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Thread #146268   Message #3387197
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
07-Aug-12 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: Peggy Seeger on BBC
Subject: RE: Peggy Seeger on BBC R4's 'Loose Ends'
Jim,

The point of my first posting above was not to claim the superiority of one club over another, purely again to make the point that the Ballads and Blues Club DID NOT BECOME THE SINGERS CLUB.
The two clubs catered to a different audience and I would say that the Ballads and Blues catered to an audience with a wider taste.
In addition to Peggy and Ewan and Bert we had Sam Larner, Harry Cox, The Copper Brothers, Jack Elliott (New York not Birtley), Fitzroy Coleman, Pete Seeger on one occasion, Alan Lomax on another, Hall and MacGregor, Seamus Ennis, Domoni Behan, Fred Gerlach who like our cockney lad sang Leadbelly Songs, Sandy & Caroline Paton, Ralph Rinzler,Joe Locker, Alex Campbell, Dorita y Pepe etc etc.
Quite a mixture. Plus there were concerts promoted by the B&B for Pete Seeger when he got his passport back. Jessie Fuller, Josh White and also the The Weavers. Many of these admittedly not to your taste. I list them just to show the variety that was made available
not as I said to claim superiority.

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