The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131826 Message #2983836
Posted By: The Sandman
10-Sep-10 - 07:52 AM
Thread Name: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
Subject: RE: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
Personally, it's why I put such an importance on distinguishing between the traditional singer and the revivalist - not because one is more important that the other, but because we are coming to the songs from different directions with different outlooks and backgrounds. Jim Carroll what a load of squit,how was Bob Blakes outlook different, he was mixing with traditional singers having a drink with them and socialising with them. the only difference was he learned them from a book, but his singning was indistinguashable from a traditional singer. Ihave heard some squit in my time but this load beats any amount of bull