" and realized that the free-wheeling morals of my youth had gone mainstream. I've often wondered how much folk music had to do with launching that particular revolution. Any thoughts?