The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1389   Message #3425211
Posted By: GUEST,999
24-Oct-12 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: Life of Burl Ives
Subject: RE: Life of Burl Ives
Little Bitty Tear was a song of his I liked. There was a heart-felt presence on that record. I saved money from my paper route to buy it in the days when 45 rpm's were fifty cents or so. I paid more than 10% of my weekly pay to buy that.

Today, I figure that if Pete Seeger could forgive him, who am I to complain.

When we are all gone--as we shall be--how will we be remembered? Did froggy go a-courtin' or are we waist deep in the big muddy?

HUAC was an abomination. Today, we face much the same thing: the remaining question is one of personal choice. If our music is not beyond that, well, that's a choice. I hope I'll side with the big muddy, but I've made stupid decisions before and the good lord willing I'll make s'more again.

As a btw, it is great to read two masters of their craft parlaying. Now, I'll return to lurking once again.