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Thread #144217 Message #3333824
Posted By: GUEST,KENDALL
04-Apr-12 - 08:00 PM
Thread Name: What first attracted you to folk?
Subject: RE: What first attracted you to folk?
My 6th grade teacher. I was quite fond of her and she used to sing to us, songs such as Alabama, On the Tombigbe River, Juanita, etc.
Later, Burl Ives and the Weavers.
Folk songs just made more sense to me than the stuff most of my classmates and friends were listening to.
I still refer to it as "Heavy Mental" music.